David French

And then it got a lot more difficult.

And then it got a lot more costly.

And I'm not quite sure the administration has counted that cost in part because of some of its recent successes and where Trump feels that this is where he has his most autonomy, the most power that he can immediately exercise, the most confidence in the outcome.

And that all adds up to, it's starting to feel, I'm not gonna say inevitable, but it's starting to feel imminent.

It's starting to feel as if this is unfolding, a process has started that will not stop.

Well, you know, it tells us a few things.

One is that the administration will,

Achieve a limited success and make maximal claims about the magnitude of that success.

So as I said before, the actual military operation itself was pretty remarkable.

It was quite a military achievement.

But then you trumpet everything that he trumpeted while you're leaving the entire rest of the regime apparatus in place.

Well, how much have you accomplished really over the long term?

I think we'll ultimately look back on that operation as a footnote to his presidency in all likelihood.

And so I do think one of the things he does really enjoy doing, and it's directly related to the strike in Operation Midnight Hammer, was...

He achieved something concrete.

It was something real.

It actually did damage the Iranian nuclear program and then dramatically overstated it.

And the overstatement is obvious because here we are again.

So there are a lot of things, and I'm just going to keep doing this.

I'm going to keep coming back to this point, Michelle.