Buck passing

[1] The expression is said to have originated from poker in which a marker or counter (such as a knife with a buckhorn handle during the American Frontier era) was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal.

[2] Passing the buck in international relations theory involves the tendency of nation-states to refuse to confront a growing threat in the hopes that another state will.

[3][4] Examples of buck passing include: Similarly, Mearsheimer argues that the delay of the Normandy Invasion shows that a buck passing state can shift the balance of power in its favor: "There is no question that the United States benefited greatly from delaying the Normandy invasion until late in the war, when both the German and the Soviet armies were battered and worn down.

[7] President Jimmy Carter arranged to borrow the sign from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.

"[10] In 2019, in his first speech as U.K. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson vowed to "take personal responsibility for the change" that he would advance, saying "The buck stops here.

The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt (1854)
At the recreation of the Truman Oval Office at the Truman Library in 1959, former President Truman poses by his old desk which has the famous "The Buck Stops Here" sign.