“For better or worse, he’s now all in favor of that idea.”
For worse. We don’t have the money. And if other nations around the world aren’t buying into the endeavor, why should we? if a nation gets out of line, we pound them. You feed the entire world for one day, they will be hungry the next. Time for them to feed themselves. We can assist with solutions, but we can’t own the solutions.
Imagine if we tried to implement the Marshall Plan in 1943. You defeat the enemy first.
His refusal to take off the kid gloves and fight for VICTORY rather than simply trying not to lose, is a great failure... almost as great as the lack of PR skills.