Megalomaniacal insanity rampant in Trump behavior: Pundit

 US President Donald Trump has issued executive orders authorizing extreme vetting of immigrants and refugees as well as building a wall on the Mexican border. Press TV has interviewed two panelists about Trump’s foreign policy and its consequences.

Brian Becker, with the ANSWER Coalition from Washington, said that Trump’s personality and policies are representing his insanity.

“Donald Trump is a strong leader and unpredictable leader possibly not a sane leader,” Becker said on Friday night.

“When you look at what he’s done last week and what he’s done through his whole campaign, there’s an element of sort of megalomaniacal insanity in his presentation,” he added.

Trump as the president of the United States and the commander in chief has unilateral control over the nuclear codes and the nuclear decision-making, the analyst said, warning that “this guy has that kind of power” while he is unpredictable.

During his campaign trail, Trump depicted Iran’s nuclear deal, also known as the JCPOA, signed between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries as the worst agreement that America has signed.

“If the United States backs out of the JCPOA, the European allies and other parties of the P5+1 group will say America was the one that walked away from the treaty not Iran; thus, their own position and orientation towards Iran and lifting of sanctions will stay in place,” he hoped.

Pointing to the US-Mexico relationship, the analyst said it is “amazing” that Trump has adopted a hostile policy toward its southern neighbor, which has been an ally to date.

“That’s dangerous, stupid, reckless, feckless, arrogance on the part of the Trump administration against the country [which is] a principle ally and economic trading partner with the United States,” he said.

The new American leader has signed an executive order calling for the immediate construction of a physical wall on the joint border with Mexico.

Jim Walsh, a research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from Boston, said the JCPOA is not likely to be a high priority for the Trump administration and the new president of the United States showed he was not going to rip up the deal on first day in office.

Trump described himself as a “counter puncher” and he may resort to other differences between Tehran and Washington to strike back, he said, adding that Iran’s nuclear agreement is not Trump’s priority and both sides “hopefully will let sleeping dogs lie and never have to deal with this.”

Pointing to the post-war cooperation between the US and Europe, Walsh warned that it is dangerous to put the relationship at jeopardy.

It is worrisome that Trump is getting himself involved in domestic politics of the European countries and that could be a very dangerous situation, which may harm the American-European ties, he added.

He hoped realities on the ground will teach the new US leader the “limits” of American power and the importance of peace and stability.

Referring to the US-UK relationship, the researcher noted that the British prime minister bet heavily on Donald Trump even before he won the US presidential election, which seems to be a dangerous bet on her part.

Theresa May’s stance on Trump puts her in a weaker position at political and geopolitical levels, Walsh said, adding that many in Britain think she may be another Toney Blair, former British prime minister, who was described as a “puppet” for the then US president George W. Bush.

He also criticized the Trump administration’s poor handling of diplomatic ties with Mexico adding “It’s easy to talk a big game but there are some realities out there that constrain what the president will do.”

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