Everything is going according to the plan we don’t have
Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war on Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for "unconditional surrender" to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another.
We’re almost two weeks into the Iran war, and President Donald Trump still isn’t sure what his goals are.Asked on Wednesday whether he would be able to declare victory in the Middle East if Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei—the son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—becomes the new supreme leader of Iran, Trump balked.“I don’t want to comment on that,” the…
Donald Trump declared that the US had won the war with Iran during a rally in Kentucky on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump has suggested that the US-Israeli air campaign in Iran will continue until “they cry uncle, or when they can’t fight any longer.” Iran’s foreign minister has said their own military will fight “as long as it takes” and that they have little interest in negotiating a ceasefire. But continuing the war isn’t…
