The praise is way overdone. Trump’s only doing the obvious - something that the bulk of GOP voters know in their gut. The problem is - the obvious isn’t obvious to the morons manning GOP think tanks. Weak countries build coalitions. Strong countries are coalitions of one, with occasional alliances of convenience. Our elites in DC have hamstrung American power and leverage while selling this to Americans as essential for our national prosperity and security. It’s always been a load of hooey.
I am here in China. I can’t read the minds of the leadership, but the factory bosses and most college educated Chinese think that President Trump is a super genius / sly fox who has studied Sun Tsu.
They admire him.
Though they are really perplexed as to why CNN portrays him so negatively. In their mind, if what CNN is reporting is correct, than Trump is a super-dangerous man to be able to get away with so much.