There are moments in history when the world needs more than a diplomat. It needs a man of action. A commander. A decider. A leader. This week, when Iran escalated the war with Israel, the rest of the globe issued statements and expressed “grave concern.” President Donald J. Trump left the G7 Summit early, stepped on Air Force One, and went home to get to work.

That’s the difference.

While the international elites clinked wine glasses and crafted nonbinding resolutions, President Trump did what he always does: led.

This was not a war he asked for. It wasn’t one he provoked. But it was one that carried consequences far beyond the Middle East—and President Trump understood that. Iran’s sustained campaign of terror, its deep-pocketed funding of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, and its nuclear ambitions have long threatened not only Israel’s existence, but the global order itself. There is no stability in Europe or Asia if Tehran becomes a nuclear power. Period.

And unlike the paper-pushers in Brussels and the Ivy League think tanks back home, Trump never waited around for the "perfect time" to act. There never was one. Whether it........

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