Donald Trump outdid last five US presidents by finally defanging the beast

 

Whatever your opinion of Donald Trump, it’s hard to deny that, at least this week, he ended up doing the world a favor.

I wasn’t especially shocked when he dropped the F-bomb while preparing to board Marine One. If anything, it was more entertaining than scandalous to hear him bluntly accuse Israel and Iran of behaving like feuding children who “don’t know what the f*** they’re doing.” Just as a broken clock is right twice a day, Trump occasionally lands on the correct judgment. Sure, he’s a showboater, a relentless self-promoter, a serial fabricator, and a narcissist of epic scale—but in this case, he acted decisively.

He didn’t just scold Tel Aviv and Tehran and demand they restrain themselves (the ceasefire—like it or not, very much his ceasefire—was still holding at the time of writing). More importantly, he did something none of the past five American presidents dared: he struck at a rogue state’s nuclear weapons infrastructure.

This weekend, there’s still plenty of uncertainty about how much damage those bunker-busting bombs actually caused. Early intelligence assessments suggest Iran’s nuclear ambitions may have been delayed only a few months. Other reports are more optimistic, echoing Trump’s claim that he dealt a crushing blow to Iran’s program.

We’ll see who turns out to be right. If he feels it necessary, there’s nothing stopping Trump from ordering additional attacks. What’s clear is that the 47th president has proven he’s willing to confront a fanatical, deceitful regime that openly promises to wipe Israel off the map.

Unlike the hopeful idealists before him, Trump understood that Iran’s endless charade of negotiations was little more than an elaborate stall tactic. The regime in Tehran never planned to give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons. He recognized that a nuclear-armed Iran would have no qualms about using that arsenal. So he acted before it was too late.

Meanwhile, it was refreshing to see a rare moment of common sense pierce the fog of BBC’s trendy groupthink. News anchors are the last defense against sloppy or ideological scriptwriting, and this week Martine Croxall showed exactly how it’s done.

While reading the autocue, she encountered the phrase “pregnant people” (insert collective groan here). Without missing a beat—apart from a subtle eye-roll—she calmly corrected herself: “Women.”

Viewers loved it, pouring out supportive messages (JK Rowling among them), and the BBC management gave her their backing. Maybe the tide really is starting to turn.

Finally, Britain’s fondness for Emma Raducanu just got an extra dash of summertime excitement. Rumor has it she and the dazzling Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz might be romantically linked—just in time for Wimbledon.

Emma and Carlos, both 22, seem perfectly matched, like strawberries and cream. They’ll be teaming up in the US Open Mixed Doubles this August, and the whispers of a budding relationship are only adding to the public’s warm feelings toward them. It gives a whole new meaning to the word “courting.”