Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran

President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7752x5168+0+0/resize/7752x5168!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fea%2Ff17c0ea44cf2acb9276ab0713d63%2Fgettyimages-2288657047.jpg' alt='US President Donald Trump arrives to participate in a roundtable on the American mining industry at the US Department of State in Washington, DC.'/><p>President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.</p><p>(Image credit: KENT NISHIMURA)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5925960' />