Trump insists the war with Iran is both over and still happening at the same time, declaring victory while hinting the fight is just getting started. Sound familiar? From Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” moment to Trump’s version of permanent maybe-war, the pattern of claiming success before the dust settles is becoming a familiar feature of American foreign policy. Meanwhile a quiet tariff refund fight in court raises a bigger question about the real money Americans have lost over decades of inflation.

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