What is Trump's Iran endgame?

I suspect President Trump wishes the Iran issue would just disappear. War with Iran is costly; an agreement is probably unrealistic. And besides, Iran isn’t Trump’s conception of his big win. It’s a deal with North Korea that he’s after—a feat that would likely win him a Nobel Peace Prize and a ticket into the history books, and separate him from all of his predecessors.

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Iran was Obama’s deal, and a bad one at that. Why else would Trump flatter and court a brutal, ruthless dictator with a worse human rights record than even the Iranians?

More than likely, Trump will try to avoid either a risky political breakthrough or a serious military breakdown with Iran. He’ll keep up the pressure, perhaps even try to open a channel to Iran but try to avoid a military confrontation.

Whether Iran will play by his script remains to be seen.

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