About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Trump's actions regarding Iran and the global political landscape.

By joining Israel in a reckless attack on Iran, Trump has put the entire global system in the kill box, which begs the question, what's more dangerous: Trump when he's winning or Trump when he's trapped like a dog? And what happens when the material realities unleashed by this attack come home to roost? Click here to listen to the whole episode

People in this episode

Host: David Parsons

Guest: Justin Rogers-Cooper

Topics covered

• global politics
• Trump administration
• Iran conflict
• military strategy
• international relations

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Israel
• global system
• military action
• politics
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel, Iran

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