Israel bombed Beirut unannounced. Iran fired 10 missiles at Israel in response. Trump was on the phone to Netanyahu within the hour, telling him not to retaliate. The deal he was 48 hours from signing is now the one he has to rebuild.

On Friday morning, Trump told Wisconsin farmers 'we'll be out of Iran very soon.' Twelve hours later, Iran fired seven ballistic missiles at U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. The House had just voted to end the war. The war was not interested.

On June 4, the U.S. House voted 215-208 to direct Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the Iran war. Four Republicans crossed the line. The veto is certain. The political shift is not.

We needed a question the question-room had never heard. We thought we were looking for a clever question. The piece of Seven told us we were looking for a kind one — and that the difference would change everything.

On June 3, Israel and Lebanon sat down in Washington and agreed to a ceasefire. The party the deal was actually about — Hezbollah — wasn't in the room, and within hours they made clear they have no intention of honoring it.