Could Trump really end the war in Iran ‘very soon’? – The Latest

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  This is The Guardian.

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  There isn't really a path for Donald Trump to come out and claim,

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  without egg on his face, that this was a successful campaign.

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  They're probably looking for some kind of off-ramp.

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  Are you thinking this week it will be over?

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  No, I think so.

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  Look, everything they have is gone, including their leadership.

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  I think that Iranians have a lot more appetite for this fight than Trump,

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  and I think the Americans in general would have expected.

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  Donald Trump claims that the war with Iran is one but not one enough.

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  What does he mean?

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  And what are the longer-term risks for the wider region?

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  From the Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hough.

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  I'm joined by Nasreen Malik, a Guardian columnist.

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  Nasreen, thanks so much for dialling in, it's great to see you.

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  If you're anything like me,

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  you will have woken up this morning a little bit confused about the messaging from Donald Trump and the White House overnight.

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  A series of interviews that he gave, one to CBS and then another,

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  a press conference at the White House where he variously described the war as being very complete,

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  pretty much, that it would be over very soon.

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