About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of Donald Trump's military actions in Iran and their impact on US politics and international relations.
US President Donald Trump started a war with Iran last week. The American and Israeli bombing campaign has killed more than a thousand people, according to Iranian state media. Iran’s retaliatory strikes threaten to cut off all energy exports in the coming days.The FT’s US national editor Edward Luce and US foreign affairs correspondent Abigail Hauslohner explain how that war is changing Washington and America’s allies. Mentioned in this podcast: Donald Trump has no ‘phase two’ plan for Iran war, says US senator Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’ US holds talks with Iranian Kurdish militants over anti-regime operations Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here Swamp Notes is produced by Henry Larson. This week’s show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz and the FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts. CREDIT: CBC, US Central Command on X Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Edward Luce
Guest: Abigail Hauslohner
Topics covered
- Iran
- US politics
- military conflict
- foreign affairs
- energy exports
Keywords
- Trump
- Iran
- bombing campaign
- retaliatory strikes
- energy exports
- Washington
- foreign affairs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Financial Times, CBC, US Central Command
Places: Iran, Washington
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