Even the most ardent, tanned-fully-orange MAGA supporter would admit that Trump 2.0 hasn’t gone according to plan. Iran has realised that it can hold the Strait of Hormuz hostage and dangle it like the Sword of Damocles over the global economy. China, unperturbed by bluster around reciprocal tariffs, is holding sermons on avoiding the Thucydides trap. The Middle East war expanded to engulf the entire region, including those that were hitherto considered untouchable, like Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Oil prices are through the roof, and the administration’s immigration policies are so haphazard that the world is wondering how America…

