The president is determined to keep hammering Iran with no concern for the consequences
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The president is determined to keep hammering Iran with no concern for the consequences
White House columnist
Published
July 17, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)
Trump is falling into the old trap of an American ‘forever war’
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Could the Iran conflict become Trump’s forever war?
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Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran
If words won wars, Donald Trump’s Iran conflict would have ended long ago.
To the surprise of many, the US president seems to be doubling down, with no clear path to a settlement with Iran
Washington needs a deal, but Tehran needs an enemy.
He wants to end the Iran war. But Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah have other ideas.
The U.S. president's Iran war has become a domestic political time bomb, threatening his party unity, anti-war image and midterm…
He thought he understood why something like the Iran War was a trap. Now he’s learning the hard way.
