Rich Mole: Which only goes to prove the author's premise to be misguided. Diplomacy by warfare has had a disastrous recent history in the U.S., starting with Vietnam. Trump might get a short-term bump in support by engaging in military adventurism but eventually this would be more than offset by public revulsion at the loss of American lives and tax revenues. Thus, I suspect Trump, if he's inclined towards militarism to show that he can flex his muscles, will seek out measured surgical strikes (as he's already demonstrated in Syria) or easy and inexpensive skirmishes, like Reagan's invasion of Grenada. And in case you haven't noticed he's already figured out his preferred response to Europe's refugee crisis - close the doors.

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