It was only natural that the egomaniac-in-chief in the White House would see no need to get his allies on board with the campaign, not even diplomatically.
Taiwanese government officials and national security leaders must remember that, right now, silence speaks louder than words, and it is better to remain still than to act rashly.
With his reliance on naked power and rejection of all constraints on his authority, Trump represents the opposite of everything that made the U.S. great.