Letโs flip the scenario for a moment.
Imagine Iran killed Trump in the first 5 minutes of the war, established air superiority over the US mainland, wiped out the entire US Air Force, US Navy, killed half the Cabinet, flattened the US military industrial complex, then started building runways in Missouri to land Iranian troops without losing any casualties.
Would you say it was a US victory if the US managed to keep the Panama Canal closed throughout this all?