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Trump's capitulation has an obvious loser — one he desperately won't acknowledge
The War Trump Says He Didn’t LosePower Still Sits in the Same ChairThe only actor in this story with real institutional power is the president of the United States. Donald Trump can cancel strikes, open negotiations, suspend sanctions, move military posture, and sell the result however he wants. That is the center of gravity here. Iran can threaten shipping and force costs upward, but the U.S. president still holds the machinery of war, diplomacy, and economic pressure.That matters because the story is not about confusion. It is about a political and military outcome being shaped by one…
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