IS PRESIDENT TRUMP AT RISK OF 'MAAFSING' AMERICA (MAKING IT A FAILED STATE)? THE END.

And when we look at the issue of America's foreign policy, we can see President Trump struggling with formidable challenges. He has said he would like to achieve peace between the state of Israel and the Palestinians, an aspiration with which probably all people of goodwill would share. But, somehow, it is probably unlikely, which is not to say he should not try. 

We also have the matter of America showing good faith in implementing the Iran nuclear agreement, something which Congress is doing its best to nullify, in the Republicon's attempts to make Iran an 'enemy state', instead of continuing to take its rightful place in the international community. Of course, if Iran can be 'enemyised', then that can help to create the rationale for America having stronger and bigger armed forces, and thus the need for more investment in the armament industries.

And then we have the matter of Russian-American relations, something which President Obama has done so much to degrade. Much has been made of President Elect Trump's affinity for Russia and President Putin. However, it is right that, while the Russians are indeed hopeful of a less frosty relationship with Trump, than they have had with President Obama, they should still remain cautious. 

Will Americans be able to ride the waves of Trump's Presidency and make good after his probably one term presidency?

With Donald Trump indicating less than 100 per cent commitment to Nato, which America leads, and which is an entity threatening to encircle Russia, can the Russians really be confident of establishing and maintaining a good relationship with President Trump? 

Can he effect an about turn of Nato, and relieve the tension between Russia and the West, without alienating the several former Soviet countries that are either feeling genuinely threatened by or paranoid about the 'Russian threat?' If he were to pull back Nato forces, would the west be able to deal with the  ruptures which that could create within Nato?

Similarly, the economic, social and political life of a country are interwined, and, if President Trump pursue trade and economic policies which are perceived as punitive towards the Chines economy, any tension that create between America and China, will also impact on the relationship between Russian, China's friend and ally, and America. In this case, bilateral agreements sometimes have to be framed in the wider context of multilateral agreements.

Will the heavy expectations of Trump's Presidency have a 'soft landing'?

And so, it is not unthinkable that, President Donald Trump, at some point in the future, could find himself having to, as President Obama framed it, allow himself to be changed by pragmatism. When he does so, however, he could find himself being taken hostage by fate, or, rather, the more conservative or 'extremists' members of his administration. The Rudy Giulianis, the Bannons, could force him bail out or walk the plank.

It seems to me that, even though it is very likely, in my view, that Donald Trump's presidency will be a one term presidency, as even his supporters turn their back on him for not having keep promises that he could not have reasonably kept, he stands a big risk of turning America into a 'failed, or failing state'. Or more so, if he fails to make good his contention that America needs to be made 'great again'. 

Will Trump's Presidency be as bad and austere as is feared, or will it be shambolic?

If his policies were to alienate the rest of the world, or much of it, and if he really tears up much of the beneficial trade, economic and political agreements which his predecessors have put into place. 

If that were to happen, then we could see a situation similarly to that which the United Kingdom is confronted with. Namely that available time, resources and money would have to be gateposted to rebuild what the Trump Presidency has destroyed, instead of being used to improve the systems which were already in place. Instead of making America great again, the challenge for Trump's successor would be that of reclaiming the grounds which America has lost under his presidency.

Finally, probably even more dangerous than Donald Trump becoming POTUS, is the risk that people who are more toxic than him, will use his presidency to parasitically catapult themselves to power positions to which they would not otherwise have acquired.