Trump Can’t Stop Pretending the Iran War Is Over
Trump Can’t Stop Pretending the Iran War Is OverJust as he lied about COVID quickly going away, he insists Iran is desperate for peace. The attacks on U.S. service members and the Strait of Hormuz suggest otherwise.Will SaletanJul 23, 202652ShareDONALD TRUMP GETS AWAY WITH LYING most of the time. But sometimes reality is so stark and serious that he can’t escape it.
- ▪Trump Can’t Stop Pretending the Iran War Is OverJust as he lied about COVID quickly going away, he insists Iran is desperate for peace.
- ▪The attacks on U.S. service members and the Strait of Hormuz suggest otherwise.Will SaletanJul 23, 202652ShareDONALD TRUMP GETS AWAY WITH LYING most of the time.
- ▪But sometimes reality is so stark and serious that he can’t escape it.
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Trump Can’t Stop Pretending the Iran War Is OverJust as he lied about COVID quickly going away, he insists Iran is desperate for peace. The attacks on U.S. service members and the Strait of Hormuz suggest otherwise.Will SaletanJul 23, 202652ShareDONALD TRUMP GETS AWAY WITH LYING most of the time. But sometimes reality is so stark and serious that he can’t escape it. That’s what happened in his first term, when he pretended that COVID would quickly disappear.Now it’s happening in the Persian Gulf. Trump’s phony deal with Iran has dissolved. Missile and drone attacks have resumed. Ships are under fire in the Strait of Hormuz. Oil traffic has slowed. Gas prices are going back up. More American troops have been injured, and some have died.Trump is trying to fake his way through this fiasco.
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