Even more so, _Trust_ is unbelievably, stupendously critical to US security. We now live in a world that knows for a fact a deal with the US is worth nothing a

Even more so, _Trust_ is unbelievably, stupendously critical to US security. We now live in a world that knows for a fact a deal with the US is worth nothing and can not even be relied upon to last more than six months. Countries and allies that made trade deals with Trump after he destroyed existing deals are now seeing further petty tariffs being applied by what appears to be a giant baby. All the movements of plastic ships and little horses on a Risk map aside, the steady undercurrent of reliable trade and markets is headed out the window in an act of self defenestration.