Trump’s Iran “Skinny Deal” Fantasy

About this episode

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the Iran war's stalemate and Trump's recent comments regarding Netanyahu.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss the Iran war’s three-month stalemate, and Donald Trump’s Monday night phone call where he allegedly told Netanyahu “You'd be in prison if it weren’t for me.” They zero in on Iran’s newly discovered Strait of Hormuz leverage, whether a so-called “skinny deal” is on the horizon, and why Iran thinks it’s winning the war. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Peter

Guest: Julia Ioffe

Topics covered

• Iran war
• Trump
• Middle East politics
• diplomacy
• military strategy

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• Netanyahu
• Strait of Hormuz
• diplomacy
• skinny deal
• war

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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