In his 2025 article, “Start Making Sense, Strategy and Grand Strategy in the Trump Administration,” Joshua Rovner argued Trump’s flexible approach to a grand strategy could be a strategic problem in the event of war. A year later, amidst an escalating conflict in the Middle East, we asked Joshua to revisit his argument.Image: Tia Dufour via The Trump White House In your 2025 article, “Start Making Sense: Strategy and Grand Strategy in the Trump Administration,” you explained the complexities and contradictions that encompass President Donald Trump’s grand strategy (or lack thereof). You wrote, “Unclear grand strategies can produce unsuccessful strategies, butThe post What Recent Military Operations Signal About Trump’s Grand Strategy appeared first on War on the Rocks.