WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Six months after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the war that President Donald Trump has called a "little excursion" has become a deeply unpopular stalemate that threatens to derail his presidency.Iran has not surrendered, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, and there is no clear path to ending the conflict that Trump once predicted would be over in four weeks.

US officials warned Trump that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz, attack American forces and survive regime change; after six months of war and failed diplomacy, he is now…

The military conflict between the United States and Iran has reached the six-month mark since hostilities began on February 28, 2026. The war remains locked in a major strategic…