Former Pentagon official David Des Roches says that US President Donald Trump wants to make the war against Iran seem limited.
In a recent conversation with the Arab media, David Des Roches said that President Trump, who described the war with Iran as a ‘trivial matter’, is trying to downplay the severity and tension of the situation.
On the other hand, a report published on Australian media SBS News claims that Donald Trump has described the 7-month war with Iran as a ‘small affair’ and called it a ‘military conflict’ instead of a war, while Vice President JD Vance has also refrained from calling it a war.
According to the report, Trump says that the action against Iran is ‘no big deal’ and the US has achieved a ‘big success’ by preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Vice President Vance has also stated that there was no active fighting at this time and that the intense fighting lasted only 6 weeks.
According to the opinion of experts included in SBS News, the attempt by Trump and Venus to show the intensity of the war is a political strategy, because the American people are increasingly worried about the conflict.
Experts say that due to the war, the prices of many commodities and inflation have increased, while the government is failing to inform the public about the clear reason for the war, the scale of success and the military withdrawal plan.
According to Jared Moonshine, director of research at the Center for American Studies, a significant number of Trump’s own supporters are also disillusioned with the battle, which could affect the Republican Party in November’s midterm elections.
According to Jared Moonshine, in the current situation, the possibility of Democrats gaining a majority in the House of Representatives as well as the Senate has increased, in the case of control of both chambers, it may be very difficult for the Trump administration to run government affairs.
Moonshine says the signs of the end of the Trump era are becoming apparent, with Republican leaders also seeking political leverage to distance themselves from a president whose approval rating has plummeted to 30 percent.