On April 6th 2017, after launching missiles in to Syria without congressional approval, President Trump called on “all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria.” The appeal to ‘civilization’ is an odd one, betraying an essentially Trumpian worldview. It sounds as if Trump is deep in to a game of Civilization, and making a clear divide between the civilized nations and the bit players (city states and barbarians). And that actually is how Trum...
