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In Iran, Donald Trump is making history
Too bad he has so little appreciation for its lessons.
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US President Donald Trump exiting the Marine One helicopter as he returned to the White House on March 1.
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The Economist
Go ahead, you long-suffering critic of US President Donald Trump, and name the hypocrisy that most infuriates you. Yes, Mr Trump once warned that former US president Barack Obama would attack Iran because of “his inability to negotiate properly”. Yes, as recently as May, Mr Trump derided “interventionalists” for “intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves”. And, granted, there’s all that recent “president of peace” hooey.
While you’re getting that off your chest, you might also describe how he has tied himself in knots while unspooling his many rationales for waging war
