Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief |
Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief
By Thomas L. Friedman
With each passing month of his presidency, Donald Trump behaves more like America’s commander in thief than its commander in chief.
How so? Let me count the ways. We are a nation at war today, with tens of thousands of troops deployed near Iran. Generally, when our nation has been at war, the commander in chief’s top domestic priority is to keep the country united. Because there is nothing more demoralizing for U.S. troops fighting abroad than to look back and see our country ripping itself apart at home. And there is nothing that encourages an enemy to hold out for better terms for ending a war with America than seeing America at war with itself.
And how has Trump risen to that commander-in-chief........