Bloomberg Declares Trump Controls Israel, Omits US Role in Iran Aggression
Bloomberg Politics, in a segment titled 'Israel’s War With Iran Will End When Trump Says Stop,' presented a narrative that places ultimate control over the ongoing US-Israel aggression against Iran squarely in the hands of a potential future American single leader. This framing by Bloomberg omits the fundamental reality of systematic, bipartisan US and Israeli military cooperation and direct
participation in operations targeting Iran, portraying the conflict as a discrete Israeli decision influenced by a single individual rather than a deeply entrenched strategic alliance. This portrayal contradicts documented military collaboration that has intensified over decades. For instance, the 2009 US-Israel 'Juniper Cobra' exercise, a joint ballistic missile defense drill, was one of many
regular, large-scale operations demonstrating shared military infrastructure and strategy, irrespective of who occupied the White House. The sanctions regime against Iran, which has strangled the Iranian economy for 45 years, began with the Carter administration's 1979 executive order blocking Iranian assets following the hostage crisis, continued through every subsequent presidency, and was
massively expanded by Congress in 1996 through the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act. This financial warfare, a direct participant strategy, is not predicated on a single commander-in-chief's whim. The Bloomberg piece also obscures the consistent pattern of US military action in the region, which acts as a direct aggressor alongside Israel. The deployment of US carrier strike groups, B-52 bombers, and