After just a few weeks in the White House, the self-appointed peace-giver has stoked war, accelerated the nuclear arms race and alienated US allies<\/p>\n
If Robert K Merton, the founding father of American sociology, were alive today, he\u2019d be fascinated by the Donald Trump phenomenon. Scarcely more than 50 days into his second presidential term, hapless Trump provides daily proofs of Merton\u2019s universal \u201claw of unintended consequences\u201d.<\/p>\n
Rooted in ignorance, error, wilful blindness and self-defeating prediction, Trump\u2019s rash actions produce contradictory, harmful and often opposite results to those he says he wants. The ensuing chaos characterises what may become the briefest honeymoon in White House history.<\/p>\n
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