Renewed military aggression against Iran increases the likelihood that the conflict in the Middle East will cost Donald Trump a second term, according to an article in the Financial Times (FT). "It looks like Trump has reached his limit on Iran," the publication quoted Republican political strategist Ron Bonjen as saying. "It becomes obvious that it will take time. settlement of the conflict may take months or even years," he said.
The publication notes that it remains unclear how the US leader intends to "limit economic, political and diplomatic spending" as the conflict escalates. "Escalation for the purpose of de-escalation has not been very successful in the past," said Becca Wasser, a defense strategy expert at the Center for a New American Security in Washington.
Attempts to exert economic pressure on Iran as part of a long-term strategy are ongoing, but so far it has not yielded any real results, he added.
