When Iran struck Israel on Sunday, President Donald Trump demanded that the Jewish nation stop firing back. But when Tehran struck a U.S. military helicopter the next day, it was “bombs away” against the Islamic Republic. You can call it strategic, but I call it hypocrisy.

First of all, those who claim Trump is Israel’s puppet — and not the other way around — are eating some serious crow right now. But more importantly, Trump’s pride-fueled push to preserve his precious ceasefire has been exposed as just that: a project of his ego.