You have to suspect a raging case of TDS- Trump Derangement Symptom- in this author's case. Consider his astonishing statement:

"The United States is closer to a war – perhaps more than one – than any time since 2003."

Really? The United States went to war against Yugoslavia in 1999, under Clinton. Then it went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 under Bush, where they're still at it.. America went into Iraq in 2003, then Obama launched his 100,000 soldier "surge" into Afghanistan shortly after winning the election in 2008. Obama went on make war against Libya (2011) and then armed and trained the terrorists that drove the Syrian Civil War (2012- )

The USA is currently making war in Iraq and Syria, ostensibly against Islamic State. Then there were numerous drone attacks over the entire period in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Then add in the threats of war that the US made repeatedly against Iran.

If he gets his own war, Trump will merely be carrying on an American tradition.