In the vast array of comment concerning President Trump’s intervention in Syria, recall that most commentators, whether American or not, refused to envisage not only the possibility of Donald Trump winning the election, they actively campaigned against it. Many continued their campaign even after he won the election.

On the basis that he was a strict conservative constitutionalist and also his strong conservative record in the Senate, Ted Cruz seemed to me to be the best candidate in the Republican primaries.