president bigly is screwed no matter which way he turns in many aspects of his job; 

 

Michael Maloof, a former security policy analyst in the office of the US Secretary of War (formerly Defense), says US President Donald Trump has been trapped by his own contradictions and a strategic landscape in which Iran decisively dictates the terms.

In an interview with the Press TV website, he dissected Trump’s threats against Iran and subsequent retreats, noting that the US president’s claim that the retreats came at the request of Arab states in the Persian Gulf is a fabrication.

“From everyone I have spoken with in the region, Trump never consulted the Persian Gulf leaders,” he said, adding that the US president is genuinely hesitant to start another war of aggression against Iran but is under intense pressure from Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu.

The idea that Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the two countries currently at odds with each other, would jointly ask for a delay is “nonsensical,” Maloof stated, adding that the latest retreat after threatening military action is “another Trump fabrication.”

He, however, emphasized that if Trump does not act, Netanyahu will, adding that the Israeli premier promised “regime change” in Iran, but failed to achieve that goal and that his political survival depends on it..........more..........