
Reports continue to circulate that Trump is flabbergasted and losing patience behind the scenes, as the Iran war drags on and slowly exhausts the US military’s clay colossus.
The truth is, by consuming his presidency, the war is precisely doing its job. Part of the major reason behind the war was to divert from the Epstein scandal which itself threatened to consume Trump’s presidency. As such, by laying a blanket over the fire, the war was able to snuff it out, yet now itself threatens to suffocate the remainder of Trump’s career and political legacy.
The article notes that even Trump’s top aides are in fear for their life due to CIA intelligence that Iran is eyeing them for liquidation:
The war has taken a personal toll on the president and some of his senior advisers. Some top aides have been advised by intelligence agencies that the Iranians are seeking to kill them and have been told to stop taking car services, according to people familiar with the matter.
The most eye-opening part of the article reveals Trump’s frustrations at not being able to deal with Iran’s leadership because he believes everytime the US has made headway in negotiations, Iran resorts to striking:
As the war lingers, Trump has grown less confident that the U.S. and Iran can find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. He has complained to advisers that it is difficult to know who speaks for top leadership, and every time the U.S. thinks it has made progress at the negotiating table, Iran continues its attacks, according to people familiar with the matter.
This, more than anything else, testifies to the deeply-ingrained nature of the imperial hubris that has taken over the heart and soul of American foreign policy. The arrant exceptionalism has grown so all-pervasive, that Trump simply operates from the base denominator that agreements made by the US need only be honored by the opposing side. The US itself is exempt, held to no standard because it’s assumed as a given that as global hegemon, the US’s side of the parley is allowed to be ‘fluid’.
Everyone knows it is in fact the US that broke and dishonored all agreements, or simply ignored contingencies such as the Israel-Lebanon inclusion, amongst other things.
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