The Presidency Was Always Too Big For Trump

Ajouté : 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]No president maybe since Pearl Harbor has been able to rally virtually every American to a single national cause.

[00:00:05]It's a democracy. There are a lot of different opinions. That's as it should be. But presidents have tried. The presidents of the Cold War era tried.

[00:00:13]They tried to be something bigger than just the leader of a party. But Trump has never thought that way, never tried to do it that way. His inability to speak to and for the country. His inability to act the role of an American president has become a major strategic liability for the United States because the United States was never able to accept any costs at all from the Iran war. A a different president operating for different reasons would have said, "I I want to lead the country into war with Iran. I understand I hope you all understand that this will be an expensive and difficult undertaking, but this is important for all of our interests. Here's why. This is important for the peace of the world. Here's why.

[00:00:49]Um and I I I ask you to follow me and trust my leadership." That's what a normal president would try to do because Trump had never tried to be that kind of president. He couldn't acknowledge any kind of suffering. He couldn't make the case for the war at all. The presidency has always been too big a job for Donald Trump. He's never understood it. He's never tried to do it. Because of that lack in him, there has been a lack in the job. And because of that l lack in the job, there was no realistic assessment of the of the costs of war.

[00:01:17]No realistic plan to deal with those costs. no realistic rally to the country to absorb those costs and no ability in the country to bear those costs when they arrived. And the result is a war that has turned into defeat when it really didn't have to do