Is Trump impotent?

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's influence in the Middle East amid rising tensions and the upcoming Israeli election.

President Trump told the FTs' Edward Luce that he "called all the shots" over the Iran ceasefire. Shortly before he spoke, Iran had launched missiles at Israel. "He [Netanyahu] won’t have any choice... He doesn’t call the shots", the President insisted. He told Fox that he was going to instruct Israel's PM not to retaliate. Netanyahu pointedly ignored those comments and started bombing Iran back. So is Trump becoming increasingly impotent in the Middle East crisis? And what part does the upcoming Israeli election play in Netanyahu's plans for war? And Later, we talk to Edward Luce about when the best time is to pick up the phone to Trump - and what happens when you do... The News Agents is a Global Production. The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

People in this episode

Host: The News Agents

Guest: Edward Luce

Topics covered

• Trump
• Middle East
• Iran
• Israel
• politics
• elections

Keywords

• Trump
• Netanyahu
• Iran
• Israel
• Middle East crisis
• politics
• election

Sponsors

HSBC UK

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The News Agents, Fox

Places: Iran, Israel

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