Pakistan, Aug. 2 -- President Donald Trump announced he would take two weeks to decide on bombing Iran's nuclear sites. He changed his mind and ordered the bombing of the Iranian sites within forty-eight hours. Changing his precept within hours surprised many at the international level. What immediately reminded me was Pervez Hoodbyoy's article - Pakistan's Donald Trump. Hoodbhoy had compared Trump with Imran Khan, who had not become the premier of the country at the time but was waiting in the wings to become one. Recalling the article ten years later, Hoodbhoy appears to be no less than an accomplished observer of human instincts.

Mr Trump, after winning the election and entering the White House, presented himself as a man of peace and...