The Spoils of War: Trump Lavished With Media and Bipartisan Praise For Bombing Syria

Summary: In every type of government, nothing unites people behind the leader more quickly,reflexively or reliablythan war. Donald Trump now sees how true thatis, as the same establishment leaders in U.S. politics and media who have spent months denouncinghim as a mentally unstable and inept authoritarian and unprecedented threat to democracy are standing and applauding him as he launches bombs at Syrian government targets.