Oil, strait of Hormuz and empty threats: a timeline of Trump’s flip-flopping on the Iran war

In the fifth week of the war, Trump continues contradicting himself on its objectives and how Americans are affected

When Donald Trump launched Operation Epic Fury alongside Israel on 28 February, his administration had settled on a set of stated, and broad, objectives: destroy Iran's missiles, eliminate its navy, prevent a nuclear weapon.

Over a month later those objectives have multiplied, contracted and contradicted each other.