Donald Trump's foreign policy, particularly his actions regarding Iran, is characterized as 'superpower suicide.' This is seen as a symptom of deeper issues within American democracy, including distortions and inequalities leading to strategic errors.

<p>Donald Trump’s disastrous war in Iran underscores that the guiding principle of his foreign policy is superpower suicide. But this is a symptom of a deeper condition: the democratic distortions and drastic inequalities that have enabled world-historic levels of strategic buffoonery.</p>