History is full of bizarre and remarkable connections. An Austrian archduke’s visit to Sarajevo in 1914 triggered the war that nearly destroyed European civilization. A president’s trip to Dallas probably helped accelerate the disastrous Vietnam War.
The beauty of Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian queen, supposedly changed all of history because she attracted a Roman leader. And so it may be with Donald Trump’s calamitous decision to go to war with Iran last February without proper planning or preparation — a move that was cited by voters and the vice president himself as being one of the reasons Republicans were beaten so badly on Election Day. Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc.
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