There is more clear-eyed truth in this one column than all the hours of CNN pontificating the night/morning after the strike.  

Trump is "an “auditory and visual learner,” which means he can’t be bothered with briefing notes and details."  Because it's quick, easy and often emotional. To criticize him for that--assuming he is not functionally illiterate (Harvard and all)--and you're criticizing most of the population, including, perhaps, some former Presidents.  

"He took peoples' minds off the fiascos..."  Bread and circuses, folks.  A possible upside to all of this for Canada, possibly.  How can NAFTA compete? It can't.  Suddenly, not THAT important. And--the White House is already whining--so sloooowww to get going.  Cue the Rolling Stones, lip-sync by the PM: "Time is on my side (Yes it is!)"  Main gripe: Mmakes grandstanding tough, but, hey, that's life. 

"Where things go from here is anybody’s guess."  True, but there's a big, fat clue churning up the South China Sea...