Analysis: Iran puts Trumpism to the test | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is now applying the unpredictable style that built his business empire and political brand to a far more complex and sensitive role as a wartime leader. Supporters love it when Trump breaks things — like the Republican establishment. He tends to preserve room for maneuver by avoiding definitive positions. And while he’s often thin on details and historical context, his personality projects certainty. Trump’s flair for decisive action yielded success in a daring US raid that spirited Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from his compound to a New York jail cell in January. But in many of his public statements over the Iran war, he’s yet to project the gravity and clarity of a more traditional wartime president. Trump is now facing intersecting crises in the conflict. Tehran’s fierce resistance is in danger of creating a lengthy stalemate. An economic crunch is worsening as oil prices soar after Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Domestically, Trump faces a political revolt highlighted Tuesday when a top MAGA-oriented national security official quit. Trump was surprised by the intensity of Tehran’s reprisal attacks on US allies in th