Another View: Under Trump, US is again the world’s policeman

Donald Trump has a bit of Barney Fife in him. Armed with a badge and bullet ― and lots of guns ― he’s hell-bent on locking up all the bad guys in town.

The president who promised to always put America first and decried foreign interventions that lead to nation-building is now standing astride the globe with the ambition of bending it to his will. CNN calculates that over the past year, Trump has either threatened or attacked one of every 15 nations worldwide.

In 2019, Trump declared...