THE KINGMAKER DOCTRINE: TRUMP DEMANDS SEAT AT TEHRAN’S SUCCESSION TABLE #
The mask of diplomacy hasn't just slipped; it has been melted away by the heat of the burning Strait of Hormuz. In a chilling display of imperial hubris, President Donald Trump told Fox News this Tuesday that he was ‘not happy’ with the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new Supreme Leader. But he didn’t stop at disapproval. Trump openly suggested that he, the sitting President of the United States, should have been involved in choosing the successor to a…