Barack Obama says US is ‘worse off’ than before war with Iran

Former president nevertheless said in an interview that he was happy to see a ceasefire with Iran and hopes it holds Analysis: Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to retreat since 2025 Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February. “We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off,” the former US president told NBC News in an interview that aired on Friday. Continue reading...

Edward Helmore in New York · Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 7:14 AM
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Barack Obama says US is ‘worse off’ than before war with Iran

Former president nevertheless said in an interview that he was happy to see a ceasefire with Iran and hopes it holds

Analysis: Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to retreat since 2025

Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February.

“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off,” the former US president told NBC News in an interview that aired on Friday.

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