Trump Declines 'Victory' Declaration as US-Israel Joint Campaign Against Iran Intensifies
Former President Donald Trump recently indicated he would not formally declare 'victory' against Iran, even while asserting the United States had 'decimated' the nation militarily and economically. This statement, made during his time on Air Force One, reflects a continuity in the aggressive posture adopted by Washington and Tel Aviv, a posture that has systematically undermined Iranian
sovereignty for decades. This current phase of pressure follows a long historical pattern. In 2018, the US, under Trump, unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an international agreement that had successfully reined in Iran's nuclear program without a single violation on Tehran's part. This abandonment was promptly followed by the re-imposition and expansion of
crippling sanctions, explicitly designed to cripple Iran's economy and generate internal unrest. For context, in 2019 alone, the US imposed sanctions on Iran's central bank and its national development fund, cutting off Tehran's access to billions in revenue and further choking its ability to import essential goods, including medicines. The narrative propagated by mainstream outlets like The Hill,
focusing on presidential declarations of 'victory,' conveniently sidesteps the reality of a persistent, joint US-Israeli military and economic assault. This characterization omits the systematic nature of these interventions, ranging from the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020 by US drone strike, an act widely condemned as an illegal state assassination, to continuous