The question is no longer whether he is the president Donald tramp lost control of the narrative of his new war in the Iran, but whether he lost control over the war itself, CNN journalist Steven Collinson, who reports on the White House, writes in an analysis.
Wars, once started, create their own insidious momentum that can trump political messages White House, but if this is opposed by the president's capacity to determine his direction - political quicksand follows.
After the conflict began with a bang - with the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - Trump's team may have hoped to be in a better place three weeks later. Instead, the way out of the war is still impossible to predict.
While the United States and Israel undoubtedly wreaked havoc on Tehran's military-industrial complex and repression machine, Iran took the initiative by expanding the impact of the war. Its closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route OIL, threatens to paralyze the global economy. Americans are already suffering, with average gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, Collinson said.
He notes that "things could be worse" because "oil and gas facilities throughout the Gulf region" have been attacked.
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The countries of the Persian Gulf did not want war
Collinson recalls Trump's statement from Friday that he did not know that Israel was planning to attack Iran's South Pars gas field, but also that CNN sources disputed his claim, which was not difficult, given the close coordination between the US and Israel.
Gulf countries, plagued by daily missile and drone warnings, are frustrated that the economic miracle epitomized by their futuristic cityscapes is threatened by a war started by their American ally that they did not want, a CNN reporter notes in an analysis.
He points out that Trump, meanwhile, is "furious that he cannot simply order the Europeans to send ships to open the strait" and recalls the message of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "This is not our war."
For days, Washington has been betting on when Trump will declare victory and bring the troops home, but the spiraling conflict means that he may no longer have that option, the CNN journalist states in the analysis, quoting Defense Minister Pot Hegsett that "no one can provide perfection in wartime."
"That's true, but 'perfection' isn't even close. After starting a new war, Trump has no control over how long it will last, where it will spread, how much it will cost and how much it will complicate the lives of inflation-weary Americans. And it is in danger of defining his second presidential term," CNN journalist Stephen Collinson said in an analysis.
Source: FoNet
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