Here is an interesting piece by Jake Taylor at MS Now about some of the internal discomfort with Trump’s massively stupid Iran non-strategy, particularly the so-called messaging which is something you’d expect from a cartoon villain in a Batman comic: Nearly one month after the U.S. began strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump is sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to potentially fight in a war he said he has “already won.” That contradiction has frustrated some senior White House aides and outside allies, three of whom spoke to MS NOW about the president’s public messaging. They described it as confusing, internally inconsistent and increasingly detached from battlefield reality. Trump calling the war already won is “mostly hyperbole,” said a senior White House official granted anonymity to speak candidly about the administration’s thinking. “It’s part [of Trump] just wanting to declare victory and move on.” That impulse, the official said, has become more pronounced in recent days. “[Trump] is getting a little bored with Iran,” the official said. “Not that he regrets it or something — he’s just bored and wants to move on.” A second White House official who was granted anonymity for the same reason said that Trump has begun to “move on” from the conflict and has started shifting conversations and personal focus toward the economy, domestic issues and the upcoming midterm elections. The White House’s public communications have suggested a similar detachment, presenting the conflict less as an ongoing war with human lives at stake and more as
March 27, 2026