In a 2007 video, retired General Wesley Clark described the moment, in the early days of U.S. operations in Afghanistan, where he learned of a Department of Defense agenda flagging seven Middle Eastern countries for destruction. Beginning with Iraq, it would proceed to Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. This plan, idiomatic of the Washington establishment, is exactly what MAGA was supposed to counter, yet today we see President Donald Trump overseeing its finale and selling it whole-heartedly to his base. This administration understands it takes careful messaging to convince...