Perhaps Trump's most loyal supporters believe his threats convey toughness and strength, but Iran and the rest of the world do not. Americans who are not under his spell, along with the rest of the world, see a weak man in a weak position.
Donald Trump is floating a 20% fee for commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reminiscent of a small-time mafia protection racket.
Donald Trump broke his promises about the outcome of the war in Iran. He spent huge amounts of taxpayer dollars to essentially strengthen, enrich, and legitimize a ruling regime he claimed was so evil and dangerous that it had to be eradicated.
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With inflation rising, how do Trump and the US resolve the war with Iran and the trouble in the Strait of Hormuz without essentially capitulating to Iran?
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In an interview on Meet the Press, President Donald Trump lied about having repeatedly promised to start no wars. Will it matter to Trump-voters, or will they gloss over it as usual?
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The House essentially voted to sternly disapprove of the President's continuation of the war with Iran, refusing to do something substantive to reel in the President, reassert Congress's war authority, and maintain the separation of powers between the branches of government.
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Clearly, the US has little leverage at this point, or the Strait would be open, or at least Trump would have a clearly discernible plan for getting it reopened that he was sticking to. Now, he is left scrambling to find a way to keep the world economy from tumbling off of a cliff without looking like a weak, ignorant, moron by giving a supposedly defeated Iran a better set of circumstances than it had before the war began.
