Ultimately, Trump may not stay the course on Iran. But for the moment, he is acting, if not always speaking, as if he knows that he must not let the Islamists triumph. The fighting will have to keep going until there is a government in Tehran that will accept American terms and be forced to abide by them.
It’s also true that Trump may have already concluded that his administration’s worries about the midterms won’t be fixed by letting the Iranians win. Whatever political capital he expended on the issue is, at this point, spilt milk and cannot be retrieved by adopting appeasement. Having lost a war to terrorists will be worse for the Republicans in November than to still be fighting one that is far from popular. Standing his ground on Iran will be a better position for him and the GOP than waving the white flag. And in doing so, he will actually be rising to his responsibility of defending his nation and the West.
When looking at the big-picture decisions the president is making, the errors aren’t as serious as his determination to keep fighting against Iran and not to let the Saudis go nuclear, despite the potential political costs. Focusing on his inconsistent day-to-day statements on the war only adds to the confusion. But so long as he is standing his ground on Iran and protecting U.S. interests rather than doing the politically expedient thing, Trump deserves far more praise than criticism.
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