Bret Stephens is an opinion columnist for The New York Times, writing mainly about US foreign policy.
Those on the left who have expressed horror at the suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel are often the same people who have previously called for the silencing of speech they don’t agree with.
America was once a country in which the government stayed out of the business of running businesses. Not any more.
It’s part luck that his bad policies didn’t turn out much worse. But Trump has also made good decisions and changed his mind when he needs to.
The United States needs to escalate its actions against Iran – because bully regimes respond to a stick.