President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran in the early hours of the war, which began just hours into the morning of February 28, had gone awry when the US and Israel began planning to target Iran's senior leadership in an attempt to eliminate them all at once. The first strikes killed Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other high-ranking aides, but this created a new problem as all the candidates the administration had hoped to lead Iran were also wiped out. The White House initially planned a focused, weekslong military campaign against Iran, but the operation escalated beyond US control and has since escalated into an open-ended war with widening economic and political repercussions and no clear exit strategy. The Iranian regime has consolidated control and responded aggressively than US officials expected, resulting in a global energy crisis. Thirteen American service members have died thus far and around 140 others were wounded since the fighting began. Despite the success of the military operation, there is little public support for the public in early polling across the US.