FOREIGN POLICY/POLAND/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In Warsaw, crowds waved American flags. In Germany, cartoonish effigies of the American President were hoisted instead.
For President Donald Trump, a second foreign trip was again a study in contrasts, the quick-shifting reaction to his controversial tenure encapsulating the divided world he and other leaders at the G20 summit confront.
Stopping for 15 hours in Warsaw, Trump found a confidence boost among the cheering crowds and like-minded government leaders. Delivering his first major outdoor address on foreign soil, he achieved a presidential moment, even as his message on America’s view toward Europe diverged sharply with past US leaders.
In Hamburg, where the hum of police helicopters provided background music to violent protests, skeptical leaders and sleep-deprived diplomats, his touchdown was a hard landing. The yawning gap between the reception in each city was plain.
Not by accident, the first stop on Trump’s two foreign trips have placed the President in a comfort zone, replete with adulation from leaders and new deals to announce between foreign governments and the United States.”
-Dan Merica and Kevin Liptak, “Inside Trump’s Europe trip: The President settles into role of global agitator,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 9, 2017 08:05am