Donald Trump has, since the very earliest days of his first presidential term, warned Americans that they would get “tired of winning”. Perhaps the debacle currently facing the USA as a result of Trump’s war on Iran is what he meant.
On Saturday, Trump claimed to have “destroyed 100 per cent of Iran’s military capability”, after suggesting a week ago that the war was “very complete, pretty much”. When, due to a misunderstanding, he thought the UK had offered to send two aircraft carriers to the region (though no such offer existed) he outright mocked the idea of the UK sending ships to a war that was “already won”.
Now, he has spent the weekend sending increasingly feverish messages to world leaders via social media demanding assistance to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the passage essential to world oil markets, the food supply of several US allies in the Middle East, and much else. Iran had always threatened to block the strait if severely attacked, and it has followed through on that threat.
Over the weekend, Trump first called on a seemingly random coalition of countries, including the UK, Japan and South Korea – but, significantly, also China, traditionally seen as a US adversary – to help clear mines from the strait and to offer escort ships. Later, Trump seemed to finally remember the existence of the Nato alliance, menacingly saying it faced a “very bad” future if it didn’t do what he wanted.
Nato, of course, is a defensive alliance. It comes with no obligation for members to join Donald Trump on a seemingly random war of aggression. And the US is facing unsurprising reluctance from allies to join an operation for which Trump and his team seem to have no plan.
Iran had never blocked the Strait of Hormuz before, but the US and Israel had never taken out Iran’s Supreme Leader before. Trump’s team were caught off guard by their own surprise offensive.
Now Donald Trump is panicking. His plan to bomb Iran and hope they would just surrender and hand him a victory hasn’t paid off. He has no backup plan, and is clearly unhappy that no one has offered him an easy way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
As a result, he is trying his oldest trick – to pass the problem on to someone else. Trump wants to claim victory for the war in Iran, and blame someone else for not clearing up the mess. So far, though, his allies seem unwilling to play along.
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