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Trump treats war as entertainment

The president likes to watch "stuff blowing up" in Iran. People are paying for his distraction with their lives

Published April 2, 2026 6:45AM (EDT)

Donald Trump‘s war of choice against Iran is spiraling. For five decades, experts have warned that military conflict with the country would destabilize the Middle East and fracture the global order. Trump knew this, and yet he proceeded anyway.

Previous American presidents have treated their role as commander-in-chief with great respect bordering on dread. Abraham Lincoln’s depression deepened during the Civil War, and the physical toll the conflict took on him can be seen in a series of famous daguerreotypes by Alexander Gardner, Matthew Brady and others. During the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson appeared to age in real-time as he and his military advisers sent tens of thousands of American soldiers to their deaths. 

How is Donald Trump behaving compared to Lincoln and Johnson? He is reportedly bored by the war, which has killed 13 U.S. service members and nearly 1,500 Iranian civilians. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, up to 3.2 million Iranians have been displaced. As the war progresses, Trump is reportedly being shown daily compilation videos of “stuff blowing up” — two-minute highlight reels of death and destruction, curated to hold his attention due to his famously short attention span.

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