It just registered with me.
In the first quarter of 2026, President Trump appears to be well on the way to resolving three generational international issues which have defied the capabilities of multiple presidents, Secretaries of State and innumerable foreign policy experts. Things might still go wrong in any one of these situations but . . . right now each of these problems appear to be on pathways towards success and security achieved at lower risk and cost and in defiance of the institutional establishments of Washington, D.C.
Communist Cuba - Fidel Castro came to power violently in 1959 during President Eisenhower's administration. This is perhaps the most significant ideological victory, Cuba being one of the last holdovers of the Cold War. Trump seems on his way to resolving this international and national security challenge which has defied twelve other administrations for sixty-seven years.Theocratic Nuclear Iran - The Shah fell in 1979 during President Carter's administration. There is an ongoing war currently, but Trump seems well on his way to finally resolving the global threat of a nuclear armed messianic theocracy. This is probably the most significant achievement in terms of the Global War on Terror and national security which has defied six other administrations for forty-seven years.Failed Narco-Dictatorship Venezuela - Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999 during President Clinton's administration, helping drive the global drug catastrophe and immiserating a whole generation of Venezuelans in the process. Chavez and his successor Maduro have defied four other administrations for twenty-seven years.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s infamous phrase from Buck v. Bell can be repurposed. Three generations of institutional foreign policy imbeciles are enough. No wonder they are so irate with Trump. He is well on his way towards having undone three generations of dangerous problems in three months.
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