Stephen Collinson
President Donald Trump’s top aides are already scripting a victory narrative in Iran for the inevitable day when he tries to extricate himself from the war.
The White House is conjuring a surreal endgame scenario that he will personally certify an unconditional surrender by the Islamic Republic — even if it’s not true.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says only Trump can judge whether the war is at “the beginning, the middle or the end.” It’s as if his boss is the sole arbiter of reality amid a raging regional conflagration.
Iran’s revolutionary leaders are unlikely to cooperate since Trump’s choreography will clash with their core objective in an existential fight: outlasting Americans’ tolerance for a new foreign war.
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