Yet amid a new Iran crisis, it’s getting harder to see how he emerges with the kind of crisp, easy win that he craves. In his second, he sent US stealth bombers on a daring round-the-world trip to pulverize Iran’s nuclear sites. Why Iran is especially vulnerableIn this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9, 2026. “I think if you look at his own precedent on three major occasions, he rolled the dice with Iran in 2018 — he left the nuclear deal. But it’s hard to see any deal that the president will offer Iran that it will be prepared to accept — and vice versa.

Source: Egypt Independent February 07, 2026 15:16 UTC