Trump authorized 529 airstrikes in five months. That’s almost more than Biden’s four-year total

Despite assurances that he aims to be a president of global peace President Donald Trump has overseen more airstrikes during his first five months in office than any other president Trump has personally authorized a total of airstrikes according to evidence gathered by The Telegraph That s nearly as multiple strikes as former President Joe Biden OK d over his entire term The U S military is moving faster hitting harder and doing so with fewer constraints noted Clionadh Raleigh president and chief executive officer of Armed Conflict Location and Event Records in an interview with the outlet Trump s strikes have focused on anti-piracy actions in Yemen and uranium facilities in Iran but also include targets in Iraq Syria and Somalia According to the record Yemen has been subjected to strikes since January Related Evangelicals push Trump into conflict with Iran In June Trump followed Israel s lead and authorized strikes on Iran The controversial airstrikes targeted numerous nuclear facilities within the country in the hopes of hindering the country s progress of a nuclear bomb While the official line from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called the operation a bold and brilliant success a leaked statement from the Pentagon cast doubt on the effectiveness of the strikes Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Curriculum The record-number of strikes are in stark contrast to Trump s previous statements about foreign conflict and intervention In January Trump promised a guidelines of peace through strength We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars we end and perhaps majority of importantly the wars we never get into It s called peace through strength Trump announced at his inaugural ball Read more about Trump s strikes Putin slams US strikes on Iran VP Dumb presidents start Mideast wars DOJ alleges Iran plotted to assassinate Trump The post Trump authorized airstrikes in five months That s almost more than Biden s four-year total appeared first on Salon com