Source: Quillette
by Adam Garfinkle
“Donald Trump is the Mr Magoo of American statecraft: blind as a bat but luckier than a leprechaun with a four-leafed clover tattooed on his forehead. In an orgy of indiscipline and self-indulgence, the US president scorched every sensible talking point his officials offered for the 22 June attack on Iran, codenamed Operation Midnight Hammer. At several earlier points, Trump almost undermined the operational secrecy of the mission itself. And yet, the mission worked anyway. One may now justifiably add a last line to Otto von Bismarck’s famous aphorism: ‘God protects drunks, fools, and the United States of America … particularly President Donald J. Trump.'” (07/05/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/07/05/the-twelve-day-war-truths-and-consequences-israel-iran-trump/