A Closer Look Back: Trump's Iran War Is Not A War Except for When It's A War

About this episode

Sal Gentile and Emily Erotas discuss the complexities of Trump's actions regarding Iran and the political implications.

A Closer Look Supervising Writer/Producer Sal Gentile and Supervising Producer Emily Erotas discuss the chaotic first few weeks of Trump's reckless and illegal war with Iran that Republicans insist is not a war even though Trump says it's definitely a war. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guests: Sal Gentile, Emily Erotas

Topics covered

• Trump
• Iran
• war
• politics
• commentary
• news

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• war
• politics
• Republicans
• commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Republicans

Places: Iran

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