On History, or: Don't mess with eagles if you don't know how to fly

The estimable John O'Sullivan, among many things erstwhile editor of National Review and adviser to the exquisite Lady Thatcher, defenestrates an aspiring space cadet:

Virgin founder Richard Branson: History will treat Trump "incredibly unkindly" for pulling out of Paris climate deal https://t.co/unLka13BW0 pic.twitter.com/tot4qTNLn0

— CNN (@CNN) June 2, 2017

Neither you nor anyone else knows what history will say. If you have an argument advance it. History is not your ventriloquist's dummy. https://t.co/YVFLcgGumt

— John O'Sullivan (@JohnOSullivanNR) June 4, 2017