This hesitation and lack of resolve by a leader claiming to be the world's strongest continually work against him, Illuminates him in an extremely negative light that could impact American public opinion when voters decide whether to reelect him.
On the surface, and especially during his most heavily covered appearances in the U.S. media, such as his address to reporters last weekend, he appears overflowing with self-confidence, charismatic, flashing big smiles. Trump's employing sharp and cynical humor, and posing as a strong, unstoppable leader who fears no one and asks no one's permission to carry out his plans.
In reality, Trump has been forced to brush off reports with contempt and indifference claiming he halted strikes on Tehran due to a severe shortage of Patriot interceptors in Washington needed to counter potential missile fire from a third-party nation against the U.S. Meanwhile, his political critics mock him in interviews and opinion columns. The top American commander repeatedly reveals himself as a weak leader failing to fulfill the missions he set for himself and the U.S. military, transforming in a single decision from a ruthless, unstoppable leader doing whatever he pleases to a weak president unable to remove the Iranian threat and end the blockade the regime of the Ayatollahs continues to impose on the Strait of Hormuz.
