Trump's Iran Strikes Come Unstuck - Now His Officials Are Talking!

Right, so Donald Trump has won his war with Iran. According to Donald Trump that is. The fighting stopped months ago, everybody can relax, and if Americans could remember to thank him at the ballot box today, that would be just lovely. Then came reports of American strikes on Qeshm Island. Followed by American officials explaining military operations that had been kept quiet and that have actually been going on for months. Oh, Donald. You were supposed to get through the election before the wheels fell off! There he was at the Lincoln Memorial, telling voters about months without fighting, collecting the political rewards of a peace he apparently considered delivered. No need to hang about waiting for an agreement. That’s admin, that’s paperwork and unless it’s arts and crafts, it isn’t for Little Donnie to be troubled with. The orange one had a speech to give after all as well. But now imagine trying to sell that performance while your own administration is explaining the continuing bombing. Every explanation creates another stubborn question that won’t leave him alone no matter how many female journalists he slags off over it. How long has this been going on? What exactly did the president mean by no fighting, when evidently there was fighting? And what are Americans being asked to reward him for if the confrontation he claims to have finished has still been going on for all of this time? There’s only so much you can conceal behind a ball-ticking red tie and a vigorous rendition of YMCA. So this is where the story starts getting away from him, because once officials begin talking about attacks the public wasn’t told about, Trump’s triumphant election pitch comes with an account of what was happening behind it.