Trump’s Iran Strike: Testing Rhetoric on Ending Wars
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that he will not hesitate to strike other targets in Iran if peace does not come quickly in the Middle East. It’s Donald Trump’s war now. The decision to bomb Iran illustrates the conflict between some of the president’s fundamental impulses. Trump’s decision to authorize a military strike on Iran could reshape the future of the Middle East and his presidency. President Trump has excelled at letting supporters hear what they want to hear. But Iran has upended that strategy. Trump has long said “no” to a nuclear Iran while at the same time has expressed that he has no desire to drag the U.S. into another war. As a candidate, President Donald Trump spoke of the need to stop engaging in “endless” or “forever wars.” He said removing “warmongers and America-last globalists” was among his…
The Trump administration did not give Congress advance warning of the attack, prompting outcry from Democrats and some Republicans. Donald Trump’s decision to authorize U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites contrasts sharply with his longstanding opposition to foreign military entanglements. Throughout his political career, Trump criticized “endless wars” and promoted an “America First” approach, often attacking fellow Republicans for hawkish views. Iran could be about to test that. President Donald Trump has in recent hours employed increasingly bold rhetoric about involving the United States in Israel’s attacks on Iran. Donald Trump, the president who returned to the White House in January promising to be a “peacemaker”, has taken a dramatic step to insert the US into the fraught conflict between Iran and Israel …
