Trump’s meeting with Putin is about ratings not diplomacy

Trump in London

It is easy to get lost in the forest of news, Tweets, and events that swamps our brains now on a daily basis. Last week Trump was lambasting Europe and undermining NATO, insulting the Queen, and pissing off most of the UK. This week, after annoying Scotland, he is in Finland to meet Vladimir Putin. It feels like ages ago that he was in Singapore, meeting the North Korean dictator. I don’t…