One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.

A week into Trump’s war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.

By Michelle CottleJamelle Bouie and David French

Produced by Derek Arthur

Early last Saturday, President Trump announced that the United States had begun a major military operation against Iran. What followed has been a week of confusion, mixed messaging and rising casualties in a widening conflict that is causing calamity in the Gulf region. On this week’s round table, the Opinion national politics writer Michelle Cottle and the columnists Jamelle Bouie and David French discuss the dangers of another “forever war,” the challenge of defining success and viable exit strategies.

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