Critics Say Trump Celebrated an Iran Deal That Gave Too Much Away — and Nearly Sent in Ground Troops
The New Republic—Atlantic columnist Tom Nichols argues Trump's self-congratulatory framing of the Iran ceasefire obscures what he calls a substantive capitulation on key demands. A separate report in The New Republic reveals Trump came dangerously close to ordering ground troops into Iran before the ceasefire was finalized, a detail that adds urgency to criticism of the deal's terms. Both analyses question whether the US achieved its stated objectives of ending Iran's nuclear program.