J.D. Vance Picked a Fight in Germany. Will He Get One in China?

From Mar-a-Gaza to the Eurocrats in Munich, no one—so far—is punching back against this White House. But there is one battle the U.S. cannot afford to lose.

For a man who is said to have his eye on the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald J. Trump sure is spoiling for a fight.

His administration increasingly reminds me of the character in Stephen Crane’s Wild West short story, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.” Scratchy Wilson prowls the dusty streets of the one-horse town in search of a fight—any fight. The lo…