Trump Fails to Communicate

Late last month, President Trump achieved a remarkable foreign policy coup, effectively wresting control of the Panama Canal away from China. Not that anyone heard much about it — Trump was far too busy raging about a Super Bowl halftime show everyone will forget about within a month.

Trump first demanded Chinese interests be ejected from involvement in canal operations at the start of his presidency. After a year of obstruction and demands by the Chinese Communist Party, the Panamanian Supreme Court rebuked China worse than Judge Smails rebuked his nephew Spalding in “Caddyshack.” As a result, Chinese interests, which had managed the canal and its ports since 1997, had all contract rights terminated.

The lack of political gain for this success in Panama is part of a larger problem. Trump and his team do not seem to have any public relations plan, no strategic or long-term messaging.

Read the entire article HERE: Messaging fail: Trump’s approval dips despite his policy successes