On President Trump’s shifting rationales for war with Iran

Trump’s war without rules

As the Iran war widens, the president and defense secretary’s long support of carnage suddenly matters a lot

Trump’s ‘feeling’-driven Iran war cops criticism for ‘arrogant’ messaging

The conflict started by the US president lacks clear rationale, stoking public opposition and economic concerns amid rising fuel prices.

David Frum: Iran War Is Based on Trump’s Whim

President Trump's strikes on Iran evoke memories of George W. Bush's war in Iraq. David Frum, a former special assistant to Bush, played a key messaging role in the Iraq conflict, coming up with the famous term "Axis of Evil." A Trump critic, Frum says the Iran war could empower what he describes as an untrustworthy president with a contempt for the law. Frum joins the show.

Trump’s Real Plan for Iran Might Be Coming Into View

The U.S. president sows chaos even when he clearly doesn’t mean the things he says.

America First can’t survive an Iran quagmire

The Iran war risks becoming the classic Washington trap: Trade concrete domestic wins for an open-ended foreign project, then discover the home front slipped away while everyone watched the fireworks.Over the weekend, the United States joined Israel in the opening salvo of what looked like an increasingly inevitable fight with Iran. Plenty of ink has already spilled over whether Donald Trump should pursue regime change abroad. The larger stakes …

Why Trump’s view of America is 'pure fantasy': analysis

President Donald Trump’s cavalier approach to the Iran war is built on pure fantasy,That’s the contention of Lydia Polgreen, who writes in a NY Times op-ed how Trump seems surprised by what the combat has wrought so far, starting with his admitted “biggest surprise” (as told to CNN) that Iran would attack its neighbors. The Times notes he was warned by “just about every country in the region” that would be the result of attacking Iran.Such thoug…