President Donald Trump has shown time and time again that he acts on impulse, retreats and gives other signals that has you scratching your head.

He talks tough on China, raises tariffs and provides a shifting back and forth where you have absolutely no idea what he will do next.

The China trade war shows a president who has no agenda or plan of action and shoots off his mouth only to retreat later as he did at the G-7 conference when he said he had “second thoughts” as to escalating the confrontation.

The real challenge is not whether tariffs are the correct way to fight China because there are real concerns about how the Chinese operate, but that we have a president who acts like a headless chicken.

Such behavior shows a weak president, one who has no convictions and sets his agenda on impulse behavior. How can a country, any country or any entity, negotiate with someone who is inconsistent, has no conviction, changes his mind continuously and threatens or calls the other party names?

We have a child running the country and, worse than that, a president who has a lot of hot air, but is a paper tiger. I am exhausted from Trump fatigue.

Frank Maura, Winter Haven