The Trump Doctrine, Revealed
Posted on AllSides September 19th, 2019
From The Right
The president combines the rhetorical impulses of Bob Dornan with the strategic instincts of Dennis Kucinich.
Thomas Jefferson warned against entangling alliances. John F. Kennedy was ready to pay any price and bear any burden. Teddy Roosevelt advised us to speak softly and carry a big stick.
And then there’s Donald Trump. Locked, half-cocked, and probably bluffing.
That’s the lesson Iran’s leaders appear to have drawn following a carefully calibrated sequence of escalatory attacks against the U.S. and its allies in recent months.
In May, there were four unclaimed attacks...
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