LONDON, U.K.—United States President Donald Trump is caught in the trap that he helped to build, and he is starting to flail against his fate. His ‘war of choice’, ‘Operation Epic Fury’, was supposed to end in “unconditional surrender” by Tehran in just a few weeks, but if Trump ever had a plan beyond "use massive force," it isn’t working.

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