Trump says only he will ‘prevent World War III,’ but his record suggests the opposite | Trudy Rubin

Frida Ghitis: Donald Trump says only he can prevent World War III , but his embrace of autocrats endangers the USA .

She says a Trump foreign policy presidency will make global conflict far more likely during the next four years .

Trump bragged of his “love letters’ and summits with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — but the dictator refused to halt his nuclear program, she says.

Ghitis says Trump 's claim of no war during his presidency ignores the utter failure of his foreign policy and its consequences.

Frida Ghitis : The early image of Trump as a madman who had to be treated carefully by adversaries has long since lost traction abroad.

Ghitis says the dictators he admires have long since gotten his number; they know he wants to bring U.S. troops home, not send or keep them abroad to protect allies.

She says Putin and Xi believe the West is in sharp decline and want to accelerate its internal divisions; they also see that Trump has no clue about the global challenges America faces; nothing reveals those challenges so starkly as Russia ’s war in Ukraine .

Trump 's former chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly , says Trump prefers the “dictator approach” and fits the definition of “fascist” John Bolton says foreign leaders “think he is a laughing fool’s.

Trump is a narcissistic dictator wannabe whose ignorance of global realities will enmesh this country in violence at home and abroad.