Iran Called Trump's Bluff — And Trump Blinked

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's military actions against Iran and the subsequent diplomatic developments.

President Trump had gone back into bombing Iran, because this time he was going to grab all of Iran's oil, and invade Kharg Island and force them to agree to his deal. And they hit back, and refused to cave - and then suddenly (and not for the first time), he blinked. And now the attacks are off, and a deal is very much fully agreed this time definitely certainly probably. What's really going on? Let's discuss.

People in this episode

Host: Mallen Baker

Topics covered

• U.S.-Iran relations
• political strategy
• military action
• diplomacy
• oil politics

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Kharg Island
• oil
• diplomacy
• military action
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, Kharg Island

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