Donald Trump may hate to hear it, but Barack Obama was right about avoiding “stupid shit”
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Donald Trump may hate to hear it, but Barack Obama was right about avoiding “stupid shit”
Yet the stand-off has costs for cash-strapped Iran, too
But he has delayed another round of military strikes, at least for now
America’s president looks bereft of good options for solving the stand-off in the Gulf
And they could start fighting again in the hope of getting a better one
Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, analyses America’s options
