Trump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory | Sidney Blumenthal

As the president spirals over his disastrous war, his threats have escalated beyond the red line of international lawDonald Trump has hung nine glowering portraits of himself throughout the White House, each one projecting a variation on the theme of intimidation. But gazing into his narcissistic pool of grimacing images has not calmed him when in his mind’s eye he stares into the abyss of the worst failure of his life.