I've thought about this more since my last post. I keep coming to the same conclusion.
These people are deeply unserious morons. They are failing catastrophically and absolutely flailing and lashing. There is no real threat to anyone because America isn't in a position to do much of anything right now except for be along for the ride. These guys are trying to paddle upstream in white water rapids and they just haven't hit that one rock or drop to capsize the raft yet.
No one is afraid of Trump, they are ignoring him, because he's a moron. The US has no leverage beyond small changes in the global economy, and it can't and won't be able to wage a trade war on everyone. The GDP retraction that is incoming and nearly unstoppable at this point will really start to cause massive panic and there's no help coming. Its why all the competent leaders are leaving their posts without much fight and fanfare. It seems like everyone knows the best way to deal with this is to let this admin completely exhaust itself in the deep water and even if they ask for help to let them just slowly but surely drown.