Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm?
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#74W2M)
Britain's standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East
Donald Trump's addiction to framing every event in the most apocalyptic terms is what allows conservative commentators such as Mark Levin to praise him as a once-in-a-century president".
But Trump cannot play out his entire presidency on a reckless high wire without eventually falling off - potentially taking America with him into a steep decline into the unknown.
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