Dates III (Told You So)

June 25, 2025: Even by Trump standards, this has become bizarre. Indeed, he can’t have it both ways. On the one hand, the president wants the public to believe the Iranian targets were “completely and totally obliterated” and “completely destroyed,” as part of “one of the most successful military strikes in history.” On the other, he also wants the public to believe the intelligence on the mission was “very inconclusive” and the United States simply doesn’t know, despite the initial assessment that concluded that Trump’s claims were simply at odds with the facts.