About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's recent actions regarding Iran and his interactions at the Nato summit.

After the US launched strikes on Iran this week, Donald Trump said the fragile ceasefire he had co-signed just last month was over. He also reignited his threats to take Greenland, before leaving the Nato summit in Ankara, saying there was a lot of ‘love’ and ‘unity’ in the room. So how does anyone make progress with a leader choosing to relive a diplomatic Groundhog Day? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Freedland

Guest: Susan Glasser

Topics covered

• US-Iran relations
• Nato summit
• Trump diplomacy
• Middle East conflict
• international relations

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Nato
• diplomacy
• ceasefire
• Greenland
• Ankara
• Susan Glasser

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nato

Places: Iran, Greenland, Ankara

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