Trump Has No Good Options to Resolve the Disaster He Created in Iran

Trump has no good options to resolve the disaster he created in Iran

Trump faces a disaster of his own making in Iran. He had no plan to address Iran's predictable retaliation, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, but even if he did, he faces another problem: Israel, his disastrous choice for a partner in crime. U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the American public on Wednesday, but he didn't have anything new to say. That lack of any substance is emblematic of the entire criminal and foolish war he agreed…

Iran: America's First Post-Reality War

Stephen Colbert and Donald Trump. (Credits: Colbert, Philip Romano/Creative Commons 4.0, Trump, Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons 2.0)You are reading Public Sphere, an independent publication which is 100% funded by readers just like you who choose to become paid subscribers. I do not have a paywall today. You can read this site for a week or a month or six months, to see if you like it. If you do—if you think this is a worthwhile place, and you w…