This is what happens when a political dilettante wages war

A golfer uninterested in the world, facts, and science rules the most powerful country on earth like an autocrat. His "do-what-you-like" nature is reminiscent of Putin. But as soon as Donald Trump encounters opponents who, like him, disregard international law and humanity, things look bleak for him...

What goes on in Donald Trump's brain is now well known: extremely banal.

His "Secretary of Truth", Karoline Leavitt, officially the US government spokesperson, revealed just days after the attack on Iran that her boss decides on a gut feeling - based on "fact-based gut feeling" - whether to send his country to war (or not).

His simple mind must have concluded: Venezuela was a piece of cake and earned me and the US military (the latter deservedly) respect, so Iran will be another no-brainer. This is the kind of delusion one makes when ignoring facts, science, and the experiences of others, and believing in alternative truths.

Only someone who thinks like the US president could have declared this disaster a glorious victory across the board. However, his fuse is as short as the one he has when someone dares to doubt him and his brilliance. We can safely assume that the first man in the White House remains unshaken in his absurd self-assessments.

Trump has so far failed to understand that NATO is a defense alliance and not an alliance to support wars started by a autocrat in order to go down in history as a peacemaker and Nobel laureate.

Trump's idiocy would be tolerable; there are plenty of idiots in politics. But they are usually reined in by advisors. However, the first man in the White House has chased away or silenced countless advisors because they were increasingly less likely to tell him what he wanted to hear.

But military superpower isn't everything. You can't bomb away the mental weaknesses of a simpleton. The winners of this fiasco are China and its allies Russia and Iran.

The trilateral alliance of China, Russia, and Iran, flanked by North Korea and economically closely linked to India, poses a challenge for the US. But Trump and his followers don't understand that.