commentary No amount of late-night posting and Fox News bluster can make this world-historical humiliation look like victory Published April 26, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Donald Trump attends a UFC match in Miami, April 11, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson — Pool/Getty Images) There is no way to sugarcoat the epic scale of America’s humiliation in Donald Trump ’s disastrous and irrational war with Iran , or the damaging global effects that will endure years or decades into the future. With the “stable genius” and “extraordinarily brilliant person” in the White House visibly decompensating into impotent rage and erratic burst of mania, there is no obvious exit strategy that will allow him to declare victory (as he must, for interwoven and deeply unfortunate psychological and political reasons).…