Trump’s Newly Announced Iran Strategy Is … Not Great

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's new strategy regarding the Iran war following his summit with Xi Jinping.

Now that the 'excitement' of his summit meeting with China's Xi Jinping has worn off, President Donald Trump is left back exactly where he was before - staring at the Iran war, and clearly somewhat clueless as to what he can do next to seek to bring it to a successful conclusion. He has tried bluffing. He has tried bombing. What's left? Well, he described today an exciting new approach that he was taking, all assisted by his patience and lack of urgency. Well, that's his story anyway. Let's discuss.

People in this episode

Host: Mallen Baker

Topics covered

• Iran war
• Trump strategy
• US foreign policy
• international relations
• political analysis

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Xi Jinping
• foreign policy
• strategy
• politics
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, China

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