Of Trump's women and global trade
The purpose of the steel tariffs is motivated by the same political force that drives the US president - playing blame games. After Obama and Hillary, now it's the entire world's turn.
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DONALD Trump is the master of playing blame games. The American president is keener than any politician anywhere in modern memory to deflect from his own failings and shortcomings by opening up ever new avenues of distraction. Alas, his battle cry "Crooked Hillary" - Mr Trump's key slogan from the 2016 campaign and the epitome of misogyny - is getting very tired.
Much worse, as it stands, Mr Trump is being abandoned by the key women in his life. His favourite daughter Ivanka is no longer his darling, now that he is getting under ever-more prosecutorial pressure. His wife Melania, for her part, is showing signs of severe spousal indignation. Surprisingly to many, she is refreshingly independent in her thinking, as evidenced most recently on the gun control issue.
Then there is the resignation of Hope Hicks. The dashing young woman, officially the White House communications director, has gone through affairs with key Trump men in quick succession - beginning with former (married) Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and then on to former (twice divorced) Trump White House staff secretary Rob Porter.
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