Donald Trump dozing during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House (Getty)
EA on International Outlets: Trump’s Failure After 100 Days of War on Iran
In the hour-long premiere of our new series “That Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand)”, I chatted with Times Radio’s Maddie Hale on Thursday about growing problems for the Trump Administration at home and abroad.
We begin with the latest in the failing war on Iran, just before Donald Trump cancelled American attacks and proclaimed — without confirmation — that a framework deal is imminent.
I cut through Trump’s “white noise” to restate the fundamental: unless the Trumpists are willing to pursue a ground invasion, they will have to compromise over the Iranian two-stage proposal to end the war.
I evaluate the domestic consequences as the US inflation rate rises to 4.2%. The combination of the war and Trump’s tariff chaos is likely to take the rate even higher, months before Congressional mid-term elections.
We analyze revelations about the significance of the Epstein Files scandal, exposing the lies of Trump officials and exposing divisions in the Administration as it tried to bury the story.
And we conclude, as the World Cup opens across North America, with the damage to fans and teams from the Trumpist measures blocking travel to the US.
“To confuse the enemy, first confuse yourself.
If you have no idea what you are doing, your enemies don’t either.”
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The Iranian missile cities the US could not destroy: https://www.ft.com/content/94d9c8d4-c38d-4414-bb47-53e9f1288a21?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Trump says he ‘calls the shots’. This Iranian general may disagree: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/12/trump-says-he-calls-shots-iranian-general-may-disagree/
“Brig Gen Seyyed Majid Mousavi, head of the IRGC’s air force, controls Iran’s missile arsenal and has become a public figure, celebrated at rallies. Analysts say Iran’s decentralised wartime command allows such field leaders to act independently, meaning a single strike could collapse talks. This structure, designed for resilience, also hampers diplomacy, as no single leader can guarantee all factions will adhere to a deal.”
Satellite images reveal damage to US radar site, airbase in Bahrain: https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/iran-ballistic-missile-strike-us-radar-bahrain-jabal-ad-dukhan-gulf-crisis/
“Open-source intelligence imagery circulating globally on June 11 appeared to show smoke rising from the radar installation positioned on Bahrain’s highest elevation, indicating the possibility that the surveillance complex suffered a direct kinetic impact during Iranian retaliatory missile operations. The alleged target, reportedly associated with the AR-327 long-range three-dimensional early warning radar architecture, occupies strategically elevated terrain overlooking critical maritime and aerial corridors linked to the Strait of Hormuz and the northern Gulf security perimeter.”
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