First, the U.S. denied involvement in Israel’s strikes against Iran. Then President Donald Trump took credit for them. Trump insisted he wasn’t working toward a ceasefire and would take two weeks to consider attacking Iran. Then he bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities two days later and, two days after that, announced a ceasefire. His top officials said they were not seeking “regime change,” then he said: why not? before declaring yesterday that regime change causes “chaos” and he doesn’t want that.
Some supporters say he’s a master of misdirection. Critics liken it to “schizophrenia.”
J.D. Vance calls it the Trump Doctrine.
