The snag is this requires him to be the tail of the dog wagged by Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli premier launched an all-out blitz on Iran but expects the US to finish the job in the mountain lair of Fordow with the mother of all bunker busters his own nation lacks. This feels more America Second than America First, with Trump yanked into a conflict he hoped to avoid.
Yet the opening salvos of the Israeli assault were so successful that a world-class narcissist like Trump can’t help yearning for a share of the glory. He is itching to press the green light and make the world tremble. Peace-making in Ukraine and Gaza has turned out to be grinding, unrewarding work, while missile strikes are boffo and would show off America’s phallic 30,000 pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator for the first time. Most presidents don’t have the chance to be epochal.
There were signs last night that Trump’s attention span was wavering between barking “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” at Iran and prattling on Truth Social about erecting “two beautiful Flag Poles on both sides of the White House” as a “GIFT from me”.
The dilemma for Trump is acute. He faces the sobering possibility that an Iran allegedly capable of hurling hypersonic missiles at Israel might not be ready to collapse in a hurry. Yet if he hesitates now, China – with its eye on Taiwan – and a belligerent Russia may interpret his indecision as a sign of weakness.
“Regime change will result in a bloody civil war, killing hundreds of thousands and creating another massive Muslim refugee crisis. Toppling a leader is never as easy as you think,” he warned.
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But Trump has built up a huge residue of trust with his voters that these noisy media figures can’t compete with. If he bombs Iran or goes for regime change, most supporters will back him. In a Truth Social post, Trump warned supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “we know exactly where” he is, though he added, none too comfortingly, “We’re not going to take him out (kill!), at least for now.”
Huckabee, a devout Christian, claimed that God had spared Trump from assassination last July so he could be the “most consequential president in a century – maybe ever”, a sentiment strongly shared by Trump himself.
“I am your appointed servant in this land and… I trust your instincts,” Huckabee added. “No president in my lifetime has been in a position like yours.”
Sarah Baxter is director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting
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