Disruptor Donald may just be what the Middle East needs
With the withdrawal of the US from the WHO and the indictment of UNRWA, there is consternation in the self-serving UN bureaucracy that the golden age of sinecures may be over.
In less than a month of assuming charge, President Donald Trump has turned the cosy world of international relations on its head. Having secured popular endorsement on the strength of a promise to reclaim the lost glory of America, he has astonished the custodians of consensus politics by actually taking decisive steps to do what he promised.
The political cleansing of the Department of Justice, USAID, not to mention the assault on the agencies of the Deep State, have unsettled the Beltway and triggered panic. With the withdrawal of the US from the WHO and the indictment of UNRWA, there is consternation in the self-serving UN bureaucracy that the golden age of sinecures may be over. The tariff offensive, which pundits predicted would have unhappy consequences, has already had targeted entities rushing to meet some of Washington’s concerns.
