Donald Trump Has Kicked Over the Hornet’s Nest

We are hearing the echoes of 2002 and 2003 rising again after the president ordered the assassination of Iran's second most powerful man. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Trump's Order to Assassinate Qasem Soleimani Has Kicked Over the Hornet's Nest   Three years ago, El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago, like 99.99 percent of his fellow citizens, did not have the faintest idea what the Quds Force was, and he wouldn't have known who the hell Qasem Soleimani was if the man sat in his lap. In the aftermath of his astonishingly reckless decision to take Soleimani out on Thursday, a number of the president*'s previous public statements have been unearthed. Many of them were ancient warnings that Barack Obama intended to start a war with Iran in order to be re-elected in 2012. These are further proof enough of his bone-deep mendacity, but more compelling was a radio interview he did with Hugh Hewitt while running for president himself four years later. Read More           Star Wars Fans Think There's a Secret, Three-Hour J.J. Abrams Cut of The Rise of Skywalker   Once, Warner Bros. released a little superhero film called Justice League. Fans of those superheroes didn't really like the movie. In fact, they kinda hated it. They hated it so much that they couldn't really accept that the Justice League they saw was the Justice League they were supposed to see. They, like, really couldn't accept it, so they cooked up a theory that Justice League's director, Zack Snyder, was in possession of a better, almost entirely different movie—one that he edited himself— that Warner Bros. squashed. Read More           8 Ways to Save Some Serious Money on Your Next Trip   Created by Esquire for Capital One   Invest in merino, subscribe to flight-deal newsletters, embrace credit card rewards, and more. Read More           The Surviving R. Kelly Producers Didn't Want to Make a Part Two. But There Were More Stories to Tell.   Surviving R. Kelly ranks among the Me Too era's most influential investigations of sexual abuse. It was both widely consumed, earning Lifetime it's biggest ratings in years, and had a momentous impact. A year after its release, Kelly now faces both state and federal criminal charges, including bribery, obstruction of justice, and sexual assault. Read More           Want to Turn a Preppy Look Up to 11? Add a Healthy Dose of Punk.   Consider this: Between punks and preppies, one group embraces the concept of fuck-you pants—and it ain't the punks. The style subcultures have more in common, at least in ethos, than you might expect. It's just that for preppies, the jacket of choice isn't a biker but a blazer (which nowadays is as likely to be made by the streetwear-­friendly brand Rowing Blazers or the skate-infused label Noah as by J. Press or Brooks Brothers). Read More           There's One Simple Way to Understand the Convoluted Witcher Timelines   Netflix's The Witcher occupies a strange place in post-Game of Thrones TV. A groundbreaking prestige fantasy series, The Witcher is not. But it does bring enough swords and magic and sex and intricate medieval political turmoil to satisfy any fan with a gaping high fantasy hole in their little heart. At times, The Witcher knows exactly what it is, which is a so-bad-it's-good adventure series that is self-aware, and occasionally hilarious. It's not afraid of making amazingly stupid minstrel banger theme songs for its lead character. Henry Cavill grunts and grumbles his way through the series like a perfectly sexy, bitter anti-hero. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019