FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump reality show: NATO edition certainly had its share of plot twists and dramatic reveals on Wednesday [12-4-19]. Hot mics! World leaders caught on tape discussing the American president! President Donald Trump calling the Canadian Prime Minister ‘two-faced’! A secret meeting with the controversial Turkish leader! The cancellation of a much-anticipated press conference over Twitter! An impeachment hearing back in Washington, D.C.! And then Trump was gone, back on Air Force One for his trip home. It was an abrupt and surprising end to the two-day gathering of world leaders, with Trump declining to take a final victory lap on his talking point — echoed by other NATO leaders — that he was responsible for nudging countries to increase their domestic defense spending. That’s a foreign policy win Trump can tout on the campaign trail in 2020.”
-Nancy Cook, “The Trump reality show: NATO edition,” Politico, December 4, 2019 5:59 pm