This is The Guardian.

There isn't really a path for Donald Trump to come out and claim without egg on his face

that this was a successful campaign.

They're probably looking to suppress some kind of off-ram.

Are you thinking this week it will be over?

No, but soon. I think so.

Very soon. Look, everything they have is gone, including their leadership.

I think that Iranians have a lot more appetite for this fight than Trump, and I think the

Americans in general, would have

expected. Donald Trump claims that the war with Iran is one, but not one enough. What does he mean?

And what are the longer term risks for the wider region? From the Guardians today and focus,

this is the latest with me, Lucy Hove. I'm joined by Nezreen Malik, a guardian columnist.

Nezarin, thanks so much for dialing in. It's great to see you. So if you're anything like me,

you will have woken up this morning a little bit confused about the messaging from Donald Trump

and the White House overnight, a series of interviews that he gave, one to CBS and then another

press conference at the White House, where he variously described the war as being very

complete, pretty much, that it would be over very soon. He also described US intervention

in Iran as a short excursion. Meanwhile, US.S. and Israeli strikes are continuing across the region.

Iran is continuing its military activities. Do you feel, Nazarene, any clearer on what the U.S.

strategy is, if at all? No. What is clear, though, is that they are in a bit of a quagmire now. The U.S. is in a bit of a quagmire. I wouldn't say the U.S. and Israel is in the quagmire because Israel has kind of less to contend with. The Netanyahu government has less to contend with in terms of domestic policy, economic issues and concerns, upcoming midterms, etc.

But as far as the US is concerned, I think they're in a quagmire because I'm not sure

what they expected was going to happen.

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