This article is certainly troubling news. It uses very dramatic and emotive language to describe the current situation in the Middle East. Most of its evidence and claims are also highly speculative, relying on shaky analysis of tweets and other unreliable sources. For example, the article speculates that Trump's use of the word "we" (in a tweet) implied the following: "By using 'we', Trump made it sound like he has already decided that the U.S. will soon be participating in offensive operations against Iran." These assertions were not corroborated by official government sources. The article also implies that escalation and a global crisis are inevitable. For instance, one quote in the article states that "The last time an opponent refused a demand from the United States to unconditionally surrender, two really big bombs got dropped." The article does not address the ongoing ceasefire efforts of international actors, instead presenting events as a binary showdown. As such, the article risks fueling unnecessary panic and misunderstanding, making it a source of troubling news and misinformation.