German Media Reveals US Defeat and How They Embarrassed Themselves in the Iran War

An article in the German magazine Der Spiegel attempts to answer questions about who benefited and who was harmed by the Iran war. The media outlet states that only one side benefited, while many were disadvantaged, with US President Donald Trump at the forefront. The article—which was written by prominent commentator Juliana von Mettlschitt—was quoted by Al Jazeera on Friday (10/4/2026) and explains that wars always end with fundamental questions about who won and who lost, and this is particularly true of the latest confrontation with Iran. Although Trump has tried to portray himself as the winner, the analysis presented in the article shows the opposite: the author opines that there is only one winner in this fight, and it is not Trump. The author begins her view by asserting that the world has been spared a certain disaster, because the United States did not succeed in destroying Iranian civilisation or returning the country to the Stone Age, something that should be welcomed. Trump has shaken regional stability. Mettlschitt harshly criticises Trump’s behaviour over the past few weeks, calling it pushing the region to the brink, shaking its stability, and dragging it into a vortex of chaos, which has caused severe shocks to the global economy. Nevertheless, Trump is now trying to ignore these facts and appear as the winner, disregarding the scale of destruction left by his policies.