Tom Toles imagines the solution to Trump's predicament of wretched approval ratings, legislative disasters, and the very real potential of much of his base deserting him:
What to do is almost predetermined. Do the thing within your control that is almost guaranteed to rally the nation behind you, bigly, for at least a little longer. Guess it yet? That’s right. A war.
Need congressional approval? Oops, not really anymore. Against whom? It almost doesn’t matter. So many choices, and any enemy will suffice.
Now back to Trump in particular. With whom will he start a war? Yes, there are many choices, but one looming scenario is Iran. And here is a case that war with Iran is already being planned….
[E]veryone would be well advised to keep a close eye on U.S. interaction with Iran, and for that matter with everywhere else.
I quite agree. In fact with this "insecure, incompetent megalomaniac" in the Oval Office, I'd venture that a needless, unprovoked war is predestined. It is this almost certain reality alone that tips me toward the advisability of impeachment.
The counterargument is that a President Mike Pence would be far more effective in working with this reactionary Congress; it would be preferable, then, to retain the megalomaniac in the White House, since he hasn't any idea as to how to work with others and negotiate legislation. The counterargument is seductive and nearly convincing — until one acknowledges the massive human devastation that a Trump War would inflict.
Pence's legislation could be rescinded. Trump's body count could not.