It must be said at the outset that the world’s most powerful man, Donald Trump, comes up with extreme ideas almost every week, and after the initial furore, they become the norm and get accepted. He seems to be ruling the roost. His latest unilateral and momentous decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, first met with protests but then got accepted by his allies.
Soon other nations will jump on his band wagon and accept Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He seems to be putting in place many of his outbursts at his election campaign. People’s protests are falling on deaf ears and his ideas, whether acceptable or not, first meet with protests and contumely, and later become accepted.
As in the heading, can we say that these are Trump’s tantrums or Trumps triumphs? His recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has opened up the Pandora’s box in the region and, by this rash opening, all ills seem to have been let loose in the surrounding regions. At the moment, everything he says or does, goes.
Many of his new ideas, though initially condemned by the world get accepted. How long he can keep pulling new rabbits from his bag reamains to be seen. The world awaits with abated breath what other tricks he pulls out of his bag. However, whatever techniques he uses, one cannot but admire him for winning the game by playing his trump cards right.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
