FOREIGN POLICY/UN: “The shock is gone. Panic is subsiding. Now, diplomats who represent the nations of the world are entering what one described as the third stage of grief: figuring out how to deal with President Trump.
They’re scrambling to speak with his advisers and poring over his Twitter posts — or if they’re old school, ordering their minions to print out twice-daily lists of presidential outbursts. They’re watching anxiously how he reacts to a series of high-stakes tests (military provocations by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine, for instance), while trying to parse the contradictory statements coming out of his administration (what exactly is the United States’ view on Russia?).”
– Somini Senupta, “World’s Diplomats, Seeking a Bridge to Trump, Look to Haley,” The New York Times online, Feb. 12, 2017