I’d say No and Yes. The reason I say that is he would have been presented this as a possibility by the military so he would have been aware. That being said I feel like he felt Iran would cave hence the reason I said no and yes lol.
I think he has been surprised by Europes response and I have been to because everyone calls them a terror regime and Europe, rightfully so, blames them for a lot of the migratory crisis the continent faces. Due to the fact that even though they don’t want to they still heavily rely on the U.S. military restriction of air bases was pretty surprising to me. I’m not sure that many would have seen that even if we are upsetting them with how Trump has handled Europe. These actions play in his favor when he complains about NATO so I see that as a dumb self inflicted gun shot since the U.S. is able to fly its planes directly to the Middle East they just prefer to have options like landing in Spain or Italy.
I’d say No and Yes. The reason I say that is he would have been presented this as a possibility by the military so he would have been aware. That being said I feel like he felt Iran would cave hence the reason I said no and yes lol.
I think he has been surprised by Europes response and I have been to because everyone calls them a terror regime and Europe, rightfully so, blames them for a lot of the migratory crisis the continent faces. Due to the fact that even though they don’t want to they still heavily rely on the U.S. military restriction of air bases was pretty surprising to me. I’m not sure that many would have seen that even if we are upsetting them with how Trump has handled Europe. These actions play in his favor when he complains about NATO so I see that as a dumb self inflicted gun shot since the U.S. is able to fly its planes directly to the Middle East they just prefer to have options like landing in Spain or Italy.