Mike Pence, Jim Mattis scramble to manage fallout from Trump's global diplomacy crapshoot

By Paul McGeough
Updated February 22 2017 - 10:14pm, first published 10:03pm

Washington: In the wake of Donald Trump's caustic utterances about traditional US allies and the forums in which they have worked to shape the global order, American credibility is on the line – because foreign capitals are not sure they can believe the assurances to the contrary from Trump's emissaries.