America's Adversaries Watch the Self-Destructing Hegemon

For U.S. adversaries, triggering a foreign policy crisis risks doing the one thing that the Trump administration has abjectly failed to do in its first six months: rally Americans around the flag. The United States retains formidable resources. The last thing any rival wants is to renew America's focus and purpose. Doing nothing is easier. If the United States continues on its current trajectory, then a future conflict looks far more promising than a current conflict.