Donald Trump's Ego in the Iran War

The Iran War seems unlikely to end until all of US President Donald Trump’s wishes are fulfilled. Trump is the type of person who only desires absolute victory. His mentality regarding winning and losing is built on the assumption that the winner must take everything or winner takes all. He views life more as a series of continuous battles rather than a process of cooperation. His dictionary of victory adheres to zero-sum game theory, where victory must be redeemed with absolute defeat on the other side, leaving no room for win-win solutions or compromise. He has demonstrated this mentality in many events, from presidential elections to negotiations to end the war with Iran. Trump is one of the few people in the US who lost a presidential election but ran again for president. Only Grover Cleveland in 1888 and Herbert Hoover in 1936 took a similar step to Trump. But unlike Cleveland and Hoover, Trump won on his first attempt, lost on the second, and won on the third. Trump’s ego is so immense that he often ignores unwritten ethics in US political practice, including running again after losing the previous election. For Trump, defeat is a disgrace, and that disgrace must be covered with victory. Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, in an opinion piece in The Guardian on 8 May, stated that Trump’s ego rejects defeat because defeat is painful. This was evident in the 2020 election. He is the only presidential candidate in the US who did not accept the election results because he was the losing party. He gets angry if someone else says he lost. He also gets angry if someone says he is wrong. This situation occurred with Pope Leo XIV, who rejected linking religion to the Iran War, and then German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who boldly stated that Iran has humiliated the US. Merz also assessed that Trump lacks a clear strategy and an exit path in the Iran War. Irresponsible War