Brooks and Capehart on Trump struggling to contain economic fallout of Iran war

About this episode

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart discuss the political implications of the ongoing war in Iran and President Trump's economic challenges.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the war in Iran stretching on for almost a month and President Trump struggling to contain the economic fallout. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: William Brangham

Guests: David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart

Topics covered

• politics
• Iran war
• economic fallout
• Trump administration
• current events

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran war
• economic fallout
• politics
• David Brooks
• Jonathan Capehart

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic, MS NOW, PBS News

Places: Iran

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