Who Started the Iran War? Trump Team Can’t Explain

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent escalation of conflict in Iran and the confusion surrounding the reasons for the war.

Operation Epstein’s Fury continues as Israel and the United States carry out massive bombing runs across Iran. But the uprising they expected never came. In Washington, officials can’t seem to decide why the war was launched in the first place, even as domestic support remains minimal. We take a look at the events of the past two days and unpack the growing chaos in the Middle East.

Topics covered

• Iran War
• Middle East conflict
• US foreign policy
• Israel
• Trump administration
• domestic support

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• Israel
• Operation Epstein’s Fury
• Middle East
• war
• US foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel, United States

Places: Iran, Washington, Middle East

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