President Donald Trump has been venting his frustration at White House staffers, shouting at aides as he struggles to find a resolution to the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff.

Speaking on a recent episode of the podcast Inside Trump's Head, Wolff told co-host Joanna Coles that the president has been lashing out at those around him because he feels trapped by the limited options available to him in the Iran campaign.

"He's stuck, he's stuck, he's stuck. He can't do anything," Wolff said. "He can retreat. He can admit defeat, which also he doesn't want to do. So he's yelling at people, 'Solve the problem! There must be something we can do.'"

Wolff is the author of several bestselling books about Trump, including Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and has reported extensively on internal West Wing dynamics across multiple administrations. His reporting on the president's behavior has frequently drawn national attention.

Trump's outbursts over the Iran war have also been documented by The Wall Street Journal and NBC News. According to those reports, the president began shouting expletives during a meeting with his top national security officials, expressing deep frustration over the trajectory of the military campaign.

Wolff elaborated on what he described as the central dilemma facing the administration: "He has been told over and over again — because there's effectively nothing left to tell him — that we have exhausted all military solutions. We are running out of missiles. We will run out of missiles if we keep up the pace. We have done everything that an air campaign can do. There's nowhere to go. There is nothing more we can do except invade."

The biographer noted that Trump's 2024 campaign positioned him as "The 'No Forever Wars' president," a posture that complicates any decision to deepen U.S. involvement in Iran. That messaging resonated with voters weary of decades of large-scale U.S. military deployments in the Middle East, and a pivot toward escalation or a ground invasion would risk undermining a core pillar of his electoral coalition.

Coles pointed out that even a withdrawal would leave unresolved strategic problems. "If he retreats, and even if he claims victory and says it's all marvelous, the Iranians still control now the Strait of Hormuz," she said.

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most critical maritime chokepoints, connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. Roughly a fifth of globally consumed oil passes through it daily, making disruptions there a persistent concern for energy markets and shipping lanes. Control over the waterway has long been a flashpoint in U.S.-Iran relations, dating back to confrontations in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War.

Wolff concluded with a pointed assessment: "Trump is the Hormuz president."