Trump opens up to Iran: 'They want to talk, I agreed'. But the bombings continue

From Mar-a-Lago, enclosed in his Florida residence, Donald Trump rejoices at the 'tremendous results already achieved' by Operation Epic Fury, again threatens the regime in Tehran, but also opens up dialogue with Iranian leaders who escaped the bombing.

The war begun against Iran is the most insidious fought by US forces since the 2003 invasion of Iraq: 'We are in the early stages, we are going in the right direction, we have eliminated 48 regime leaders in one fell swoop', the US president declared, but the conflict - he added - could last four weeks. "No boots on the ground", no American military will be deployed on the ground: this is the order reiterated, also yesterday, by Trump to his generals, in order to avoid getting bogged down - as in Iraq, as in Afghanistan, as also in Ukraine (albeit indirectly) - in 'a stupid endless conflict': this is how the president himself had defined them when he promised his Maga supporters that the USA would not take part in distant wars.

"The heavy, targeted bombing will continue, throughout the week or, for as long as it takes, to achieve our goal of peace throughout the Middle East and, indeed, the world!" declared Trump yesterday, who then warned the Islamic Republic authorities, "They have stated that they will respond to the attacks, that they will hit very hard, but they had better not, because if they do, we will overwhelm them with a force that has never been seen before!"

However, the raids may not be enough, and despite the White House's peremptory directives, the War Department's own military experts keep repeating that 'it will be very difficult for the US and Israel to overthrow the ayatollahs' regime without ground action'.

After the message circulated on social media to announce the start of the bombing, Trump has not been seen in public since, has cancelled his meetings with the press, and has entrusted his statements to social media and a few well-calculated interviews: with him in Florida are White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles; Secretary of State Marco Rubio; and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.