Realities Crash With the Way Trump's Portrayal of The Iran War
President Trump in Miami last week. Mr. Trump has declared a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran, even though analysts believe the war may have only increased the internal sway of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.Credit...Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Washington New York Times President Trump is trying to cast his Iran war as all but over, a done-and-dusted success. But after years of trying to impose his own reality on the world, he has now run into a crisis that is not bending to his narrative. “It’s a new regime,” Mr. Trump said in a Fox Business interview that aired on Wednesday, referring to Iran’s new leaders. “We find them pretty reasonable to be honest with you, by comparison pretty reasonable.” It was the latest instance of Mr. Trump’s trying to spin a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran, even though analysts believe the war may have only increased the internal sway of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Cor...
