The president who sold his leadership as a unitary executive seems frustrated by the results of trying to fight a war that way.
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If Ulysses Everett McGill were asked to describe President Donald Trump’s current situation with Iran, he might exclaim, “Damn, he’s in a tight spot!” Almost three months into the conflict that he initiated sua sponte, Trump finds himself in a sticky situation. He doesn’t want conditions to remain as they are, with a mutually imposed blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Mike Nelson is a retired Army Special Forces officer and a member of the Atlantic Council’s Counterterrorism Project. He is formerly of the Institute for the Study of War and the National Security Institute. You can find him on x.com at @mikenelson586.
