One of Donald Trump’s most impressive political gifts is in choosing enemies.

As president, he often manages to select targets for his power grabs or retribution that are hard to defend. Trump’s prosecution of James Comey, who was a hyperpolitical peacock of an FBI director, makes critics of Trump’s heavy hand with the Justice Department say “Even though Comey …”

Or how about trying to shut down Jimmy Kimmel, who can be relied on for partisanship but not laughs? Friends of the First Amendment on the right felt obliged to say that Kimmel deserved to be canceled, but not at the government’s behest.

Who wants to be seen as the apologist for South American drug cartels by saying that the Fourth Fleet can’t be turned into a death squad? Or that Chicago’s crime rate is a problem, but the mili

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