Trump's 'I Would Do It Again' Is Stubbornness Dressed as Principle

Being wrong and being punished are different things, and a politician who merges them has learned the wrong lesson. Trump told the Wall Street Journal the Iran war was right and that he "would have done it again," while acknowledging that the attack and a sharp price rise shaped Tuesday's losses [S2260]. The human move worth watching is that he grants the defeat its cause but refuses the decision any error. Most of us do this with a bad purchase or a grudge. Judgment, though, is not proven by repeating a choice. It is proven by repeating it knowing who pays for it. Democrats are on track for a House majority of at least 50 seats, and prominent Republicans are blaming his agenda and party leadership [S2261]. Those people are living with the consequences. The real question is not whether he would do it again. It is whether anyone around him is still allowed to ask.