By Valery Morozov

By starting a war with Iran, Donald Trump has made a catastrophic error, and his subsequent actions suggest a continuing pattern of miscalculation that is pushing the United States and the global economy toward the abyss. What truly astonishes observers in the Kremlin—and has become a subject of intense discussion among Russian politicians and political scientists—is that Trump and his supporters, including Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, have utterly failed to learn from the strategic blunders Vladimir Putin made during his invasion of Ukraine. Trump is not just making new mistakes; he is repeating old ones on a larger scale.

Here are the three fatal mistakes that define Trump’s failed Iran policy.

Mistake One: Casting the U.S. as the Aggressor

Trump’s primary and most damaging error was made in the very first days of the conflict. Accustomed to being the leader, he positioned himself and the United States as the primary instigator of the war against Iran.
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