Only six days since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, the destruction is mounting. More than 800 people have been killed, including Iranian schoolchildren and American service members. 

What will it take to stop this war? And what might compel Donald Trump to end it, if he can? 

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on Trump's tactics, and how his MAGA base is responding.

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