Dispatches from a Dying Empire

Dispatches from a Dying Empire

Unfit for Office

Trump has always been incompetent.

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Apr 15, 2026
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In the midst of what should have been good faith negotiations with Iran, Donald Trump decided it was time to launch a surprise attack. He assassinated the 85-year-old Supreme Leader. A US Tomahawk missile destroyed a girls’ elementary school in Minab. At least 175 people died, most of them children. The US military called it a targeting mistake.

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There is no such thing as a targeting mistake when you started the war.

Trump has never been in a fight. Not a real one. Those who have know something he doesn’t: the first casualty of any engagement is your plan. You don’t get to control what happens after you throw the first punch. You only get to decide whether to throw it.

He threw it anyway. Because that’s what he does. When the walls close in, he breaks something. The louder the crash, the better.

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