Does third anti-Christ wear a red tie?

History's tyrants conquered the world through armies and empires. The French had Napoleon, who marched soldiers wreaking terror and the Germans had Hitler who unleashed the blitzkrieg. Today, America has offered us Donald J. Trump, a man as allergic to nuance as he is devoted to self-promotion.

- Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith

History's tyrants conquered the world through armies and empires. The French had Napoleon, who marched soldiers wreaking terror and the Germans had Hitler who unleashed the blitzkrieg. Today, America has offered us Donald J. Trump, a man as allergic to nuance as he is devoted to self-promotion. If Nostradamus spoke of a 'third Anti-Christ' we would suspect he imagined someone with armies and brute weapons. Yet, Trump land wields global dysfunction as its bluntest instrument by freezing billions in aid, estranging allies and unravelling the fragile threads of global cooperation. It is a quieter form of devastation, but no less real.

Regardless, Mr. Trump's name has gone to Oslo as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. The irony of this candidacy is almost too perfect to ignore. But let's be fair. Let's look at Mr. Trump's "achievements" and see if maybe, just maybe, the world has been too cruel to this peacemaker in a red tie.