American empire? Perhaps he means Ottoman Empire? Strike one.
Trump is vulgar, ill-informed and poorly spoken.
Assertion against evidence. I wonder if there is any reason to continue reading this article. Strike two.
As Bret Stephens complained Aug. 8 in the Wall Street Journal, some of Trumps loudest supporters make a motley virtue of their ignorance.
And strike three.
Perhaps this person can learn from his mistakes. But he seems so sure that he knows everything that teasing out what little virtue there might be in this article is not worth my time.
Yeah, it is three strikes.
You are just wrong about who is striking out.