Zakaria: Countries Know How To Play Trump; We Need To Watch If Trump Can Play Them

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ZAKARIA: "But we should look upon this move with open and wish the president and the administration well. Yet it does feel like it’s part of a pattern. Trump talks tough towards countries like, say, China and Saudi Arabia. They then flatter him, put on parades and banquets, and he quickly reverses course. And in his eagerness to reward flattery, he makes large concessions and gets little in return. The United States has endorsed Saudi policy in Yemen and Qatar with no noticeable reciprocal reward. Trump announced a major concession to Israel, the move to Jerusalem, without even asking for something in return. South Korean president moon seems to have noticed this pattern. He sought to move events on the Korean peninsula away from war talk and towards negotiations, essentially the opposite of trump’s declared path. But he took pains to always praise trump while he charted his on temporary course. He did it again this week, giving trump ample credit for his own opening. All these countries seem to understand how to play Donald Trump. What we need to watch now is whether Donald Trump knows how to play them."