Perhaps the most scathing critique of Trump at the G-20 came from Chris Uhlmann, the political editor of the state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corp., whose televised segment recapping Trump's trip went viral over the weekend.
Uhlmann, a stolidly centrist figure in his own country who has railed against “cultural Marxism,” concluded with this devastating assessment:
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“He was an uneasy, lonely, awkward figure at this gathering, and you got the strong sense that some of the leaders are trying to find the best way to work around him,” Uhlmann said. He called out Trump for showing “no desire and no capacity to lead the world,” for whiffing at the chance to make a strong statement on the threat posed by North Korea, and for being an attention-seeking celebrity who “barks out bile in 140 characters, who wastes his precious days as president at war with the West’s institutions like the judiciary, independent government agencies and the free press.”
Uhlmann, a stolidly centrist figure in his own country who has railed against “cultural Marxism,” concluded with this devastating assessment:
“We learned that Donald Trump has pressed fast-forward on the decline of the United States as a global leader. He managed to isolate his nation, to confuse and alienate his allies and to diminish America.”
