Trump’s Iran Deal Is a Total Humiliation for America

It is impossible to describe President Trump’s deal as anything other than total humiliation.

You could argue that he had no choice, that it was in America’s best interest for him to cut his losses, and that he had to suck it up and do whatever it took to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (which, by the way, is only temporarily reopened under the current deal). But there is no credible way to argue that what has happened represents anything other than surrender.

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Philip Klein

Philip Klein is the editor of National Review Online.

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It is impossible to describe President Trump’s deal as anything other than total humiliation.

You could argue that he had no choice, that it was in America’s best interest for him to cut his losses, and that he had to suck it up and do whatever it took to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (which, by the way, is only temporarily reopened under the current deal). But there is no credible way to argue that what has happened represents anything other than surrender.