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Why Trump Chose Military Action Against Iran

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Asked to cut through the fog of war messaging, Buttigieg is blunt: he believes the president went to war primarily to escape domestic political pressure — from Epstein disclosures, from inflation, from a party that pushed him toward confrontation — not because of a strategic necessity. He notes that the consequences were entirely predictable: Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz was 'literally the most obvious next thing that could happen,' and yet the president appears to have either not understood or not believed the warnings he was certainly given. Now the US is stuck with prices higher, troops dead, and no clear path to the objectives Trump originally stated — regime change and unconditional surrender — neither of which is anywhere close to being achieved. ^{[1] — Pete Buttigieg "Trump went to war with Iran not for strategic reasons but to escape domestic political heat from the Epstein scandal and cost-of-living pre…" 12:40 Play}