We’re All Trapped in Trump’s 1980s Worldview

Take a moment to digest the following, quite extraordinary sequence of events.

At the end of last week, US officials leaked to the Washington Post that Russia had been giving Iran target data to strike US military assets in the Persian Gulf. These attacks have killed seven American service members and wounded more than 150 to date. They also damaged a $1.1 billion radar that’s among just six of its kind in the world. A subsequent CNN report said Russia was also helping Iran with drone tactics learned from fighting Ukraine.