They say with Donald Trump that accusation is confession. Having warned during the 2024 campaign that Joe Biden, then Kamala Harris, would trigger “world war three”, Trump is now offering a perilous test of that proposition. In his statement on Saturday night, Trump pronounced his military strikes on Iran a success. America’s bunker-busting bombs had obliterated Iran’s nuclear capacity, he said. It could take a while to find out whether both Iran and Israel — the prime actors in a show that Trump did not script but in which he is now taking a starring role — will share the US president’s assessment. But Trump is hoping that his awesome display of power will bring the curtain down on the war. That is not his decision to make.
有人说，唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)的指控就是自白。2024年大选竞选期间，他曾警告称，乔•拜登(Joe Biden)——后来是卡玛拉•哈里斯(Kamala Harris)——将引发“第三次世界大战”。如今他自己在危险地试探这一预言。特朗普在上周六晚发表的声明中宣告，他下令对伊朗发动的军事打击取得了成功。他说，美国的“碉堡克星”炸弹已经摧毁了伊朗的核能力。世人可能还需要一段时间才能知晓伊朗和以色列——特朗普并未编剧、如今却扮演主角的这出大戏的主要演员——是否认同美国总统的评估。但特朗普正希望，令人敬畏的美国实力展示能够让这场战争落下帷幕。然而那不是他能做出的决定。