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Trump’s Iran gamble has begun – and he looks increasingly desperate

WASHINGTON, DC – Americans woke on Saturday to discover their country had gone to war for reasons that nobody has ever bothered to explain to them, and in search of an outcome the US government cannot specifically define. Seven months after Donald Trump authorised a joint military operation with Israel that he claimed “totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme via America’s bunker-busting bombs, the country is suddenly being asked to believe the Iranian regime had found itself within one week of obtaining sufficient material to serve as an “imminent threat” to the United States. Neither Trump, his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, nor his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has even attempted to explain that contradiction over the last fortnight, as the US assembled the most powerful military force in the region since George W. Bush attacked Iraq in 2003. Between them, the United States and Israel boast more than 500 combat aircraft in the region. As chaos gripped Tehran Trump offered only generalities about his plans. Announcing the start of “massive and ongoing” military operations against Iran, he directly proclaimed that his aim is the collapse of the regime. He called the Iranian government, “a vicious group of very hard, terrible people”. He offered no indication of what kind of administration he hopes will replace the one led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Trump made no mention of Reza Pahlavi, but instead ordered the Iranian people to take circumstances into their own hands. In a series of contradictory remarks, the president first promised Iranians that “the hour of your freedom is at hand”. But while asking them to rise up and seize “your only chance for generations”, he then also told them to “stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere”. Screen grab from a video released on Trump’s Truth Social account (Photo: Trump Via Truth Social/Anadolu via Getty Images) Adding to the confusion, he then also said “now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the time for action”. But presumably only action that can safely be conducted from within the confines of their own residences, until the president later tells them it is safe to go outside. He also urged members of Iran’s brutal Revolutionary Guard to lay down their arms and surrender, even though there is nobody to whom they can surrender to on the country’s streets. Igniting a conflict his regional allies have long urged him not to wage, the American leader shows every sign of having decided to play a game of 52-card pickup in Iran, at a moment when his own approval ratings among US voters have hit record lows. Smoke rises in the sky after blasts were heard in Bahrain’s capital, where a US Navy fleet is headquartered (Photo: Stringer/Reuters) For weeks, he has been in need of a major distraction as Americans roundly reject his claims that the country’s economy is soaring, and after protestors in Minneapolis forced him into a humiliating partial retreat by thousands of federal agents enforcing his brutal mass deportation policies there, and gunning down two American citizens in the process. Members of Congress have again been sidelined by the president. Very few of them appear even to have been awake when the military strikes began, though Senator Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona, said on social media that US troops should not have to “pay the ultimate price for regime change and a war that hasn’t been explained or justified to the American people”. 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Trump, who came to power promising not to drag Americans into wars in far-off places about which they know little and understand even less, has waded in to Iran with no apparent plan for the future. His “America First” followers will be justified in wondering why they should back efforts to bring about the Iranian regime’s fall, at a time when their own government cannot explain how a wider regional conflict can now be avoided. But in an effort to change the storyline threatening his fellow Republicans’ chances in November’s mid-term elections, Trump has decided to go for broke. He can only hope that the brute force of the US and Israeli militaries somehow delivers him a beneficial outcome.

Feb 28, 202615 votes

What next for Trump as he’s confronted by his unpopularity head on

WASHINGTON DC – The battle for what it means to be American is now raging from the ski slopes of the Winter Olympics to the Super Bowl half-time show in California, with Donald Trump portraying himself as the ultimate judge and jury. The latest developments are a sign of how far the US has drifted from its traditional moorings, with athletes pursuing medals in Italy being dogged by questions about the current state of the nation they represent. And even the most moderate slight aimed in the President’s direction now runs the risk of a major backlash. Trump’s Maga base is also piling on, adding fuel to the fire at a time when it feels to some like they are fighting for the soul of their country. Skier Hunter Hess was careful to try to avoid igniting presidential fury last Friday. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Italy, he expressed “mixed emotions” over his representation of the US at such a polarising and combustible moment in its history. “It’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of… Just because I’m wearing the American flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US,” he said. That was enough to trigger Trump, who took to social media to slam Hess as a “real Loser”. Trump claimed that the skier “says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it”. If this verbal assault was designed to keep other athletes’ mouths shut, it didn’t work. Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin, widely considered the greatest-ever female alpine skier, said publicly that she was representing her “own values of inclusivity… diversity and kindness” at the Games, rather than those espoused by her country’s current government. Hunter Hess was called a ‘total Loser’ by Trump after saying he doesn’t represent ‘everything that’s going on in the US’ (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Pausing to choose her words deliberately, Shiffrin told reporters that “there’s a lot of heartbreak, there’s a lot of violence. It can be tough to reconcile that when you are also competing for medals in an Olympic event”. She then read a Nelson Mandela quote that was cited by actress Charlize Theron during the Games’ opening ceremonies: “Peace is not just the absence of conflict. Peace is the creation of an environment in which we can all flourish, regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference.” Figure skater Amber Glenn was more direct, criticising the President for creating “a hard time for the [LGBTQ+] community”. Glenn told reporters that “it isn’t the first time that we’ve had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights. And now, especially, it’s not just affecting the queer community, but many other communities”. She pledged to use her voice throughout the Olympics to encourage Americans to “stay strong, especially during these hard times”. Gold medallist Amber Glenn was inundated with hateful comments after criticising Trump’s policies (Photo: Elsa/Getty) Glenn said that within hours of her comments she was deluged with online hate, writing on social media that “I am now receiving a scary amount of hate / threats for simply using my voice”. She added that – like many of her Team USA colleagues – she had been asked about her feelings regarding developments back home, and that she was going to limit her time online “for my own wellbeing for now but I will never stop using my voice”. It is unprecedented for any US President to judge members of the country’s Olympics squad based on their political outlook. So far, Trump has reserved his criticism for Hess alone, but the more Team USA members speak out, the greater the chance of further interventions from the Oval Office. The possibility that politics overshadows Team USA and psychologically dents its athletes’ performance in Italy is growing, given the online threats towards people like Hess and Glenn from Trump loyalists. Bad Bunny during the Super Bowl half-time in California (Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters) Conservative podcast host Eric Metheny demanded that Hess’s team membership be revoked, while Congressman Derrick van Orden of Wisconsin, a loyal Trump Republican, described the skier as “entitled and ungrateful… clothed, eating, training, sleeping and traveling on the American taxpayer’s coin. He should be billed for every cent”. Van Orden also spent Sunday night backing Trump’s comments on rapper Bad Bunny’s performance during the Super Bowl half-time show, declaring the National Football League “dead to America”. Trump had attacked the singer’s Spanish-language, reverential performance that honoured Puerto Rico and the Latino experience in America. The President described the show’s provocative dance moves as “disgusting” and fumed that “nobody understands a word this guy is saying”. Your next read square WORLD Vance is becoming a liability for Trump in his fight to win back Maga square EPSTEIN SCANDAL Interview I helped bring down Ghislaine Maxwell. She has evidence that could finish Andrew square RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR Ukraine has just humiliated Putin. He has a plan for revenge square UKRAINE Dispatch Inside Ukraine’s safest city – and why it’s the only one Putin hasn’t bombed Of course, the USA’s Spanish-speaking voters – who backed Trump’s return to the White House in record numbers in 2024 – would have no difficulty understanding Bad Bunny’s lyrics. An estimated 45 million people across the country, 13 per cent of the population speak Spanish fluently. For Trump, it is not enough to perform on a prominent stage or be awarded a medal on an Olympic podium to be seen as an icon of American talent, representing the nation in all its diversity. He wants his champions to embrace his America, not anyone else’s vision of the country’s values. And he has zero tolerance for anything else. The battle to be “American” in a Trump era is, in many ways, only just getting started.

Feb 9, 202627 votes

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