Warplanes from Syrian base hit by US just carried out airstrikes in Homs

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49. They all understand that and much more just fine.

Zakaria is not just extremely intelligent, educated, and experienced, he's also extremely well connected. He and others like him have sources and information we do not, and it always amazes me when outside amateurs are so incredibly delusional as to imagine they know and understand more than wired-in professionals do.

In this case, I strongly doubt this brilliant person heads of state choose to interview them would have said the same thing later on as this developed. But at that time he thought he saw the same pattern Obama and other presidents displayed as they transitioned from the ignorance of outsider candidates to the desk where the buck stopped.

And, again, anyone who imagines this statement indicates a new respect for Rump is being very foolish. NO intelligent people can or do respect Rump.