Trump frustrated with Iran: "Shouted and cursed at meeting"

US President Donald Trump lashed out last week during a meeting with senior national security staff, against the backdrop of his frustration with the military options presented to him and the lack of progress toward an agreement with Iran. This was reported today, Thursday, by NBC News, citing an American official and people familiar with the discussions.

According to the report, Donald Trump shouted and cursed during the meeting. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the president lost his temper, calling the claim false.

The report points to a deep disagreement within the administration regarding the central goal of the war: whether to focus on preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, or destroying missile and drone systems. According to the American official, this lack of clarity makes it difficult to formulate a plan to end the campaign.

"After all this time, there is no unity," he said.

The same source added that the United States has recorded "a series of tactical victories," but warned that it is facing a "strategic defeat without clear political guidance or a decision on where all this is going." It was also reported that the US military is preparing for the possibility of renewing a large-scale attack, but is doing so without clear instructions regarding the desired political goal.

A Trump ally who has spoken with him in recent weeks told NBC that the president is "very frustrated." According to him, Donald Trump did not anticipate that it would be so difficult to get Iran to agree to a deal, and no real strategy has been formulated regarding the duration of the war or the steps needed to reach the end point. He added that Donald Trump did not intend for the campaign to become such a prolonged war.