{"id":12858644,"date":"2026-03-02T15:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/?p=12858644"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:13:24","slug":"trumps-lethal-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2026\/03\/02\/trumps-lethal-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s lethal presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start space-y-4 sm:space-y-6 mb-6 sm:mb-10\">\n<h2 class=\"text-soft-black-core h5 md:h3 font-regular\" data-cy=\"story-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/02\/trump-iran-war-military-strikes-maga?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=AxiosNews\/magazine\/Axios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&#8217;s lethal presidency<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex items-center col-1-13\">\n<div class=\"my-auto mr-3\">\n<div class=\"flex relative z-0\">\n<div class=\"flex h-11 w-11 rounded-full relative ml-0 z-[1] border-white border-2 overflow-hidden\" data-cy=\"author-image\" data-index=\"0\" data-author=\"newsdesk\">By <a class=\"font-regular font-sans leading-none no-underline inline-flex items-center [&amp;&gt;.icon+span]:ml-2 [&amp;&gt;span+.icon]:ml-2 gtmContentClick\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/authors\/zbasu\" data-cy=\"byline-author\" aria-label=\"Zachary Basu's author page\" data-index=\"0\" data-vars-content-id=\"6f1ac079-91d1-4fa6-9030-23e80cf23b8c\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump's lethal presidency\" data-vars-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-label=\"Zachary Basu\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/authors\/zbasu\"><span class=\"hover:underline focus:underline text-soft-black-core tag hover:text-interactive-secondary hover:underline underline-offset-2 focus:underline\">Zachary Basu, Axios\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"author-image\" data-index=\"0\" data-author=\"newsdesk\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-1-13 [&amp;_*]:font-serif [&amp;_&gt;*:last-child]:mb-0 [&amp;_h2]:mt-8 [&amp;_h2]:mb-4 [&amp;_h2]:h-editorial-030 [&amp;_p]:break-words [&amp;_p]:my-4 [&amp;_p]:text-p sm:[&amp;_p]:my-6 [&amp;_ul]:my-4 [&amp;_ul]:text-p sm:[&amp;_ul]:my-6 [&amp;_ol]:my-4 [&amp;_ol]:text-p sm:[&amp;_ol]:my-6 [&amp;_p:last-of-type]:pb-0 [&amp;_p:last-of-type]:mb-0 [&amp;_a]:underline [&amp;_a]:text-interactive-tertiary [&amp;_a:active]:no-underline [&amp;_a:hover]:no-underline [&amp;_a:visited]:text-interactive-tertiary [&amp;_figure]:my-6 sm:[&amp;_figure]:my-10 [&amp;_figure_figcaption]:mt-2 [&amp;_figure_figcaption]:font-sans [&amp;_figure_figcaption]:leading-6 [&amp;_figure_figcaption]:text-caption sm:[&amp;_figure_figcaption]:mt-3 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[&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:absolute [&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:-top-40 [&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:w-full [&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:bg-gradient-to-b [&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:from-transparent [&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:to-white [&amp;_#paywall-fallback-container]:before:pointer-events-none [&amp;_figure&gt;figcaption&gt;span]:font-sans\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\">\n<p>No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Donald Trump\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" data-vars-content-id=\"6f1ac079-91d1-4fa6-9030-23e80cf23b8c\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump's lethal presidency\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He&#8217;s attacked seven nations, three of which \u2014\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/21\/us-strike-iran-nuclear-israel-trump\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Iran\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/21\/us-strike-iran-nuclear-israel-trump\" data-vars-content-id=\"6f1ac079-91d1-4fa6-9030-23e80cf23b8c\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump's lethal presidency\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Iran<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/25\/trump-us-forces-isis-targets-nigeria\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Nigeria\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/25\/trump-us-forces-isis-targets-nigeria\" data-vars-content-id=\"6f1ac079-91d1-4fa6-9030-23e80cf23b8c\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump's lethal presidency\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Nigeria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/03\/maduro-capture-trump-venezuela-operation\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Venezuela\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/03\/maduro-capture-trump-venezuela-operation\" data-vars-content-id=\"6f1ac079-91d1-4fa6-9030-23e80cf23b8c\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump's lethal presidency\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Venezuela<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than President\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/joe-biden\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Biden\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/joe-biden\" data-vars-content-id=\"6f1ac079-91d1-4fa6-9030-23e80cf23b8c\" data-vars-headline=\"Trump's lethal presidency\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Biden<\/a>\u00a0did in four years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>Trump explicitly ran as the anti-war candidate. The White House argues he still is \u2014 that he always exhausts diplomacy before acting, and that projecting overwhelming force is itself a path to lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/02\/trump-iran-war-military-strikes-maga?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=AxiosNews\/magazine\/Axios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s lethal presidency By Zachary Basu, Axios\u00a0 \u00a0 No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as\u00a0Donald Trump. He&#8217;s attacked seven nations, three of which \u2014\u00a0Iran,\u00a0Nigeria\u00a0and\u00a0Venezuela\u00a0\u2014 had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than President\u00a0Biden\u00a0did in four years. 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