Trump, Never learns, But Can See The Limits Of US Firepower
“We’re going to knock out all their power plants,” President Trump told Fox News this week. “We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”Credit...Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times By Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt cover the U.S. military. New York Times President Trump has held fast to one belief over the course of the nearly five-month war with Iran: If the U.S. military hit Iran hard enough, eventually the country’s leaders would bend to his demands. “We’re going to knock out all their power plants,” Mr. Trump told Fox News this week. “We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.” “Do you believe the Iranians are serious about making a deal?” he was asked. “I think they have no choice,” Mr. Trump replied. Only a few years earlier, the long, frustrating wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had largely discredited this vision of military powe...