Lesson 101 on How to Increase the Enemy's Resolve to Stay the Course. Trump doesn't understand that the mere fact that Iran is able to retaliate at all means he's not won yet.
I remember the Sky News analyst saying that given the number of vessels stuck in the Strait and the speed at which they move under escort, even in a congo line formation, it would take over 200 days to clear the backlog. Cost to US taxpayers $$$$$$$$$$$$$$, but his mates don't pay tax, so no hay problema.
And all it would take for ships to not risk it, is a single vessel being attacked.
Trump's probably pleased at "Love tap". I'm the first one to call it that, it's never been done before, well maybe it has, maybe it hasn't."
Last night Donald Trump told ABC News in a phone interview that the retaliatory strikes against Iran were a 'love tap' - not the war restarting.
'It's just a love tap', the commander-in-chief said. When asked if it had broken the ceasefire he said: 'No, no, the ceasefire is going. It's in effect.'
Trump explained that the US was able to get three 'world-class American Destroyers' through the Strait with no damage in a post to Truth Social on Thursday night.