Why Trump’s Iran War Was ‘Doomed From the Very Start’
Key Points:
- The author reviewed notes from conversations with senior U.S. officials and Trump advisers regarding the war initiated by Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Iran.
- The war is described as self-defeating, poorly planned, and orchestrated by ineffective leadership amid a declining American empire.
- The author asserts that Trump lost the war within its first 72 hours, marking it as the worst-run war in modern U.S. history.
- A senior Trump administration official acknowledged the lack of a clear mission from the outset and expressed concern about political repercussions in the coming months.