HALIFAX—Enough is enough.

It is not at all certain that the world can take two more years of United States President Donald Trump. A dangerous and possibly demented man occupies the most powerful office in the world, and he is increasingly using it to lash out at anyone who opposes him.

His mood, like his popularity, is souring. Trump faces plummeting poll numbers and criticism even from his own party. Even the GOP smells the smoke in the political barn.

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Trump’s war in Iran was supposed to demonstrate American power. Instead, it has done the opposite— shown an America in decline. Back in February Trump predicted victory over Iran in a few days. Months later, he now has the makings of a debacle on his hands. Some U.S. military bases have been shuttered in the Middle East, and new supply chains to support the troops and sailors are more distant, difficult, and costly. In effect, the U.S. has been chased out of missile range in the region. Trump’s America can no longer protect its allies in the Middle East. In fact, Iran is actually on the offensive.

The illegal Iran War has been a military and economic face-plant. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has driven up fuel and food prices to the point where Trump supporters are hurting, and some even contemplate voting for the Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections. The shocking thing is that some Trump voters, tired of his tantrums and tirades, may just stay home in November. Republican volunteers are not even showing up to knock on doors or hammer in signs like they once did on Trump’s behalf. What is being called the “red undertow,” caused by Trump, may drown the Republican party. One Trump voter in Gobles, Mich., told The New York Times that he is baffled by the........

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