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A senior administration official indicated that the US president is losing patience and sees few good options beyond continuing military action against Iran.

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... Officials and those close to Trump reveal his increasing frustration that a conflict he expected to be resolved within weeks is still ongoing without a clear end in sight.

The US military is reportedly deploying additional weapons, medics, and special forces to the Middle East, expanding its options as hopes for a diplomatic resolution wane. ...

Iran launched fresh attacks at American military bases across the Middle East on Friday after Donald Trump vowed "major punishment" over Tehran's unwavering hold on shipping.

The Iranian army said it had attacked US military equipment depots at Al-Adiri in northern Kuwait and damaged a surveillance tower used by the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain after US Central Command confirmed a 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.

The Iranians also said they had attacked a US barracks and fighter jets in Jordan, and US barracks, a spy balloon and Patriot air defences in Erbil, Iraq.

Both sides traded strikes after Donald Trump announced that he would hold Iran accountable for attacks by Iran and the allied Houthi rebels in Yemen for extending the war to a second major shipping chokepoint, the mouth of the Red Sea.

Insiders close to the US president told the Wall Street Journal that Trump is losing patience with Iran and sees few options besides continuing strikes. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-24 10:25 PM | Reply

.. the US president is losing patience and sees few good options beyond continuing military action against Iran. ...

If only the senior military officials of the United States would have told him about this liekly outcome.

Oh wait, Pres Trump seems to be firing those senior military officials who do not agree with him.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-24 10:40 PM | Reply

Fat bald demented pedo thinks he matters

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-24 11:16 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Fat bald demented pedo thinks he matters ...

Well, so long as he is the Commander in Chief of the awesome US Military, he does matter. For better or worse.

Worse, as in Iran.

And, imo, that he is the Commander in Chief of our great military is the problem.

I'll leave it there.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-24 11:28 PM | Reply

Fundamentally, our Middle East policy is tragic. There is, was, and probably always will be a civil war going on Sunni (Saudi) versus Shia (Iran)...and we for the longest time have invested in the Saudis empire of oil. That in no way elevates democracy, the rule of law, women's rights, and all the rest. Instead of investing in renewable energy to save our planet from human caused global warming we have invested in hell itself, as a few American politicians and others get rich, and the future groans with fear.

#5 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-07-26 06:49 AM | Reply

The whole world is watching the Orange Ape walk over a cliff.

The more this man effs the place up, the greater his need to see himself as a genius.

So, the more he effs up.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-26 08:27 AM | Reply

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