The high-stakes gamble unravelling the Trump presidency

March 15, 2026 — 6:30pm

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President Trump covets exercising absolute power. In the Iran war, Trump is in total command – but out of control.

Iran is Trump’s war of choice – much more than another strike at Iran’s nuclear activities just nine months after “obliterating” them – and it is unravelling his presidency.

This war is over much more than Iran’s nuclear obsession. The targets are Iran’s ballistic missiles, its navy, the terrorist proxies across the region, Iran’s governing infrastructure – and regime change.

Barak Ravid of Axios has clearly distilled how to judge the outcome of this war.

”Victory for Iran will be if they’re still standing after Israel and the US finish their operation. If the regime still stands, Iran won. That’s it. They don’t need to do anything else other than stay alive — that’s their advantage because it’s an asymmetric war.”

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