Less than five months into his presidency, there is ample evidence that: (1) He doesn’t have any real program to achieve his goals, (2) By dint of his own problematic personality, he has created a state of perpetual crisis in Washington that precludes anyone in his administration who might have some ideas to advance his goals, and: (3) In any case, the big boys in his administration are Wall Street, military and corporate types who don’t really share his America First ideas. [...]
U.S. business, even the oil companies, supported staying in the Paris agreement. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, an oil man himself, urged the president not to withdraw and a raft of American states, cities and even oil companies have vowed to do their share as though America had stayed in the pact.
Even an archetypal American institution like Walmart said it was keeping to its plan to reduce its carbon footprint with or without the U.S. party to Paris. Meanwhile, the other six members of the G-7 remain committed to the accord and in all events, the U.S. is committed to remaining in it until at least November 4, 2020, coincidentally a day before America’s next presidential election. So Trump’s America isn’t really exiting and may never. [...]
The Israelis who are cheering on Trump - and for that matter Brexit and the EU crisis - see it all as part of brave new world where countries can do what they want without being answerable to pesky international organizations. That way the settlements to be left alone to grow and prosper, which is their only real interest. But they’re on the same wrong side of history as their hero.
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