If Donald J. Trump can, with the help of diverse political power holders and wielders in different parts of the world, exhibit his acumen, specifically to make quick, accurate, and insightful judgements in specific areas like business, politics or tactics (signifying mental sharpness), not many people will begrudge him the successes in political life that he has so far had, while others will no doubt berate him (silently, or with much vim) for any of his undertakings.
Admittedly, the recent political imbroglio acted out primarily in the Pakistani capital city of Islamabad was acted out from various angles and multifarious activities, but, one way or the other, singly or with close aides, Donald J. Trump has succeeded in projecting his own multifarious objectives more or less favourably out on the world stage. Politics is a slippery kettle of fish at the best of times, and, wielded by veterans of the craft, an endeavour that might well be a stimulant to diverse political activities that could result in what is at times termed as wily political moves.
The moves, while attracting the attention of a wide audience, seem to have been carefully projected by the US president as a gambit of his own to get other interested and relevant people to accept them as better alternatives than those proposed by others, or even, occasionally, by themselves. Like the alternatives suggested by a few other teams that were there. And there were some good sides to boot that had laid bare their own suggestions. Too bad they were bypassed, but that is geopolitics.
And, then, there were other suggested activities. And, Pakistan received much appreciation for a variety of reasons that were associated with its assigned/accepted role pertaining to the program. And Donald J. Trump had quietly taken up other activities that were to burden him with some interested/routine/important activities well. There may be latching on to the various delegations and their important leaders, and their important leaders, some delegates from other countries who were in the mix of the more important members.
Such is life in the geopolitical world of these days.
The writer is an MALD (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) and PhD (Boston University)
