[P]resenting the New York mayoral election result as a crushing defeat for Israel, capitalism, the West, and "white identity"...does nothing more but add to an already saturated lexicon of idiocy.
[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.
It wouldn’t have cost Trump anything to show a clear intent to deter in a strategically crucial moment; it wouldn’t even have undermined his efforts in Ukraine.