Trump management

It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and pratfalls.

It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

August 19, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—It’s like one of those slapstick comedies from the early days of silent films: the Keystone Cops movies, perhaps, or Buster Keaton’s various efforts. Lots of people rushing around, constant reversals of fortune, and many pratfalls.

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