Your phone buzzes at midnight. You look at the screen. It is not an urgently needed help text from your friend. It is the President of the United States,Donald J. Trump, informing you – via a social media post – that he is about to obliterate a civilisation.
This is theIranwar; at least that’s how President Trump treats it. And if you have been following it through Trump's Truth Social feed, you would be forgiven for thinking that you have stumbled into the most chaotic, most unpredictable, most binge-worthy crisis in modern geopolitical history. Except that people are actually dying in this one, and the economies across the globe are suffering.
On February 28, US and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury. B-2 stealth bombers struck fortified ballistic missile facilities. The Israeli Air Force executed decapitation strikes. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening hours. The stakes could not be more real. The narration has never been quite like this… and it’s done directly by the director of the war – Donald J. Trump.
"We don't need people that join wars after we've already won!"
Bombs were still falling across thirteen Iranian provinces. CENTCOM had struck thousands of targets. Tankers were on fire in Iraqi waters. Three million civilians would eventually be displaced. But on Truth Social, Day Seven was apparently the victory lap. The war was one week old and already, officially, won. On TruthSocial.
"THERE WILL BE NO DEAL WITH IRAN EXCEPT UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER."
Pakistan was already making quiet diplomatic calls. The UN was already alarmed. European foreign ministers were already in emergency sessions. None of that made it into the post. No context, no caveat, no comma. Just twelve words in capitals, fired into the global information system at whatever hour the president felt moved to type them.
"We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down."
The softer post. Almost statesmanlike. The kind of measured language that makes markets breathe. Then, same day, same man, to reporters in person — the Pope had called for a ceasefire and Trump's response was: "You don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side." The winding-down post and the obliteration quote. Twelve hours apart.
If Iran didn't fully open the Strait, he would obliterate its power plants. Yes, Mr Trump posted.
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