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The Graphic Proof That Trump’s Jaw-Dropping Bluff Has Become His Worst Nightmare
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- Thirteen separate incidents in the Middle East this week highlight ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, contradicting President Trump's claims that the situation is under control or minimal.
- Since Trump's strikes on Iran in February, 18 U.S. servicemen and women have died and 820 have been wounded, with many more Iranian casualties, showing the high human cost of the conflict.
- Iran and its allies, including Houthi forces in Yemen, have intensified attacks, seizing key strategic locations like the port of Mocha and threatening vital shipping routes such as the Bab al-Mandab waterway.
- Recent Iranian actions include capturing a U.S. underwater drone, attacking U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, and striking Saudi oil infrastructure, causing oil prices to surge above $100 per barrel.
- Despite these escalations, Trump and his administration continue to downplay the conflict as "small potatoes," even as military and geopolitical tensions rise ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
