Since the beginning of the West Asia conflict, the US President Donald Trump has used five different deadlines to pressure the country into opening the Strait of Hormuz, or face total destruction. On Truth Social, he often swings between saying talks are going great and threatening to blow up everything. He calls this his final warning every single time but then he adds more time to the deadline to see if they will give in. However, each time a deadline almost runs out, Trump issues a new one. However, it should be understood that team Trump’s consistent threats and insults will hardly make Iran come running to the table and sign the dotted line to secure peace. The Iranians have shown that they can defend themselves even in the face of massive aggression from two of the most powerful militaries in the world, the US and Israel. Great powers are judged not by their might but by the maturity of their leadership. In moments of crisis, the world looks to Washington for steadiness and responsibility. When the voice that should calm tensions instead amplifies them, the credibility of American leadership inevitably suffers
