Trump’s unfulfilled wish: How the world’s biggest superpower got trapped in Iran’s maze

A very shocking strategic report is emerging from the battlefield of global politics and the Middle East. Amidst the ongoing severe tension and military standoff with Iran, US President Donald Trump has proved his mettle, but defense experts believe that despite winning this war, America has in a way lost. There is a strong discussion in the diplomatic circles of Washington that despite pushing Iran on the back foot, Donald Trump’s heartfelt wish for which he had taken such big steps has remained unfulfilled. This entire incident has brought American foreign policy and their military strategies to such a juncture from where either moving forward or retreating is proving to be difficult for both the superpowers. Donald Trump’s big wish which remained in the making: From the very beginning, it has been Donald Trump’s big political and personal wish to bring Iran completely to its knees and sign a new and historic Grand Bargain with its own terms. He wanted to show the world that what the previous governments could not do, he did it through his policy of ‘maximum pressure’. However, instead of succumbing to US sanctions and military threats, Iran further strengthened its strategic hold and proxy networks. As a result, Trump failed to bring about regime change in Iran or get them to completely surrender on the negotiating table, due to which his wish appears to be unfulfilled at the moment. How the shackles of compulsion got tied to the feet of the superpower. Even though the US Army appears to be the most modern and lethal force in the world, at this time, invisible shackles of global and domestic compulsions are tied to the feet of Washington. America cannot declare a full-scale war against Iran even if it wants to. The biggest reason behind this is the increasing opposition of the American public towards the long-running foreign wars (Endless Wars). Additionally, if a direct war breaks out in the Gulf region, the global crude oil supply chain will completely collapse, leading to record-breaking inflation across the world. This is why the US administration is forced to take only limited action at this time. The changing equation of the Middle East and its direct impact on India. This check-and-match game going on between Iran and America has changed the geopolitical map of the entire Middle East. Countries like China and Russia are constantly trying to take advantage of this situation to increase their influence in the Gulf region. At the same time, this situation remains extremely sensitive for developing countries like India, because India’s energy security and strategic investments like Chabahar Port are directly linked to the peace of the region. Diplomatic experts say that the Trump administration has completed its efforts to suppress Iran, but in the process it has created many new challenges for America, due to which even this victory feels like a defeat.