Trump's Iran War is an Epic Failure on All Fronts
May 26, 2026
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Donald Trump secretly negotiated a deal with Iran over Memorial Day weekend and announced it on Truth Social before Iran publicly rejected it. The proposed terms included releasing six to seven billion dollars to Iran, allowing them to keep their enriched uranium, and leaving their nuclear program intact while Iran retains control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Republican senators Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, and Roger Wicker initially called the deal a disaster and a surrender before reversing course. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, and analysts from The Atlantic and The Bulwark all weighed in on what amounts to the worst U.S. strategic defeat since the Iraq War.
Robert Kagan's piece in The Atlantic argued that Trump's endgame was surrender, and that Iran is using the ceasefire to lock in Strait of Hormuz control by forcing nations including South Korea, Turkey, and India to normalize diplomatic and economic ties with Tehran. Russia and China benefit most.
Iran emerges stronger militarily and economically. Hamas and Hezbollah get refunded. Israel is left isolated. And the United States loses 20% of the world's energy supply to Iranian control.
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