Trump's speech without answers: Media point to key ambiguities about war with Iran

(Patria) - US President Donald Trump's speech on the war against Iran lasted about 20 minutes, but was largely a repetition of messages he has been conveying for days, without new concrete answers to key questions, analyzes the BBC.

As BBC correspondent Gary O'Donoghue points out, the content of the address largely corresponds to what Trump is already posting on social media.

The BBC warns that the speech left a number of important questions unanswered. The first concerns Israel. It is unclear whether Benjamin Netanyahu's government agrees with the deadlines Trump is setting for ending the war.

The second question concerns the fate of enriched uranium from Iran. Trump did not clarify what happened to plans to take over hundreds of kilograms of material that, according to earlier claims, remained buried under the rubble after last year's war.

Third, it remains unclear what the White House's actual stance on the Strait of Hormuz is. Trump now claims that traffic through this key waterway will "naturally" resume after the conflict ends.

The BBC also points out that there are no answers to the question of whether Trump is serious about announcing a possible US withdrawal from NATO.

The conclusion of the analysis is that, despite the twenty-minute address to the nation, it is still unclear what victory in this war should look like. Given the frequent changes in Trump's messages, the BBC warns that the direction of policy could change again at any moment.