What is the current status of the US-Iran conflict under Trump, and how long has it lasted?

The US-Iran conflict, launched alongside Israel in late February, has stretched into its fifth month with fighting intensifying, no lasting ceasefire, and daily US strikes continuing — including 13 nights in a row as of the report — after Iran broke a memorandum of understanding, attacked commercial ships, and killed American soldiers, raising the US death toll to 18.

How has Trump responded to the war’s escalation and failed diplomacy?

Trump has expressed increasing frustration and anger over US casualties and the war’s intractability, abandoned hopes for quick resolution, entered 'revenge mode' against Iran according to an anonymous ally, conceded he’s using the military 'a little more than I thought', and told Axios he’s 'close' to deciding on an even larger military assault — while rejecting retreat as politically embarrassing and viewing prior negotiations (led by Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner) as having produced only a 'flimsy' MOU.

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