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After President Trump's announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran,
all sides are claiming victory.
But perhaps no country has emerged as a bigger winner than Israel.
Today.
My colleague Patrick Kingsley explains how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped to steer events to this moment,
and what might come next if a ceasefire holds.
It's Wednesday, June 25th.
So Patrick, early this morning,
President Trump was furious that Iran and Israel had continued to attack each other in the hours before the ceasefire that Trump very proudly announced was supposed to take effect.
The president even said, they don't know what the blank they're doing,
but he used a word that rhymes with schmuck.
And what he was really angry about, it seemed, was Israel.
Specifically, he did not want Israel to continue dropping more bombs.