"England is beaten and it is only a question of time when she will admit her defeat. The Axis Powers are, therefore, not considering how they can win the war, but rather how rapidly they can end the war which is already won." 

-Joachim von Ribbentrop to Vyacheslav Molotov, November 1940

"We won. In the first hour, it was over. [The U.S. has] "virtually destroyed Iran." There's "practically nothing left" to target. We don't want to leave early, do we? We got to finish the job.

-Donald Trump, March 2026

Molotov in reply: "If that is so why are we in this bunker and whose bombs are those which are falling?"

In reply to Trump: "If that is so whose mines are those that have closed the Strait of Hormuz?"