{
  "id": 8019220,
  "title": "Trump had to crush Iran instead of making deals. He didn't — now he pays the price.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/trump-had-to-crush-iran-instead-of-making-deals-he-didnt-now-he-pays",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/6092606-trump-iran-war-failures/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last April, President Trump scolded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on warfare. Trump told Zelensky, \"When you start a war, you got to know you can win.\" That advice was inapt to begin with — Ukraine didn't start the defensive war in which it is now engaged — but it has aged especially poorly. Trump started a war with Iran this...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}