, Columnist
Trump Is Facing Six Wars, and He’s Losing All of Them
Events of the next few months will forge the president’s legacy — including crises over Iran’s nukes, Houthi missiles, China tariffs and Ukraine’s devastation.
Off to make peace?
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Donald Trump anointed himself, in his second inaugural, as the world’s “peacemaker.” Just three months later, his presidency is consumed by conflict. The coming months will be Trump’s season of crisis, a legacy-making period in which he must navigate three hot wars, a cold war, a potential war and a trade war.
Unfortunately, he’s starting from a deficit of his own making: His decisions have left America’s alliances strained, its economic power tattered, and its strategic competence in question.