Of course, a criminal trial does not help Trump. And anyone who tries to sell you otherwise should have their head examined. It is simply an absurd and asinine argument.
The ongoing struggle between global recognition efforts and the complexities of national decision-making processes is illustrated by Israel, which has yet to recognize the Armenian genocide.
The United States of America is an empire of might and of influence. There has never been anything like it for scale and global impact, even if history has yet to render its verdict on America's endurance.
Is America's downturn merely another dip in a long arc of non-linear, yet essentially upward, progress? Or is it, rather, the first phase of steep and irreversible national decline?
Iran's aerial assault on Israel involved some 320 attack drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. It was the act of a regime fully committed to annihilating the Jewish State.
If we should be outraged or wringing our hands over anything, it should be over the warmongering, genocidal actions of the Israeli government, and the role the United States government has played in destabilizing the Middle East.
Combining support for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan with LNG exports and permitting reform is the type of compromise that generations of legislators will admire.