the emperor is gonna be learning some lessons one way or another; 

 

US President Donald Trump’s authority may be in shreds after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shootings in Minnesota, and with inflation rising as a result of his tariffs, but internationally Trump still thinks he is on a high.

He bullied Nato into “a framework” for a future deal over Greenland, which according to one report, later vigorously denied, had Denmark ceding sovereignty over the areas in which US bases would be built.

He has got Europe to pay for more of its own defence.

He seized President Nicolas Maduro, as a result of which, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Venezuela will submit a monthly budget.

He arm-twisted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into stopping the war in Gaza. If his “Board of Peace” has grabbed autonomy from both the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian Authority, Israel has also less control over Gaza.

This is what Trump thinks he has achieved. And now he has assembled an armada of ships and bombers poised to strike Iran for the second time in a year. Trump thinks he can do to the Islamic Republic what he did to Venezuela.

In this, Trump is fundamentally mistaken. But he believes it............more.........