Is it time to think of President Trump as a wartime leader? We ask not because he’s just sent the carrier USS Ronald Reagan into the South China Sea. It’s not just because Russia is maneuvering against us in the Arctic. Nor that the Iranians are fomenting war in the various gulfs. Nor that fighting could erupt over, say, Venezuela. In all those cases, Mr. Trump appears to be itching to avoid open conflict.
What moves us to ask the question is the cataract of headlines in respect of the burgeoning “trade war” — or what the Democratic papers call “Trump’s trade war.” (Is that like “FDR’s war against Japan” or “Lincoln’s war against the Confederacy”?) Los Angeles Times suggests Mr. Trump is “ramping up” the trade war and “playing with fire.” The New York Times calls it “fruitless.”....................Continue Reading
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