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The Trump administration can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing the Iran war, contributing writer Robert Kagan argues: “There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done.”

🎨: The Atlantic. Sources: Amirhossein Khorgooe / AFP / Getty; Maximillian Mann / The New York Times / Redux; Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty.