Bibi and his hawkish friends are telling Trump he has to finish what he started and completely eliminate Iran’s nuclear and missile programs regardless of the short-term costs; otherwise, the war will have accomplished nothing. Isolationist elements of MAGA, normie Republicans, and the polls are telling him the economic and political costs of the war are too great, so he should make a face-saving deal and get out ASAP. In public, Trump looks like a ping-pong ball bouncing aimlessly between these two lines of thought; he doesn’t want to choose, so he supports both sides, even though they’re mutually exclusive.
It’s a classic dilemma. Poor guy. Does it make him wonder if starting the war was a mistake, and if his golden gut betrayed him this time?
Knowing Trump, probably not. It will work out in the end. It always does. That’s why God made him our president.