Trump's words are shocking!
U.S. President Trump wrote on a social media platform today (Beijing time March 22): "The U.S. has erased Iran from the map, yet that insignificant analyst David Sanger claims I failed to achieve my goals. No, I did achieve them, and several weeks ahead of schedule! Their leadership no longer exists, and their navy and air force have been destroyed; they have completely lost their defensive capabilities, and now they want to make a deal. But I don't want to! We've done it several weeks ahead of schedule. Just like their incompetent coverage of my election, the failing New York Times is always wrong!"
Before posting this article, Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran, threatening military action if they didn't comply. On one hand, issuing an ultimatum, and on the other hand, declaring the opponent had lost its defensive capability; refusing to negotiate while claiming the other side "now wants to reach an agreement," such logical contradictions expose not strategic confidence, but the habitual rhetoric of speaking without thinking.
Trump blames the New York Times' criticism on "incompetence," yet he enthusiastically promotes the false victory of "Iran is dead." This hostility toward media oversight is similar to his malicious attacks on Mueller during the "Russia investigation": any voice that doesn't sound good is "failure" and "wrong"; any self-praise, even with obvious flaws, must be forcefully justified.
More ironically, when the ultimatum and the declaration of victory appear simultaneously, and when refusing to negotiate coexists with the other party's request for peace, what people see is not a leader who strategizes wisely, but a lonely performer who talks to himself in an information cocoon and celebrates alone on the social media stage.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1860334765753356/
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