Donald Trump has spent his career railing against elite presidents who did not have the courage to act the way he claims he does.
But judging by Trump’s announcement today that he would extend the deadline for his strikes within Iran by two weeks, one has to wonder what the president’s words mean any more. He makes big threats, but quickly becomes the boy who cries wolf and doesn’t follow through. While nobody wanted to see him end a “civilization”, his latest retreat is just more evidence that his big threats mean little and will now carry political consequences.
