What are Trump’s positions on Iran? They can change by the sentence
The Straits Times
The US President has long employed ambiguity as a strategy to appease differing factions in his political base. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump dismissed the value of allies in his war in Iran on March 16. Then he demanded their help.
“We don’t need anybody,” he said, echoing a refrain he has sounded since the beginning of the war.
But, he added, other nations must take up the task of securing the Strait of Hormuz, whose near-closure by the Iranians is hobbling the global oil supply.
His remarks were the latest in a string of dizzying turnabouts in his positions on the war, sometimes issued in nearly the same breath.
He has called it just an “excursion”, but also a critically important means of addressing an existential threat. He has said the US has already “won”, but added that it should not leave yet because it still needs to finish the job.
Mr Trump is no stranger to offering conflicting messages.
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