'Downhill From Here For Trump': Senior BBC Reporter's Bleak Prediction After Iran Strikes

President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025.It is all “downhill” for Donald Trump from now onwards after his strikes on Iran, according to the BBC’s world affairs editor.The US president announced overnight that America has “obliterated” three nuclear facilities in Iran, and urged Tehran to come to the negotiating table or face further attacks.The move comes after Israel began a week of exchanging fire with Iran.“I feel last night was a big change, a major turn of the page,” John Simpson said on BBC News. “In one major respect, I think it’s downhill for President Trump from now on.”The broadcaster continued: “He’s losing the support of the isolationists among the MAGA-supporters, of whom there are a large if not dominant amount.“He’s done something he promised he wouldn’t do and he’s moving against that, and I think we’ll find that his power will start to diminish after this.”In his election campaign, Trump promised to be a peaceful president, and put “America First” by pulling the States out of other countries’ wars.But many of his supporters now question if that is still his thinking, considering he has just pulled the US into a raging war in conflict.Simpson also discussed the likelihood of an Iranian response.He said: “We shouldn’t overestimate Iran’s strengths or its abilities.”“Yes of course it can do asymmetrical attacks,” he noted, but added that these were “limited small-time” moves which are not “population-threatening”.“We shouldn’t be too scared about Iran’s likely retaliation,” he said.Simpson sent a similar message on X, saying: “As a result of his bombing of Iran, Trump’s presidency has entered new and much more conflicted territory.“The US isolationist right are already criticising him. Trump could now be involved in precisely the kind of war he blamed his predecessors for.”As a result of his bombing of Iran, Trump’s presidency has entered new and much more conflicted territory. The US isolationist right are already criticising him. Trump could now be involved in precisely the kind of war he blamed his predecessors for.— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) June 22, 2025Related...Trump Brags Of ‘Obliterating’ Iran’s Nuclear Program, But Top Adviser Is More CautiousNations React To US Strikes On Iran With Many Calling For DiplomacyMinister Refuses To Say If Britain Believes Trump's Attack On Iran Was Legal

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