Sri Lanka, July 10 -- A nation in mourning. A ceasefire deal in tatters. Energy prices rising yet again. Developing nations bearing the blows. Peace saboteurs eager to resume the war. A president desperate to etch his name into history-not with deeds but with ego-driven misdeeds.

That nation in mourning is Iran. The ego-driven president is Donald Trump, the like of whom the United States has never seen before.

Maverick and unpredictable, Trump refuses to play by diplomacy's rules. Instead, he makes his own rules and demands that the world obey. Whatever little respect the US commanded before Trump assumed office has now evaporated.

Among many examples, striking is this week's red card reversal ahead of the US-Belgium World Cup encoun...