Argentina neighbor news: Colombia

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    Watch out, Denmark. This appears to be the era of bullying replacing diplomacy. You have something I want? I’ll wield the cudgel of tariffs and sanctions until I break you!

    Argentina should take note, as well.

    Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics (Gift Article)
    There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, surrender and an indication of…
    www.nytimes.com

    Lest Colombia should feel singled out for bullying, the country and its president should know that it is not alone. The same rough tactics are used on Trump’s own country, as pointed out in this New England editorial:


    “In The Rutland Herald, of Vermont, an unsigned editorial summarized our new president’s fusillade of executive orders: “Donald Trump just decided to slam the nation up against the locker and demand that we all play his game — or else. That’s not leadership. That’s a shakedown.”