{"id":3059,"date":"2026-07-29T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/07\/29\/two-options-for-trump-in-middle-east-war-he-waits-or-he-escalates-massively\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:55:53","slug":"two-options-for-trump-in-middle-east-war-he-waits-or-he-escalates-massively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=3059","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Two options&#8217; for Trump in Middle East war: &#8216;he waits or he escalates massively&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--article t-content--video t-content--video--16x9\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media t-content__main-media--sticky\" data-media-video-0698cd3a-5e73-4115-8855-2394800c1525 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"0698CD3A-5E73-4115-8855-2394800C1525\" data-wrapper-video-player data-watch-sticky data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices                <\/p>\n<p><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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UU., el 22 de julio de 2026.\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"a-img \"><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n    Cover image:            El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habla con los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n antes de partir hacia Dover, Delaware, para asistir al solemne traslado de los militares estadounidenses ca\u00eddos en Jordania e Irak, en el marco de la guerra con Ir\u00e1n, en la Base Conjunta Andrews, Maryland, EE. UU., el 22 de julio de 2026.        \u00a9 Reuters\/Evelyn Hockstein    <\/figcaption><div class=\"m-item-image__overlay-wrapper\">\n                <button class=\"m-main-media-btn\" aria-label=\"'Two options' for Trump in Middle East war: 'he waits or he escalates massively': Play the video\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"m-main-media-btn__picto\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-circle-loader\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<time class=\"a-media-time\">05:04<\/time>                <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-hidden-video-player=\"0698CD3A-5E73-4115-8855-2394800C1525\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">&#8216;Two options&#8217; for Trump in Middle East war: &#8216;he waits or he escalates massively&#8217;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: <time datetime=\"2026-07-29T13:46:20+00:00\">29\/07\/2026 &#8211; 15:46<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-share-button\" data-root-share>\n<p>                        <span class=\"a-master-button__label\">Share<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-box-expand\" data-box-expand>\n<div class=\"m-box-expand__content\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-box-expand-content>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                                                US President Donald Trump confirmed on Fox News that the US and Saudi Arabia coordinated attacks on Iran-backed Iraqi militias with the Iraqi government itself. But Iraq has called the strikes a &#8216;blatant violation&#8217;, and its prime minister has called off a meeting with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salmane due to the attack. This comes as the US struggles to put an end to the war with Iran. FRANCE 24&#8217;s Angela Diffley tells us more.                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                Video by:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/angela-diffley\/\" title=\"Angela DIFFLEY\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Angela DIFFLEY<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__tags\">\n<div class=\"m-section-title m-section-title--small\">Keywords for this article<\/div>\n<ul class=\"m-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iraq\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iraq\">    Iraq<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iran\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iran\">    Iran<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <button class=\"m-box-expand__button a-link\" data-box-expand-button><br \/>\n        <span class=\"m-box-expand__button__open\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"a-hover-content\" data-hover-label=\"Read more\">Read more<\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"m-box-expand__button__close\" data-box-expand-button-close>                <\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"a-hover-content\" data-hover-label=\"Read less\">Read less<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__below-main\">\n<div data-org-name=\"video-playlist\" data-org-type=\"layout-list\" class=\"o-layout-list  grid-1-2-3\" data-layout-list-wrapper>\n<div class=\"o-layout-list__item\">\n<div class=\"m-item-list-article m-item-list-article--content-visibility m-item-list-article--hor-to-ver\" data-article-list>\n<a class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9\" href=\"\/en\/uk-looks-to-build-naval-coalition-to-secure-shipping-in-strait-of-hormuz\" data-article-item-link aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/e46f0168-8abf-11f1-91e2-005056bf30b7\/w:720\/p:16x9\/2026-07-22T064712Z-30428312-RC2QEMAZJ3CI-RTRMADP-3-IRAN-CRISIS-OIL-REFINERIES.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/e46f0168-8abf-11f1-91e2-005056bf30b7\/w:177\/p:16x9\/2026-07-22T064712Z-30428312-RC2QEMAZJ3CI-RTRMADP-3-IRAN-CRISIS-OIL-REFINERIES.jpg 177w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/e46f0168-8abf-11f1-91e2-005056bf30b7\/w:388\/p:16x9\/2026-07-22T064712Z-30428312-RC2QEMAZJ3CI-RTRMADP-3-IRAN-CRISIS-OIL-REFINERIES.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/e46f0168-8abf-11f1-91e2-005056bf30b7\/w:480\/p:16x9\/2026-07-22T064712Z-30428312-RC2QEMAZJ3CI-RTRMADP-3-IRAN-CRISIS-OIL-REFINERIES.jpg 480w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/e46f0168-8abf-11f1-91e2-005056bf30b7\/w:720\/p:16x9\/2026-07-22T064712Z-30428312-RC2QEMAZJ3CI-RTRMADP-3-IRAN-CRISIS-OIL-REFINERIES.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) calc(100vw - 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