Micheál gives a masterclass in how to manage Trump’s tantrums

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Fears that don’t transpire in reality are often, in hindsight, said to have been unfounded, yet Micheál Martin deftly managed the erratic Donald Trump on many matters that could have led to conflict yesterday. Here, we choose five points of potential discord that were smoothed over. 1. Trade War Trump has gone to war over what he believes is the global rip-off of the USA by other trading blocs. He has imposed massive tariffs on ideological enemies like China but, in a shock even to many of his own supporters, he has turned on Canada, Mexico and the EU. It...