196. Trump’s Iran Deal: One Big American Failure?

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How the White House Plans to Sell It as a Win

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Scaramucci does an affectionate but damning impression of how the White House will package the ceasefire: 17 flyovers, red-white-and-blue smoke, self-declared victory over Obama, and universal celebration on Fox News. He's not predicting this because he believes it — he's predicting it because he understands the mechanics. The substance doesn't need to match the story for the story to work, at least within the administration's media ecosystem. The deeper issue, Katty Kay interjects, is that Iran's strengthened position at the Strait of Hormuz is not a frozen asset — it's a live weapon. The moment Israel decides to bomb Beirut again, what stops Tehran from simply closing the strait once more? The 'win' the White House is selling comes with a loaded gun pointed back at global oil markets.