Over the first year and a half of Donald Trump’s second presidency, national leaders have adopted a number of different strategies to mitigate the damage Trump has caused internationally.
Those strategies have changed significantly over time. During the first year, most foreign leaders tried to keep their relationship with the United States on track by choosing what they saw as the path of least resistance – knuckling under to Trump’s threats, pandering to his vision of reality, and not challenging even his most outrageous behaviour.
