Jordan’s Buffer State Breaks: Inside the Missile Strike Trump Turned Into a Punchline

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it fired ballistic missiles at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and CENTCOM’s regional HQ in Jordan this week. Jordan’s military intercepted and destroyed five of them. Hours later, Donald Trump recapped it with sound effects at a Camp David Cabinet meeting. We break down why this matters more than a soundbite: Jordan was carved out by Britain in 1921 as a buffer state, absorbed waves of Palestinian refugees after 1948 and 1967, and has spent a century surviving by staying useful to Washington without provoking its own street. That balance is now under direct fire. 📍 Sources: Jordanian Armed Forces statement, IRNA (Iran state media), CENTCOM, AP, Reuters 🎙️ The Global Radar — research-first geopolitics, no spin, no side. Jordan Iran MiddleEast Geopolitics TrumpNews CENTCOM Amman IranWar2026