Trump Finds New Target in His Crazed Ballroom Quest

However, Trump added that while he had asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and other military leaders to wait, he wrote that he had “further asked them to be prepared to launch a full-scale attack against Iran, at any time, in the event an acceptable agreement is not reached.”

For weeks now, Trump has alternately issued angry warnings and claimed a deal is done. We therefore wonder to what extent this message is actually true. The president has also been known to change his mind as his own deadlines approach, raising questions about whether this is a desperate ploy to pressure Iran into accepting a deal.

Earlier Monday morning, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade urged Trump to break the current ceasefire with Iran and use military force to seize the country’s enriched uranium, target its current leaders and retake the Strait of Hormuz. For now, at least, Trump doesn’t seem to have listened. The war severely damaged Trump’s approval numbers, dropping them to a new second-term low. At this point, even a complete reversal could not change Americans’ minds.