More Iran War Mixed Messaging From Trump
His chaotic turnabouts amid the escalating conflict are speeding up, and now include threats to bomb civilian infrastructure.
Donald Trump’s reversals accelerated on Monday amid the widening war begun by the US and Israel a month ago. The 79-year-old president oscillated between threats of further destruction of Iran’s civilian infrastructure and unconfirmed claims of peace negotiations.
All the while, the two attacking countries continued to bomb Iran and Lebanon, with thousands already killed and tens of thousands wounded, according to local authorities and United Nations-afiliated groups. The Houthis in Yemen joined Hezbollah in attacking Israel over the weekend, further expanding a conflict that increasingly centers on the Strait of Hormuz and limited tanker traffic there, thanks to Iran’s stranglehold on the waterway.