Trump, a Tad Early, Jumps Into a World on Edge With Some Words of Wisdom for Putin
Prime time for the president-elect is still a few weeks away, but as global crises multiply he is filling the leadership vacuum one reaction at a time.

Whatever happens, he’ll always have Paris. President-elect Trump may remember his weekend trip to the French capital to attend the glittering reopening of Notre Dame cathedral as a moment of calm, as the swift end of Assad’s rule in Syria and increasing pressure to end the war in Ukraine signal fresh challenges for a world of conflict.
Seldom one to keep strong opinions to himself, the president-elect is already trying to direct traffic, as it were, before taking up residence at the White House for the second time next month. On December 7, a day that in Syria will live in infamy if your last name is Assad, the soon-to-be 47th president weighed in on the dramatic events unfolding in the crumbling Middle Eastern country.
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