President Trump’s foreign policy often appears to make little sense, and that’s exactly why it works.

If it wasn’t before, the United States is now “unpredictable,” said Gerard Araud, the former French ambassador to the U.S. Araud was responding to Trump’s decision to order the killing of Iranian terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani — a decision that at first glance seemed to contradict Trump’s vow to end “endless wars.” Trump has said one thing, and then acted in a completely different manner, and now it’s hard to determine what Trump’s strategy is, if there even is one, Araud explained.