トランプ大統領の外交･政策に対する二つの評価、WSJとNYT

5/3WSJ ：Three Tests for Trump’s Art of the Deal
The president’s gambit of maximizing pressure is playing out in China, Iran and North Korea.
By William A. Galston
May 1, 2018 6:55 p.m. ET
The next six weeks will shape American diplomacy for years to come—and test the efficacy of President Trump’s signature approach to foreign policy.

The contours of Mr. Trump’s strategy have become clear. He approaches each issue as a zero-sum negotiation that produces winners and losers. To put himself on the winning side, he tries to maximize two things: leverage and doubt. Within this framework, threats do double duty: They remind other parties what they could lose and cause them to wonder whether he will follow through〔with〕.,...

NYT　：　Let Them Eat Trump Steaks
Paul Krugman
May 10, 2018
In general, Donald Trump is notoriously uninterested in policy details. It has long been obvious, for example, that he never bothered to find out what his one major legislative victory, the 2017 tax cut, actually did. Similarly, it’s pretty clear that he had no idea what was actually in the Iran agreement he just repudiated.

In each case, it was about ego rather than substance: scoring a “win,” undoing his predecessor’s achievement.