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Trump announced on Sunday, as a birthday present to himself, that a deal had been reached and that the war was finally (for the 12th time) over. This deal would be the best deal, better than any deal that has ever been made, and certainly completely different from the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiated under Obama in 2015, which Trump himself destroyed. But here at the end of a completely unnecessary war of choice that no one wanted — that still, Congress has never approved — Trump has put the US in a far worse position than it was in before, and Iran in a better one than ever. Essentially what it leaves us with is a more extreme Iranian government: more repressive, more anti-West. Iran will reportedly gain access to a $300+ billion fund to tap for reconstruction. And Iran now knows that it can use the Strait of Hormuz - through which a significant portion of the global oil supply passes on a daily basis - as leverage at will. In other words, Iran walks away with a playbook to hold the world economy hostage whenever it so chooses. This new Iran Deal is just another transparent rebranding effort. Trump couldn’t stand to have a deal in place that bore Obama’s name. So he tore it up, and launched a war just so that he could slap his name on a far worse deal. What we’re left with is a deal so incomplete and inadequate, it’s already turning green before our eyes, just like his massive reflecting pool renovation failure.