Trump Doesn’t Even Know What Victory Over Iran Would Mean

Trump Doesn’t Even Know What Victory Over Iran Would Mean Donald Trump has begun suggesting that his war on Iran may be over “very soon” as oil prices soar. Trump will proclaim victory no matter what happens, but he won’t be able to say what “victory” means, let alone persuade anyone else that he succeeded. - Interview by - Daniel Finn Afshin Matin-Asgari is a professor of Middle East history at California State University, Los Angeles, and the author of Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations. He spoke to Jacobin about the US-Israeli war on Iran, discussing its impact on the Iranian pe

Trump Doesn’t Even Know What Victory Over Iran Would Mean Donald Trump has begun suggesting that his war on Iran may be over “very soon” as oil prices soar. Trump will proclaim victory no matter what happens, but he won’t be able to say what “victory” means, let alone persuade anyone else that he succeeded. - Interview by - Daniel Finn Afshin Matin-Asgari is a professor of Middle East history at California State University, Los Angeles, and the author of Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations. He spoke to Jacobin about the US-Israeli war on Iran, discussing its impact on the Iranian pe