Donald Trump loves power. He has the language to prove it: “I hereby authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States blockade” of Iran.
A child who found a crown in a dressing-up box might pepper his declarations with grandiose olde-worlde phrases garnered from the video game Age of Empires. But no amount of primary school pomposity can mask the desperate attempts of America’s president to hide failure.
