Trump Celebrates While America Capitulates

IdeasTrump Celebrates While America CapitulatesThe peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory.By Tom NicholsSaul Loeb / AFP / GettyJune 14, 2026, 9:32 PM ET ShareSave President Trump has announced that the United States and Iran have reached a deal to end their war. “Congratulations to all!” he said in a posting on his Truth Social site this evening. He then headed off to oversee the garish public spectacle he’d arranged for his birthday on the South Lawn of the White House. The United States, however, has little to celebrate: Trump and his team, in record time, just lost a war to a militarily mediocre—but nonetheless extremely dangerous—adversary.The details of the agreement remain unconfirmed, but the president, of course, is eager to spin the outcome as a victory.

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