So we’re a month into a war with Iran that nobody asked for, 72 percent of the country opposes, and the president went on primetime TV to tell us it’s basically already won but also needs to keep going for a few more weeks. Pick one. You can’t “mission accomplished” your way through a conflict while simultaneously asking for more time and more money. Oil prices are through the roof, people can barely afford to fill their tanks, and the guy responsible is up there taking a victory lap. This is what happens when foreign policy is just content strategy for a guy who never stopped running for president.
And because the war wasn’t enough of a flex, Trump floated pulling out of NATO this week because our allies didn’t jump into his war fast enough. Decades of collective defense, gone, because European countries didn’t want to co-sign a conflict that three quarters of Americans don’t even support. The man wants a coalition of the willing but can’t even get his own country on board. Meanwhile gas is pushing record highs, the defense budget is a blank check, and working people are the ones eating every cost. But sure, operation “Epic Fury” is going great. The name alone tells you everything you need to know about who this war is actually for.