So Trump’s erratic behavior and inconsistent threats may actually pay off in terms of peace? I just can’t — especially if it allows him to win a second term.

OTOH, during Bush 41, the wall fell in Berlin, Germany was united, and we won a war against Iraq. Yet Bush was not re-elected. But he wasn’t the leader of a cult, didn’t brag about everything, and was unfortunate to face a 3-man race for the presidency, where the third candidate was a person of renown, wealth, and knowledge who had real ideas about the economy (well, at least one real idea)