What a rollercoaster Donald Trump has taken us on in less than a week since Israel first stunned the world by launching its military strikes on Iran.
Trump always likes to keep his adversaries guessing about his true intentions.
A billboard addressed to Trump in Tel Aviv on Wednesday after Israel and Iran continued missile exchanges overnight (Photo: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP).
On the one hand, Trump projects himself as itching to reduce Iran’s nuclear facilities to dust.
Iran warned on Wednesday that US intervention in the conflict “would be a recipe for all-out war in the Middle East”.
If Trump now fails to act, he runs the risk of being seen, yet again, as a busted flush.
But for now, the US President’s sabre-rattling suggests a desire to get in on the action, and worry about a forever war later. »