Trump Expected Iranians to “Die for a Delcy,” and the People Did Not Come

Donald Trump did not run on isolationism because he was against war. He ran on isolationism because he is a stupid man who always wants to be the smartest man in the room. Thinking deeply, analytically, or strategically about foreign places or the complex national security threats that arise in them bores him, so he surrounded himself with the sort of emotional, reflexive, and opportunistic…