Trump's Twin Intractable Psychological Dilemmas

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's psychological challenges in resolving issues with Iran while balancing his views on Putin and Obama.

To find a resolution with Iran, Trump will need to budge on one or another of his most fundamental psychological rules: He can't oppose Vladimir Putin and he cannot admit that Obama was a better President than Trump. Produced by LOLGOP Studios. / lolgopstudios

People in this episode

Host: Marcy Wheeler

Topics covered

• Trump
• Iran
• psychological dilemmas
• Putin
• Obama
• foreign policy

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Putin
• Obama
• psychology
• foreign policy

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