America is 11 days into a war with Iran and President Donald Trump is still struggling to explain why this conflict is happening or when it will end.

Trump answers almost every question about the consequences of his war of choice with a shrug.

At least seven U.S. military members are dead after Iranian counterattacks? "That's the way it is," Trump said on March 1 in a video he posted to social media.

Gasoline prices that he promised to reduce are now soaring due to the Middle East conflict? That's "a very small price to pay," Trump claimed in a March 8 social media post.

Russia is helping Iran target U.S. military personnel and assets in the Middle East? Trump, on March 7, told journalists that, if Russia is helping Iran, then "it's not helping them much."

Trump's war is certainly helping Russia.

Oil prices have surged thanks to American and Israeli strikes on Iran and that country's counterstrikes around the region, prompting a stall on tankers trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. That means more money for Russia's exported oil, which will fund the war it started in Ukraine.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on March 5 announced a 30-day waiver on U.S. sanctions to allow Russia to sell more oil to India, in an effort to lower........

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