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Nick Cohen interviews Claire Berlinski about the ongoing crisis involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, focusing on Trump's military actions and mental state.

The World's growing Trump crisis - the rogue U.S. president is everyone's biggest problem now This week, Nick Cohen interviews Paris-based American journalist and author Claire Berlinski, editor of The Cosmopolitan Globalist, about the ongoing crisis involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. Nick and Claire discuss Donald Trump's decision to launch military strikes against Iran without congressional approval, with Claire describing it as a diplomatic catastrophe and economic disaster. They discuss Trump's rapidly deteriorating mental state and cognitive abilities, with Claire arguing that Trump increasingly appears to be losing his inhibitions and suffering from dementia. They explore potential outcomes of the messy, growing conflict, including the possibility of regime change in Iran and the implications for NATO. They also touch on the lack of understanding in Western media about the toxic religious ideology of Iran's religious leaders and the unpredictability and ruthlessness of Iran's political and security leaders. Read all about it! Claire Berlinski @Claire Berlinski is an American author and commentator based in Paris. Claire's regular Substack column The Cosmopolitan…

People in this episode

Host: Nick Cohen

Guest: Claire Berlinski

Topics covered

• Trump crisis
• military strikes
• Iran conflict
• diplomatic catastrophe
• cognitive abilities
• Western media

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• military strikes
• diplomatic catastrophe
• cognitive decline
• NATO
• Western media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Cosmopolitan Globalist

Places: Iran, Israel, United States, NATO

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