Anne Applebaum“It will just open up naturally,” Trump says about the Strait of Hormuz. He also once said, at the beginning of the pandemic, that COVID would end by itself. "One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear"
Chiwetel Ejiofor@anneapplebaum
There’s a pattern here treating complex, high-stakes crises like they’ll resolve themselves if you just wait long enough. Whether it’s a pandemic or a geopolitical flashpoint like the Strait of Hormuz, reality doesn’t bend to wishful thinking. Leadership demands foresight, not faith in miracles.