As Iranian missiles and drones fell upon Kuwait on Thursday, intercepted by air defense systems while residents sheltered beneath the sound of explosions, the gap between political reassurance and geopolitical reality grew harder to ignore. President Trump, speaking with confidence about a swift end to the U.S.-Iran conflict, found his words tested by a region absorbing the consequences of escalating strikes and counterstrikes. Behind the public optimism, his own advisors were quietly working to contain the conflict before November's midterm elections — a tension that reveals how war, once beg
Kuwait under fire as Trump predicts swift end to Iran conflict
Explosions from air defense systems were reported across Kuwait, though no casualty figures were provided in the source.