Viral Magazine Cover Delivers Blistering Takedown Of Trump’s Iran War

The Economist has delivered a damning verdict on Donald Trump’s Iran war with its latest cover.

“Operation Blind Fury,” blared the headline, a scathing twist on Trump’s own “Operation Epic Fury” name for the U.S.-Israeli military action.

The artwork depicted the president wearing a camouflage military helmet, complete with bullets tucked into the strap, pulled down over his eyes — a stark suggestion he’s got no clear sense of where he’s going with the conflict, which is now in its third week.

Sharing the cover on X, the magazine warned: “The reckless campaign against Iran will weaken America’s president. That will make him angry. Be warned: he makes a very bad loser.”

The post has gone viral, with more than 2.2 million views.

Commenters on the Elon Musk-owned platform praised the front page as brutally accurate, with one saying it “summed it up perfectly.”