Trump's Iran Fiasco (with Patrick Porter

About this episode

The episode discusses the US-Israeli conflict in Iran, its implications, and the potential outcomes of the situation.

The US-Israeli led conflict in Iran has sent shock-waves around the region and the world with increasing tensions between neighbours, sky rocketing oil prices and blockades at the Strait of Hormuz. We finally cover the big topic of the year with host Adam Quinn joined by returning guest Patrick Porter t to talk Iran war, its causes, potential outcomes and what Trump can only hope for now. Has perceived success in ousting Maduro from Venezuelan government given the US false hope of a quick result in Iran? Should this have been an easy win for the US? What can they do now as allies pile on the pressure to find a resolution. We discuss it all here. Produced by Conor McKenna in association with the University of Birmingham. You can follow us on Twitter.com/PolWorldView and stay up to date And Like our facebook.com/polworldview Adam Quinn - facebook.com/adamquinn161 Copyright 2026 Music: "Go Cart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

People in this episode

Host: Adam Quinn

Guest: Patrick Porter

Topics covered

• Iran conflict
• US foreign policy
• Middle East tensions
• oil prices
• geopolitical analysis

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• US foreign policy
• Middle East
• oil prices
• geopolitics
• Venezuela

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Birmingham

Places: Iran, Venezuela, US, Israel, Strait of Hormuz

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