Mission Misguided: Trump’s Iran Strike and the High Cost of Incompetence
President Donald Trump’s latest act in the Oval Office is less commander-in-chief and more political theater. After launching airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, he immediately declared the mission “one of the most successful in history” and insisted that the sites had been “completely destroyed.” But as usual, the headline didn’t match the intelligence—or the outcome. Even before the first missile hit Iranian soil, his own Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, had told Congress that Iran was not rebuilding its nuclear weapons program. Trump’s response? “She’s wrong.” That’s it. No facts, no counter-briefing—just presidential ego steamrolling professional expertise. And once … Continue reading Mission Misguided: Trump’s Iran Strike and the High Cost of Incompetence

