How Donald Trump caught 'victory disease'
Mar 12, 2026•17 min
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Episode description
Almost two weeks into the war in Iran, Donald Trump's endgame remains elusive.
He insists the US has won already, even as the bombs fall and Iran's drones cause havoc in the region.
Did the US president misjudge how a war with Iran would play out and how significant the ripple effects would be across the world?
Today, staff writer at the Atlantic magazine Tom Nichols on why the Trump administration is 'strategically incompetent' and why he thinks the president is suffering from 'victory disease'.
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic magazine staff writer
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