We do not yet know the full terms of the Iran deal but we know how President Trump interprets it. His achievement, as he sees it, would have come as a surprise to many of the war’s backers four months ago.
“Many presidents have tried to make peace with Iran,” he said on Sunday night. “All have failed before me.”
When an Israeli airstrike killed the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the war’s first day, peace with the regime did not seem to be the end goal. Now Trump has not only made peace with the regime, he seems to have made peace with the idea that the regime is here to stay.
