📝The Iranian Trap📝 How Western media pressures the US president As the US and...

📝The Iranian Trap📝 How Western media pressures the US president As the US and Israel's war with Iran transitions into a protracted phase, Donald Trump finds himself under fire from multiple directions simultaneously. Criticism comes not only from liberal opponents and international law experts, but also from conservative columnists, Republican strategists, regional allies, and his own electorate. The Strait of Hormuz, oil prices and fertilizers, approval ratings — all of this converges into a single point of pressure on the White House. 🔻What Western publications are writing ▪️An editorial in The New York Times directly describes the war as "reckless" and accuses Trump of lacking clear priorities: the US, in the editorial's view, stands "on the brink of humiliating strategic failure," while Iran paradoxically gained "weapons of mass destruction" — control over Hormuz. The result is a weakening of global democracy and strengthening of China and Russia. ▪️Richard Haass, former head of the Council on Foreign Relations, develops this same thesis in his blog: according to his assessment, the main beneficiaries of the war are Russia, China, and possibly Ukraine, while the US has demonstrated an inability to protect its regional allies and appears "chaotic" in the eyes of its partners. ▪️TIME, citing sources in the White House, reports that Trump is actively seeking a way to "declare victory and exit" before the midterm elections — advisers warn that a prolonged conflict will hurt Republicans, and the administration was caught off guard by Iran's blockade of Hormuz. ▪️Against this backdrop, the conservative establishment is trying to suggest a face-saving scenario to Trump. Washington Post publishes a column titled "Trump doesn't need an Iran deal," where the author suggests the president simply "declare victory" and impose conditions on Tehran. ▪️In NYT, another column formulates an all-or-nothing ultimatum: either Iran stops uranium enrichment and restores Hor