Trump’s Pronoun Problem

“Their war” in Gaza? Not exactly.

One precedent in American history for realizing only belatedly that a war we thought was “theirs” was indeed “ours” is Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. World War II Patriotic Cover sent under Free Franking from the Army Music School at Fort Meyer in Arlington, Virginia, on December 11, 1942 -- a year after the attack. Via the National Postal Museum.

“It’s not our war. It’s their war,” President Trump said on his first day back in office, responding to a question about whether the Gaza ceasefire will hold.