Russian newspapers have taken aim at US President Donald Trump, with days of coverage criticising his strikes in Iran.
The US President launched the first round of attacks on February 28th, killing Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as well as a number of other senior officials.
Since then, the US has continued its strikes while Iran has retaliated by attacking neighbouring Gulf states.
This week, Tehran’s forces targeted a number of oil refineries, including Ras Laffan in Qatar, sparking fears of an international oil crisis.
In Russia, one newspaper claimed Trump has « lost his mind. »
As translated by BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg, one newspaper in Moscow said last week: “The ‘peace president’ has lost his mind. The Emperor has no clothes, or rather, sanity. »
This week, Russian outlet Kommersant reported: « Trump wanted to strangle Tehran, but he’s tightened the noose around his own neck, » with several other Russian media outlets mocking the American leader’s Middle East strategy.
The same newspaper also said Trump « had tried to ‘strangle’ the authorities in Tehran but instead ended up ‘tightening the noose around his own neck’ – and even around countries that had no involvement in the US attack on Iran ».
However, Mr Trump has shown no signs of backing down. On Wednesday, he threatened to « massively blow up » an Iranian oil field.
