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Trump’s Obama vendetta has him trapped in his own forever war

The president is determined to keep hammering Iran with no concern for the consequences

Published July 17, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)

I hope I am wrong. But after more than 40 years covering politics and lying politicians, I think it’s obvious Donald Trump cannot and will not end the war he started with Iran. I don’t think it has a chance of ending until he’s out of office. The clues are clear: Trump not only can’t end the war, but he also obviously doesn’t want to do so.

I’m not alone in this thought. At least three people I still talk with inside the Pentagon believe it. Former national security experts I’ve known for years from both political parties believe it. More importantly, it’s apparent Donald Trump is now admitting it.

On Tuesday, he told Fox News’ Trey Yingst that you can’t trust the Iranians, and that he will continue to bomb them for as long as he wants. They break agreements, he claimed, and “they have to be beat up.” 

“The only way you can negotiate with these people is through strength,” he said. “And the only strength is military strength. And that’s what we’ve done. And I mean, literally two days ago, we had a deal and then they broke it at the last moment.”

Trump continued to hint at a ground war. Yingst pressed him on a “limited” campaign. Trump wouldn’t rule it out. “I’d say sometimes you need a ground........

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