In Iran, Trump’s victory claims only deepened a self-made catastrophe | Sidney Blumenthal (opens in new tab)

What the US president succeeded in obliterating was any rationale he offered for going to warBefore Donald Trump finally surrendered in his Iran war, he declared victory several dozen times, including on day eight– “!” – day 10 – “”– day 12, Trump boldly affixed his signature with a sharpie to the Memorandum Of Understanding on day 110, 17 June, at the Palace of Versailles, where the ruinous treaty concluding the first world war was signed. He seemed oblivious to the historical symbolism of t...