As the whole world watches the events unfolding in Israel in slack-jawed horror, I think most people are vastly relieved that the person who won the 2020 American presidential election was not Donald Trump. As Israel's most powerful ally, President Joe Biden has been a steady hand at the wheel. Trying to ensure that the war doesn't spread beyond Israel's borders, Biden has reassured everyone that the U.S. is not going off the rails despite its ongoing political turmoil.
But you can't say the same for the putative Republican nominee for president in 2024, Donald Trump, whose only contribution to the discourse has been to repeatedly assert on his Truth Social feed that this never would have happened if he were still president and proclaim “I KEPT ISRAEL SAFE! NOBODY ELSE WILL, NOBODY ELSE CAN, AND I KNOW ALL OF THE PLAYERS!!!” He has also taken the time to insult Forbes magazine, New Yorl Attorney General Letitia James, Rosie O'Donnell and others. He held a raucous rally in New Hampshire where his brief comments about the war included a rousing recitation of "The Snake." Let's just say that Trump has never seemed more out of his depth.
