How Iran Strikes Put Trump’s Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display

SHRUNKEN AND SHRIVELED

All the reasons Trump is the opposite of a 4-D chess player are on brutal display in the Tehran rubble.

Published Jun. 13 2025 9:35AM EDT

Donald Trump in front of collaged images of Iran after bombings from Israel — Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

While Iranians are sifting through the rubble caused by over 100 Israeli strikes on strategic targets across their country, questions about the Trump administration’s role in the strikes are swirling in the air in capitals worldwide.

David Rothkopf

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How Iran Strikes Put Trump’s Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display

All the reasons Trump is the opposite of a 4-D chess player are on brutal display in the Tehran rubble.

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David Rothkopf