Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
Americans have been waiting for their president and commander in chief to address the nation and explain why the country is at war. For weeks, Donald Trump has offered only snippets and sound bites about his decision to lead the United States into another conflict in the Middle E...
Patterns detected: ARC-0024 Ambiguity (Trump undercut his own points by claiming that Iran's nuclear facilities were already destroyed and that the goal was not regime change), ARC-0017 Appeal to Popularity (Trump claimed America had never been more economically prepared for a conflict like the one against Iran).
The speech raised concerns about the clarity of the US goals and strategy in the war in Iran. Trump's claims that Iran's nuclear facilities were already destroyed and that the goal was ...