MICHAEL MORRIS: The why and WTF of Trump’s F-bomb on Israel and Iran’s missile war
In the world of ideas and policies — whether what to bomb, what to build — there is one golden rule
30 June 2025 - 05:00
One of the most interesting things about US President Donald Trump’s artless − charmingly artless, and only briefly breathtaking — repudiation of Israel and Iran last week was that nobody really seemed to wonder what he actually meant.
Of course these days, when all reasonably smart people count on having go-to online sources to validate and — they fervently wish — give authority to their own opinions, everybody’s convinced they know enough to be right. Questions evaporate before the sun. ..
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