WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Six months after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the war that President Donald Trump has called a “little excursion” has become a deeply unpopular stalemate that threatens to derail his presidency.
Iran has not surrendered, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, and there is no clear path to ending the conflict that Trump once predicted would be over in four weeks.
