Trump Is Merely Pretending to Be in Control – in Reality, He Is Impotent

Can Trump Prevent A Massive Middle East War?

Israel's dramatic ongoing strikes against Iran present a perilous test for a U.S. foreign policy team that is understaffed and riven by factional disputes.

Trump is merely pretending to be in control – in reality, he is impotent

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. The Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear programme and the killing of three of its top military leaders has established Israel as the dominant power in the Middle East, able to strike any country in the region at will.But Israeli supremacy relies entirely on military force a…

Israel’s strikes on Iran show Trump is unable to restrain Netanyahu as Middle East slips closer to chaos

Critics have said the US decision to retreat from the region has led to a greater likelihood of conflict

Israel’s strikes on Iran show Trump is unable to restrain Netanyahu as Middle East slips closer to chaos - Other News - Voices against the tide

By Andrew Roth* – The Guardian Critics have said the US decision to retreat from the region has led to a greater likelihood of conflict As Israeli jets struck targets in Iran on Friday morning, the US moved quickly to distance itself from Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to target Tehran in an escalation that threatens an all-out war in the Middle East. The unilateral strikes indicated a collapse of Donald Trump’s efforts to restrain the Israeli pr…