The president is whimsical, absentminded and easily shaking. It makes him an easy mark for militarists.
In both the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, Donald Trump cynically but effectively adopted the mantle of anti-war candidates, accusing his rival of denounced his dangerous commitment to war policies in a new era. In October 2024, he specifically rejected the idea of a change of regime in Iran, I’m saying“We can’t be completely involved in all of that. We can’t run ourselves. Let’s face it.” In his inaugural speech in January, Trump said. It was promised To be a “peace superintendent” who “stops all wars and bring a new spirit of unity into a world that is completely unpredictable.” Trump at Saudi Arabia’s major foreign policy address in May repetition His frequently repeated criticism of “Western interventionists” and “neoconservatives” who tried to remake the Middle East with an American image.
As I have repeatedly argued, Trump’s words are the useful rejection of the hub-harmed bipartisan foreign policy elites, but Trump’s records show that he knows how to direct America’s foreign policy in a more peaceful direction. The exact opposite is true. Trump’s own limitations as a leader – his whim, lack of deep commitment, and his desire to appease different factions in his political coalition, become easy prey for militarists who want to push for new conflicts. The current outbreak of hostility towards Iran, launched by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is a great example.
Trump I gave it a green light Israel began attacks on Iran on Friday. These attacks led to open saliva production By Netanyahu and Key Congressional Republicans Ted Cruz and others with the prospect of an Iranian change of government. They derailed Trump’s continued push for nuclear deals with Iran, as they intended. They also threaten to drag the United States into an escalating Middle East war. Trump has repeatedly promised to avoid it.
Why did Trump give his support to a policy that clearly undermines his stated purpose of being a peace superintendent in the Middle East and securing a new nuclear deal with Iran? The truth is that Trump’s commitment to non-interventionist foreign policy has always been compromised by conflicting impulses. Trump wants to be seen as a deal maker, but he wants to be seen as a tough guy too. He defeated the neoconservative factions to become the standard Republican rep, but the foreign policy Hawks within the GOP remain a strong constituency, and Trump himself is deeply grateful to the pro-Israel Hawks like Miriam Adelson. Donation Over $100 million for Trump campaign. During his first term, Trump repeatedly He sidelined his own stated anti-interventionist position Accepting Hawkish Advisors who advocated a public competition with China, withdrawing from Iran’s nuclear deal signed by Barack Obama, maintaining Syrian troops, maintaining military spending, and Ukrainian armament against Russia.
Trump has a weak personality and easily sways under pressure from powerful forces. This can be seen in his flip-floping policy on trade (where penetration into the stock market led to rapid policy changes), as in the Russian/Ukrainian war. Trump’s whimsicality led to the growing popularity of the phrase taco (“Trump always kicks out chickens”).
In a distinctive misdirection, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, who is a pro-Israel hawk, used taco smears to claim Trump was too soft in Iran. June 2nd, Schumer I warned The “tacon Trump” may have been “folded” by Iran through side transactions. This was the exact opposite of what was actually happening. To be precise, he was an easy mark of Netanyahu’s Taka persuasion, as the pro-Israel lobby was so strong that Trump liked to go down the path of minimal resistance.
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Netanyahu appears to have argued that Israel’s bombing campaign would create an incentive for Iran to sign a nuclear deal. However, this argument is betrayed by Netanyahu’s own appetite for Iran’s change of government. The threat from Israeli politicians They “burn” Tehran and “turn it into Beirut.” What’s more, bombing just makes Iran Negotiation is resistant And in fact, it appears that the idea of acquiring nuclear weapons is more popular in Iran. Israel’s Facts I was killed Ali Shamhani, Iran’s leading weapons negotiator, reveals that the war is designed to thwart negotiations.
Executive Director, Curtis Mills American conservativesit’s persuasive Depicting Israel’s war as a success in undermining Trump’s foreign policy agenda:
It remains amazed that Israel assassinated Iran’s leading nuclear negotiator/advisor/Consigliere to Khamenei. Trump has posted two videos of the man in recent weeks, highlighting Iran’s desire to trade. This was and was a key goal for Trump administrators. The complete humiliation of the president’s initiative – by allies. It could violate credibility and effectively ensure immigration and trade transactions around the world, sinking Trump’s ability to handle Russia. Understand how this is Netanyahu first. America’s first?
Trita Parsi, vice president of Quincy Institute; Note Netanyahu is not satisfied with getting the green light to attack Iran. Israel took an impressive early strike, but Iran reorganized and launched a counterattack. Israel, in particular, has no military measures to halt or significantly slow Iran’s nuclear policy, so what was sold as a quick and easy war now threatens to become a quagmire. So Netanyahu is now returning to his long-standing goal of having the US fight against Iran on behalf of Israel.
As Parsi points out:
Naturally, Israeli officials and Washington allies have included groups like the Foundation for Democracy Defence – President Trump has begun lobbying to take the US to war and take part in an offensive strike. For Trump, this must be a serious disappointment. I know he doesn’t want to fire another thing middle east War, the Netanyahu government re-adjusted its approach when it pushed Trump in the beginning of January. Rather than urging the US to directly attack Iran, they sought a green light for Israel to act. Through a fierce lobbying campaign, Israel appears to have secured implicit approval from Trump at least for the campaign.
Just 24 hours after the chosen war with Iran, Israel had already returned to Washington, Knocking on the Trump door with a new request. What began as “giving us a green light and Israel would bomb Iran for America” soon “hurry for Israel, bombing America, Iran!”
So far, Trump has resisted Netanyahu’s more outrageous demands, including killing Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His position as a negotiator is undermined, but he still managed to turn off the arms spigot to Israel and end the devastating rush to regional wars. But alas, Trump’s records rarely show that he has the strength of character to do this. In the end, Takothramp always drives out the chickens. Especially when he is under pressure on the militarists who control Washington, DC and Israel.
