Trump had just frantically threatened Iran with war in retaliation for the American drone shot down by Iranians. Do you remember that on the morning of June 20 Iran hit an American spy drone over the Strait of Hormuz? The destruction of the drone provoked Trump to his famous Twitter post, starting with the words: “Iran made a big mistake!” (Threats followed).

“The planes managed to rise into the air, the ships arrived at the positions and brought the missiles to combat readiness,” nervous and credulous media wrote then. I do not know whether American planes were in the air, and American ships have been in the Persian Gulf for a long time. The nuclear aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" + missile cruiser + three destroyers and a pair of submarines - since May.

But one thing is to be off the coast of Iran to intimidate Iran, and another thing is to start a war.

Already, allegedly having given the order to his military Trump, you remember, suddenly jumped out as if scalded and declared that he had stopped his own order about the beginning of hostilities. Canceled, operation stopped.

He reported almost on the morning of the day designated for the attack that he was forced to change his mind about the Pentagon’s professional counting of casualties among Iranian civilians.

Let us disbelieve that 150 of the alleged loss of life of Iranians forced Donald Trump to abandon his intended revenge on Iran. Completeness: this is the president of the United States, who killed 3 million Vietnamese in Vietnam at the time (of which half were civilians), did the US president give such an argument? Oh Gods!

I do not believe in this story. Trump is bluffing and lying godlessly. The United States knows that an attack on Iran will cost them a terrible price. This is the most unpleasant and uncomfortable country with which you never need to fight. (Well, unless Russia is even more uncomfortable than Iran.) Iran has proven its coolness for all five thousand years of its existence.

No, the United States has not forgotten the humiliation inflicted on them by the revolutionary Iranian students who seized the American embassy during the 1979 Islamic Iranian revolution.

Making the American guys fight for the interests of Saudi Arabia and the monarchies of the Persian Gulf - you can give the order, yes. But the American mothers will be against it, such a war will immediately become unpopular, it will not last long, and President Trump is good even if they do not plant him in their homeland, in the United States.

The Iranian threat in every possible way swelled by President Trump, not even to frighten Iran, but to motivate Saudi Arabia to purchase $ 300 billion worth of American weapons. Trump did it - motivated, purchased. In any case, Iran is inhabited by Shiites, and Saudi Arabia is a Sunni kingdom. There is no need to inflate the passion - and without that inflated.

And we recall the very recent similar cases in which the United States tried to bykov other countries, but were forced to retreat, always finding reasons to evade war. How, blowing bubbles of anger, almost growling, insulting in every way, humiliating, and intimidating opponents, Trump didn’t go to war. This has already happened many times.

Threatened with a terrible war North Korea. Even the order was given to all American fleets to rush immediately to North Korea. Then Trump agreed to negotiate in Singapore. And on the continuation of negotiations in Vietnam. And already, it would seem, aircraft carriers from all over the world were dispersed there to North Korea. Stop aircraft carriers: despite the fact that Kim Jong-un did not accept the American denuclearization requirements in Vietnam, Trump did not hurry to punish him.

Where there! Trump after the mad departure of UN from Vietnam held a soothing press conference, where he sweetly described UN as a great guy and that he would get along with him, just not to fight. I preferred to lie than fight with North Korea.

It has just threatened to invade Venezuela. Through Colombia. And Brazil could easily be persuaded to war, right there, right, the far-right pro-American president, Zhair Bolsonar. And Brazil has a weight, a territory, a population of over 210 million ... But nothing like this happened.

See how the Americans acted in Syria - minimally, minimally nowhere. They let out to the Syrian (not the main, but seedy) military airfield of "Tomahawka".

They released 57 rusty Tomahawk rockets, 34 of which unknown flew into the white world like a pretty penny. Obviously, crashed somewhere in the desert. And lie, long sand covered.

Yes, and warned before putting "Tomahawks", Russian, iron confident that the Russians would warn about the raid of the Syrians. That is, acted with utmost caution. And with the maximum cowardice.

Now here is the newly advertised parade in Washington on the occasion of Independence Day: they released six or seven rusty armored personnel carriers to the amusement of the audience. The Congress did not give money to the stainless armored personnel carriers. This is how to demonstrate second-hand elderly beauties at a beauty contest.

And the widely publicized wall that Trump intended to isolate the United States from Mexico! But is it still being built - this wall promised by Trump to the American commoners?

It seems that no, do not build. And that part of the Mexican spiders have already packed into the web.

Trump, of course, is aggressive in his posts on Twitter. But this is verbal aggression. Generally he is prudent. Sneakier than their predecessors. And not at all reckless.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.