By Nikki McCann Ramirez Donald Trump’s war on Iran is now in its third week. Thirteen American service members have been killed, along with hundreds injured. Yet the president and members of his administration are barely bothering to try to explain the bloody, costly offensive that is roiling energy markets and threatening the stability of the gulf region. The president even suggested during a press conference at the White House on Monday that the U.S. is attacking Iran “out of habit, which is not a good thing to do,” claiming the United States doesn’t need any oil. He suggested the same while speaking to reporters on Air Force One. “You could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all,” he said of the Strait of Hormuz, noting that America has plenty of oil. “It’s almost like we do it for habit.” Instead of offering Americans anything resembling a coherent justification for the war, Trump and his administration have focused on their time and energy on their favorite domestic rival: the media.…