By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-29 21:21:13 | Updated at 2026-08-10 18:57:23
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Donald Trump's on-again, off-again war in Iran has lurched its way through five months of intermittent strikes, negotiations, and rising energy prices.
After Iran interrupted a few days of relative calm by launching ballistic missiles at US troops in Jordan on Tuesday, Trump threatened to 'beat the f****** s***' out of the regime.
Neither threats nor military action have not been enough to open the Strait of Hormuz, or secure a tangible guarantee that Iran will forsake its nuclear program.
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As a result, Trump has faced criticism for nearly everything about the war - for starting it, for how he has waged it, for not just pulling out, for not just obliterating the country already.
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But two sitting lawmakers tell the Daily Mail that figures inside the Pentagon might be withholding the truth of what's really going on in Iran from the President.
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