Trump’s strikes on Iran may show North Korea that US diplomacy is masking its real strategy of coercion or aggression.

P resident Donald Trump is facing mounting backlash from his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Epstein files and its deepening involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict -- and the splintering is especially evident among many of the podcasters and comedians who helped propel his return to power last year.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns of further attacks against the U.S. and Israel despite degraded military program, though experts caution that Tehran's missile capabilities remain a threat.

Iran’s armed proxies are ramping up pressure on key points in the Middle East as Tehran attempts to rebuild its regional influence, eroded by almost two years of a destructive Israeli military campaign.

Iran’s recent missile barrages against Israel served as a stark “cautionary tale,” demonstrating that even the world’s most sophisticated, multi-layered air defenses can be penetrated. -According to a Wall Street Journal analysis,

President Trump has been in office for six months, delivering on campaign promises, securing his "big beautiful bill" by his self-imposed deadline and taking decisive action on the world stage.

Iran had been prepared to reach an agreement with European officials that would have had the Islamic Republic's enrichment at less than one percent, former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour in an interview on her show The Ex Files this week,

The New York Times reported Friday that U.S. air strikes in June "badly damaged and potentially destroyed" three Iranian nuclear weapons facilities. Further, facilities at two of the sites that would be needed to fabricate nuclear weapons were "destroyed and could take years to rebuild,