Sean Rameswaram

The newly 80-year-old president of the United States is in France for the G7 summit.

Reporters keep asking about the peace deal he says he'll be signing with Iran this Friday, mostly because no one knows the deets.

But the president wants to talk about Barack Obama?

Why so salty, sir?

Oh, J.K.

Rowling, I know why.

President Trump didn't achieve any of his objectives in the war with Iran, a war that's cost Americans maybe $100 billion so far?

And Trump might end up giving Iran $300 billion to settle this war.

Compare that to Obama's... $1.7 billion and hundreds of millions of dollars...

Iran won the war.

Coming up on Today Explained from Vox.

Okay.

It's today explained.

Nargis Bajoli recently co-wrote a piece titled Iran's New Grand Strategy in Foreign Affairs.

Here's a sample.

Rather than breaking Iran, the crucible of war has transformed it in unanticipated ways.

To survive and establish new strategic advantages, the Islamic Republic had to adapt and innovate, changing how it waged war, ran the state, and managed society.

We wanted to hear more, and we started with the obvious.

Yeah, tell us more about this new regime, because I think everyone's kind of heard, oh yeah, new Ayatollah, even more hardline than previous Ayatollah.

Does that sum up this new generation that's in charge of Iran now, or is there more to it?