Fareed Zakaria on the Moral Cost of Trump’s War
About this episode
Fareed Zakaria discusses the moral implications of Trump's threats and the impact on American leadership and international relations.
When President Trump didn’t annihilate “a whole civilization” on Tuesday, as he had threatened to do, much of the world exhaled. But the damage of his statements — a U.S. president, the commander in chief of the world’s most powerful military, threatening to commit war crimes — continues to linger in the shadow of an uncertain cease-fire. Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” and the author of “Age of Revolutions” and other books. In this conversation, we discuss whether Trump’s threats on Truth Social worked as a negotiating tactic, the significance of crossing this kind of moral line and how the decline of American leadership is already reshaping the world. This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: Age of Revolutions by Fareed Zakaria “The Predatory Hegemon” by Stephen M. Walt “Iran is an imperial trap. America walked right in.” by Fareed Zakaria Book Recommendations: A World Safe for Democracy by G. John Ikenberry The Irony of American History by Reinhold Niebuhr The Quiet American by Graham Greene Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at…
More episodes of The Ezra Klein Show
- Stewart Brand, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Prophet, on Life’s Most Important Principle
- Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?
- Our Tax System Should Make You Furious
- Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’
- Why Iran Believes It Has the Upper Hand
- Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Ezra Klein Show podcast page.