Shoen treated superstar Saquon Barkley with callous disrespect . So, Barkley left and signed with the Giants perennial rival, the Philadelphia Eagles. He lead them to a Superbowl victory and was named Offensive Player of the Year. 

Trump, actually, had no strategy, and certainly didn’t realize that the real winner of his Iran war would be China without deploying any troops or a single weapon. That calculation was beyond Trump’s bandwidth, but would have become apparent had he consulted Congress, our allies and/or qualified experts who, sadly, don’t exist among his unqualified appointments confirmed by the Senate Republicans on his leash.

Trump’s war has weakened America’s military readiness in Southeast Asia. He moved one of five U.S. aircraft carriers and powerful missile defense systems in the Indo Pacific to the Middle East, leaving South Korea vulnerable to Chinese economic retaliation for hosting U.S. antimissile systems that were promised by the U.S. to permanently shield South Korea from an attack by North Korea. 

The repositioning sent a message to all our Asian partners that the region is not a priority for our President. Tragically, it will take decades for the broken trust to heal.

The war in Iran is also providing China with a live tutorial of the United States’ military capabilities, which Beijing can use in a future conflict over Taiwan or anywhere else. 

The alienation of our regional friends hasn’t stopped at the Indo-Pacific. Iran responded to Trump’s bombing with drone attacks on our Gulf partners, breaking their trust in the U.S. and pushing them to rely more on China. For example, the United Arab Emirates has increased its cooperation with the Chinese military. 

Moreover, unlike the United States, China has insulated itself against the disruption in oil supplies by developing sources of renewable energy and an overcapacity in coal power. Its renewables now provide more than one-third of the country’s power and accounts for the production of a third of the world’s total wind and solar capacity. Its profits from batteries and electric vehicles have surged since the beginning of Trump’s war. 

In sharp contrast, Trump’s energy policy includes the rolling back of incentives for clean energy alternatives, which is not surprising given oil and gas firms $18 billion in tax cuts and regulatory breaks for the industry – a manifestation of Trump’s choice of self over country.

If his war calms down enough, he’ll reschedule his cancelled trip to China, where he will have to negotiate from a position of self-inflicted weakness and face a formidable leader in XI who has spent years preparing for this moment of U.S. overreach. 

Then there’s the Trump’s war’s $9B a month gift to Russia triggered by Trump’s waiver of U.S. sanctions against Russian oil exports to slow the surge in oil prices. This while Russia is providing intelligence, satellite imagery, and military technology to help Iran target U.S. forces in the Middle East.  

If any U.S. president needed help with his strategy for launching a war, it’s Donald Trump. Other presidents sought the advice of Congress (including when not seeking its formal declaration of war), NATO, the UN and qualified experts. Trump chose not to ask for help from any of them. Instead he rolled the dice and they came up craps.

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