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Exposing Weakness: Trump’s Civilizational Moment

The Iranian regime remains a threat not because it’s strong, but because America is weak.

Melanie Philips is right, as she often is, but it doesn’t take a far above average intellect, which she possesses, to see that Trump is intellectually, educationally, and emotionally out of his depth - he has NONE of the necessary tools to deal with anything that does not mirror what works in the world of business. He can’t flatter, buy and bully ideological fanatics, as though they were New York real estate executives. His immense ego also prevents him from learning from his mistakes, or adopting effective tactics that a truly intelligent POTUS would have learned before entering the White House, or even pathetically - on the job.