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President Donald Trump’s deal to end the war with Iran is very likely to be weak in form and effect. In reaching his memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Republic, Trump is making the same mistake he made in starting this war: acting without clarity of purpose or due consideration for the risks of his course of action.