Retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, [in an article headlined as above](https://macgregorwarrior.substack.com/p/is-president-trump-considering-the
) posted on his Substack Oct. 18, poses the question of whether or not President Trump is desperate enough to use a nuclear weapon against Iran. An informed, long time strategic analyst, Macgregor begins by surveying the terrain in which Trump finds himself: neither the Ukraine nor the Iran wars are going well; the world is in a full blown energy crisis; 1,400 U.S. stocks are down more than 70% from their 52-week highs.
