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Trump and Netanyahu Meet at White House as Iran War Defies Early Expectations

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Trump and Netanyahu Meet at White House as Iran War Defies Early Expectations

🎖️ WHITE HOUSE — Two leaders who started a war they expected to win quickly are now managing one they can't end. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The WSJ framing — "far more complex than either imagined" — is the tell. Both entered expecting rapid Iranian capitulation; neither planned for 152 days, DEFCON 1, and a Hormuz formula still unresolved. With Iran's missile strike on Jordan last night, Netanyahu arrives holding maximum leverage over Thursday's address.

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