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Glenn Loury discusses the implications of the Iran War with Andrew Day, focusing on the war-skeptical right's perspective and the impact on American politics.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit glennloury.substack.com Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn brings back Andrew Day, senior editor at The American Conservative , to make sense of the war-skeptical right's position on the Iran War. With seventeen Americans already killed and peace talks stalled, Day argues Trump's decision to go to war is flatly incompatible with America First principles — delivering no clear national benefit while disrupting supply chains and rattling markets. Day's sharpest claim: Israel's interests drove the U.S. into this conflict, and with American opinion toward Israel souring even among Republicans, continuing to act in lockstep with Tel Aviv could prove fatal to the MAGA coalition by 2028. Another ill-advised Middle East war, another political casualty in the making. The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported , so to those of us who are already full subscribers, let me extend a heartfelt thank you. And if you’re not yet a full subscriber, please consider becoming one . The Glenn Show can only do what it does through the generosity of viewers and listeners. For a mere $6/month or $50/year…

People in this episode

Host: Glenn Loury

Guest: Andrew Day

Topics covered

• Trump
• Iran War
• Israel
• politics
• war skepticism
• MAGA coalition

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Israel
• war skepticism
• MAGA
• politics
• American Conservative

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The American Conservative

Places: Iran, Israel, America, MAGA

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