Is Trump Serious About Attacking Other Countries?

Playbook: “The obvious question is how seriously to take all this talk. The received wisdom during the bluster of Trump 1.0 was to take the president seriously, but not literally — but things have changed somewhat this past year. The bombing strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in the summer followed by the audacious capture of Maduro on Saturday has confirmed Trump as the most aggressively interventionist U.S. president since George W. Bush. And in case you hadn’t noticed, he appears unencumbered by legal and diplomatic norms.”