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Trump Looks Frantic

So much bluster signifying nothing

First published in The Atlantic on April 7, 2026.

by David Frum, The Atlantic
April 8, 2026 | reading time: 4 Min.

President Trump’s threat on Truth Social this morning to destroy 25 centuries of Persian civilization in a single night echoes a joke by the comedian Eddie Izzard about Darth Vader ordering food in the canteen of the Death Star.

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