We cannot make deals with evil.  The approach that Donald Trump seems to feel would work best with the various existential dangers we face is to negotiate better deals with them.  This assumes that the problems we have faced come from poor negotiating skills.  With some opponents, this is undoubtedly true. Putin, for example, is a strongman who also understands the geopolitical bottom line.   China, likewise, plays us for patsies and someone like Trump could do much better than Obama or Clinton.  Our southern border problem is porous partly because we do not exert practical pressure on Mexico and the Latin American nations from which illegal aliens come to use through Mexico. These are problems in which we must engage shady operatives trying to cheat us, and in these cases, better deal-making can help us a lot.  But there are other forces in the world that are simply evil and immune to blandishments, bribes, and better negotiators. The...(Read Full Article)