Trump’s in a pickle, and he’s the one responsible for it. By needlessly reneging on the U.S.-Iranian nuclear deal and launching a sanctions campaign that amounts to economic warfare against Tehran, he has strengthened the Iranian hard-liners and further destabilized a region that was already in turmoil. By enabling Saudi Arabia in bombing Yemen and carrying out horrendous war crimes, he has contributed to a terrible humanitarian crisis…
John Cassidy has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. You can read the full article here.
Ramesh Thakur is a professor emeritus at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University.