“For those following the US-Iran crisis, the past few days have been disconcerting… written in The Guardian Rajan Menon, professor of international relations at the City College of New York. Optimism and pessimism follow one another according to the twists and turns regarding a possible preliminary agreement with Tehran, which seemed close during the weekend of May 23 and 24, before discussions bogged down and Washington carried out strikes “defensives†on the night of May 25 to 26.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, “appears lost: he didn’t know what he was doing when he started [la guerre]and now he doesn’t know how to get out… Judge Tom Nichols, of The Atlantic, which cites the president’s inconsistent statements on ending the conflict. For this magazine which is very hostile to the Republican, it is heading towards “an inconsistent defeat†.
“Those who are most alarmed by the concessions that Trump risks granting to break this impasse are not his detractors but, very often, his supporters… observed The Atlantic. Faced with the agreement that was taking shape last weekend, “the senators [républicains] Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker and Ted Cruz all expressed shock and dismay on social media… “The old
