From maximum arrogance to begging for an exit: Trump’s war calculation shattered

US President Donald Trump entered confrontation with West Asia, boasting of quick victories and unconditional surrender, convinced that economic strangulation and imperialist aggression would bring Iran to its knees.

Instead, the strategic resilience of the Axis of Resistance flipped the battlefield, turning Washington's bravado into desperate appeals for de-escalation.

In this episode of In a Nutshell, we trace how Trump's delusion of total dominance dissolved into a humiliating scramble for an off-ramp.


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