{"id":13682,"date":"2026-03-16T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/behind-the-curtain-trumps-escalation-trap-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:36:52","slug":"behind-the-curtain-trumps-escalation-trap-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/behind-the-curtain-trumps-escalation-trap-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Curtain: Trump&#8217;s escalation trap &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE02WlFiU0MyaTB5RHlyWnZ3UE1hZmdva09MaXB3aThqbl90SUNvNGpqdWU4dGtCSWZsZHBmSGdlaXViZFQ0elNRUENmaXhzSkwxaE8yUUxDcmtHYkVNSGpGVWxqWF9lTFo3RHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Behind the Curtain: Trump&#8217;s escalation trap<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPYThjZ0dBcXdZeDYtVV9Id1hvaXFiSHRtSVo4TFk3RVBCcllUTkJZUUZOVTJtd0FaNW9zWDc4ZFZIRFM1aDZJdXQzOEdtOFBvR1UzSGlDM2FqaTR6QVZnT3NsLTU4djFHSjdFV3BxcC1mWFp1TmlaN2ZRR0JEdzZKZ3kxRV90bVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Entering War\u2019s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOX0JXYVRaTjMyZWw2c3lHTUJKVXlRbjJYMkZvczB0c20xc3VubTkxTHlvTFNGTl9xWFYtY0pFdTU5SEdxWGlRbUdiVFZ1LXNOVWhQV0UzaXJuZENLMlNLUEZ6M19uVWtLeWF2Xy0xRU1WcS1mX29jR2NmQjJoenRTbjdWY3hKRTI3YnpFTWZkNTFqd2tXeExJTVBvNndUTHFOZzBGcVRNVlp4NHBUaGQ3a3hB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Leaves Allies and Foes Guessing on Endgame for Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQdlU1bTUtcjk3XzJ3SVMyZWJnanJlWTFkdVAxczNLU19uVDFVZVZXYzBKeHhoNzVjMFdTZF9GSExBV1NEXzczbXAxUmpPZzgyaF8waUo5LUt2THlpbEw3aENNZkdDM001XzRvOUtaYS1ua0w1d0VrX2hHR3o2QjlQV0RCYkJpVU5RaVRlNVpSRnUySTR4Snc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump keeps telling America he&#8217;s winning in Iran. He&#8217;s less clear in explaining how the war ends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxNaHhWTjJWZ284d0NYZTR1Ung0bWoyTENGUHZiMGI2ZkFWa2NmV1dCTGRDbEtKY2x4NWt3Y0VpSl9ia0JsamtOaDV1UEF2WDVHd05GS3VXYmlLOElNT1VzUmNmNnpsd3RVUDk3OEEyYkQ1Zm5GaHc0NG9zSlJnOUxqdVdGaVh0Nm5aeXdmNFV2Um1IMXVkcUk5R0pZZE1POWJnTDdXTzVJX1E4NF9DbVkwby1rQzBrbDFxa2lVWk9sazZQNVNKeDFFedIBzgFBVV95cUxNS1U0MlVvNEstYWJhLVdSTmUtclZZZ2F3RFdOeUE1eXhpUlVoRHNxWWFwM3dhYVV6Ymh3UFFvRU1yOS1XUjN3Nm5lbm4xbzhPc0FWS2tnN1JQcGlZei0xSi1STXNvU2NTcmJ4d1dXNXpCVnhLZmlXVFRWZURwSlFZSGViV0E0bTh5aGxXbVZOYXFxRDJxRU9jTTUyb3YtV21jZFVQMDBKeG51WVcySVIySTZzOTc5ODRfVDQ1ZmVjdzBQUjZTQ29yYk5BSmtRdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">AP analysis: Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on his political heels<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind the Curtain: Trump&#8217;s escalation trap&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Entering War\u2019s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Trump Leaves Allies and Foes Guessing on Endgame&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/behind-the-curtain-trumps-escalation-trap-axios\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}