Historian Eric Hobsbawm argues that the American president, Donald Trump, has already lost his administration's war with Iran, citing historical implications that the victory of American-style capitalism in the Cold War was not the end of history but contained seeds of a global crisis. The author argues that Trump ignored the obvious lessons from history and embarked on another disastrous overseas military adventure for the first time. He argues that his administration was lured into the war by Benjamin Netanyahu, pushed into it by the billionaire donors of the Israel lobby, and their unfounded belief in their own awesomeness. The conflict with Iran has already resulted in world-historical humiliation for the Iranian people, killing 1,500 civilians, cementing Iran's hard-liners in power, raising gasoline to $4 a gallon ($6 or more on the West Coast), and causing inflation.