The US-Israeli war on Iran has now ground on for two weeks. And guess what’s the most jaw-dropping part of this entire conflict? Trump decided to go to war on pure gut instinct, consulting only a handful of advisers — chief among them his son-in-law Jared Kushner — with apparently zero contingency plan for Iran's response.
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is case in point: Trump has been completely paralyzed, leaving the war effort in shambles. Facing this disaster, he's doing what he always does — refusing to own it. Instead, he's throwing Kushner under the bus, saying "based on what he told me, I thought Iran was going to attack the United States." The implication is stark: his son-in-law may have fed him bad intelligence that dragged America into war.
Trump’s Iran war is falling apart. He now blames son-in-law Kushner (right), saying Kushner’s intel pushed him to strike.
The reality: Kushner, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and the rest of the White House's so-called "Jewish clique" were the key architects of this conflict — openly siding with Israel while dragging the rest of the world into the wreckage.
When the war kicked off, Trump was riding high. He was convinced that America's overwhelming military firepower would bring Iran to its knees within days.
Envoy Witkoff (left) is also in his sights — another key player in the White House “Jewish clique” driving Middle East policy.
He badly miscalculated. Iran did way more than just holding the line — it hit back hard and relentlessly, pushing the situation to the edge of Trump's control. The Strait of Hormuz remains firmly in Iranian military hands, and Washington has no answer. Reports say shipping companies have begged the US Navy for warship escorts, only to be flatly turned down — too few navy ships, risks too high. It is a humiliating display of impotence.
With the strait sealed shut, global oil and gas supply chains are in chaos and prices keep climbing. US allies are seething, and it's only a matter of time before that anger boils over at home too. Caught in a catastrophe of his own making, Trump is working two angles at once — engineering a face-saving exit while furiously offloading blame. This time, the scapegoats he has chosen are Kushner and Witkoff.
A few days ago, Trump told reporters his decision to go to war was built on what Kushner and Witkoff had told him — intelligence that made him believe "I thought [Iran] was going to attack us", and something needed to be done. Translation: if their advice was wrong, the blood is on their hands, not his.
What Kushner Actually Told Trump
So what exactly did Kushner and Witkoff tell him? The picture is coming into focus. Shortly before hostilities began, the two men flew to Geneva to negotiate with Iranian representatives. On their return, they briefed Trump, reporting that Iran had claimed to possess enough enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear warheads — and that both men believed Iran could use those weapons to strike the United States. Trump later told Fox News the US had no choice but to act pre-emptively. His analogy: in a gunfight, the gunman has to draw first.
Now that the war has sunk into a quagmire, Trump is leaning on that same briefing to explain why he "felt" Iran was about to strike — and to justify his rush to war. The subtext is impossible to miss: they may have fed him bad intelligence, and he would never have acted so recklessly on his own.
Whether or not Kushner actually misled his father-in-law, the fact that Trump launched a war on his son-in-law's word alone is breathtaking in its recklessness. Democratic lawmakers have said so bluntly: a president who bypasses the CIA, the NSA, and the entire US intelligence apparatus — choosing instead to act on the advice of a family member and a tight inner circle — and then drags the country into a costly, deadly war that harms innocents and devastates allies, has a serious problem of judgement.
There's another layer of absurdity that demands scrutiny. Kushner is Jewish, and his family business carries deep, entangled financial ties to Israel. His father is a close personal friend of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
There is every reason to believe that the intelligence and advice Kushner delivers to Trump tilts in Israel's favour — and that he may be actively steering Trump's decision-making toward Israeli objectives. Whose interests he puts first is not a difficult question to answer.
The "Jewish Clique" at the Core
Chinese Mainland commentator "Chairman Tu" has written a sharp exposé of the White House "Jewish clique" and its stranglehold on American policy. Kushner tops the list — a five-star inner-circle figure in terms of proximity to Trump. Second is Middle East envoy Witkoff, also Jewish, a real estate magnate with equally tight financial ties to Israel. Third is Commerce Secretary Lutnick, who also wields meaningful influence over Trump's Middle East agenda.
This "Jewish clique" at the heart of American power is the single greatest force behind Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. They have covertly helped Israel pursue its goal of destroying Iran, while dragging the rest of the world into the wreckage — forcing everyone to pay an enormous price for a war that was reckless, absurd, and entirely avoidable.
Lai Ting-yiu
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