The Ego that Could Destroy the World
Trump's military cosplay and sophomoric bluster run the risk of creating World War III.
It’s been just shy of a week since Trump unilaterally and illegally declared war on Iran. Oh, wait, the MAGAs tell us, he didn’t declare war on Iran. He just declared war on Iran’s weapons of war, so we’re all good.
Do Trump and the MAGAs really think that Iran’s leaders and the people of Iran make such a distinction? Would it make any difference that distinction were made? Do Trump and his team really believe that the Iranians won’t feel the need to retaliate?
It’s virtually impossible to look at the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities without assessing the role of Trump’s ego in that attack. If we turn back the clock a few weeks, we can count the number of blows to his famously fragile ego leading up to the attack:
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