Yaroslav Trofimov

from this war.

I mean, the two main sort of pathways, it's either you acquiesce largely to Iranian demands and undercut America's global role as a result and allow Iran to proclaim victory, or you go in with the ground forces and double down, and then it could become a formal war.

So, casualties, and maybe also, at the end of the day, lead to U.S.

defeat months or years later.

And so, unfortunately, wars are easy to start but very hard to end.

If you looked at the initial slew of tariffs that were imposed by President Trump, they made no distinction between longtime friends and allies that have fought side by side with the U.S. in all the recent wars, like nations in the European Union and South Korea, and outright enemies or rivals, like, for example, Iran, which received a lower tariff, let alone China.

If you looked at the initial slew of tariffs that were imposed by President Trump, they made no distinction between longtime friends and allies that have fought side by side with the U.S. in all the recent wars, like nations in the European Union and South Korea, and outright enemies or rivals, like, for example, Iran, which received a lower tariff, let alone China.

If you looked at the initial slew of tariffs that were imposed by President Trump, they made no distinction between longtime friends and allies that have fought side by side with the U.S. in all the recent wars, like nations in the European Union and South Korea, and outright enemies or rivals, like, for example, Iran, which received a lower tariff, let alone China.

And so in the beginning, this seemed to be like a trade war against the entire world.

And so in the beginning, this seemed to be like a trade war against the entire world.

And so in the beginning, this seemed to be like a trade war against the entire world.

Some politicians are asking themselves, well, if the U.S. is no longer our ally, if we're going to trust the U.S., if the U.S. maybe seeks to divide Europe together with Russia, well, China is our only salvation, no matter how much we realize the nature of the Chinese regime not being a fellow democracy.

Some politicians are asking themselves, well, if the U.S. is no longer our ally, if we're going to trust the U.S., if the U.S. maybe seeks to divide Europe together with Russia, well, China is our only salvation, no matter how much we realize the nature of the Chinese regime not being a fellow democracy.

Some politicians are asking themselves, well, if the U.S. is no longer our ally, if we're going to trust the U.S., if the U.S. maybe seeks to divide Europe together with Russia, well, China is our only salvation, no matter how much we realize the nature of the Chinese regime not being a fellow democracy.

It's not just the American intentions that aren't clear, but also the entire decision-making process is so haphazard with decisions made and reversed and changed in a very unpredictable fashion. That makes it very hard for nations to place their trust in the United States being a part and an ally in the long run.

It's not just the American intentions that aren't clear, but also the entire decision-making process is so haphazard with decisions made and reversed and changed in a very unpredictable fashion. That makes it very hard for nations to place their trust in the United States being a part and an ally in the long run.

It's not just the American intentions that aren't clear, but also the entire decision-making process is so haphazard with decisions made and reversed and changed in a very unpredictable fashion. That makes it very hard for nations to place their trust in the United States being a part and an ally in the long run.

Yesterday, in Syria, after nearly 13 years of civil war, rebel forces took control of the capital, Damascus. For decades, the country had been under the dictatorship of the Assad family. Here's our chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov.

Yesterday, in Syria, after nearly 13 years of civil war, rebel forces took control of the capital, Damascus. For decades, the country had been under the dictatorship of the Assad family. Here's our chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov.

Yesterday, in Syria, after nearly 13 years of civil war, rebel forces took control of the capital, Damascus. For decades, the country had been under the dictatorship of the Assad family. Here's our chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov.