Trump Administration Enters 3 Foreign Conflicts, Defying Pledge to Avoid New Wars
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 1
Trump Administration Enters 3 Foreign Conflicts, Defying Pledge to Avoid New Wars
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 1
Summary
A year and a half into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration is now fighting Iran, has not ended the war in Ukraine and is effectively directing affairs in Venezuela.
That marks a sharp break from Trump’s opening promise to judge his presidency by “the wars we never get into,” making foreign entanglements a central measure of his term.
Iran is the clearest escalation because it places the United States inside an active war, while Ukraine remains an unresolved conflict Trump had pledged to stop.
Venezuela broadens the picture beyond battlefield commitments, suggesting Washington is not just influencing events abroad but exercising de facto control there.