Haseeb

Plausible.

Not guaranteed, but plausible.

It's pretty clear Trump did not really accomplish his military goals.

His military goals have certainly shifted or they've not been well articulated in the first place.

But originally, the military goal was nuclear disarmament of Iran.

That has not happened.

That's not even been proclaimed to happen.

That's one of the points in the negotiation is whether they're going to be able to take this enriched uranium out of Iran.

Right.

This might be possible.

Iran supposedly has signaled openness to this as a negotiating point.

But they've been so squirrelly up till now with previous agreements of this kind that it kind of beggars belief that it's going to be perceived domestically as a win for Trump by the end of this.

For the most part, it seems like now Trump's quote unquote military goal has been to exit while saving face.

That seems like the primary goal for Trump over the last two to three weeks.

And he's achieved that for now.

But if we see more escalation in Iran or Iran kind of playing more aggressively against the ceasefire, it's very possible that that perception for Trump could really unravel pretty quickly.

I agree with you generally.

That said, Iran has been a preoccupation of his for a long time.

That's true.

And this goes back decades, his feelings about Iran as basically a rogue state in the Middle East.