Understanding Trump’s Iran Leadership Failures

Understanding Trump’s Iran Leadership Failures

Trump’s two-week ceasefire with Iran, reached Tuesday evening after his threats to destroy the entire country over the Strait of Hormuz, has already begun to unravel. Does anybody truly know what Trump’s goals actually are? What does his erratic behavior mean for the US’s geopolitical standing? Lieutenant General Mark Hertling joins David Rothkopf to discuss the ceasefire, America’s actions in the Middle East, and his new book, If I Don't Return: A Father's Wartime Journal, about his experiences during Operation Desert Storm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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But Her Emails...

But Her Emails...

If only someone had told us that Trump has distrusted alliances and the international order his whole life, that he was close to Russia and Russians, that he was unhinged and wholly unqualified for th...

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Beware the Man with a Cheeseburger in the Pocket of HIs Bathrobe

Beware the Man with a Cheeseburger in the Pocket of HIs Bathrobe

A lonely old man wandering the White House late at night in his bathrobe, perhaps with a half-eaten McDonald's cheeseburger in his pocket gets angry at the world...so angry that he hits the ALL CAPS b...

24 Jul 201847min

What are We Going to Tell Our Grandchildren?

What are We Going to Tell Our Grandchildren?

As Richard Nixon might have said, "What are we going to do when we don't have Western Civilization to kick around any more?" Things happen fast in this bad old world and a few years is a enough time ...

19 Jul 201855min

Putting the Hell Back in Helsinki

Putting the Hell Back in Helsinki

Donald Trump completed the most unsuccessful foreign trip of any president since Theodore Roosevelt, who took the first foreign trip, with a disastrous summit for the ages. Critics on the right and l...

16 Jul 201856min

NATO, SCHMATO...Bring on Vlad!

NATO, SCHMATO...Bring on Vlad!

If, as Sarah Huckabee Sanders alleged, it was a lousy breakfast that had White House Chief of Staff squirm while President Donald Trump kicked off the NATO Summit with an attack on Germany, then someo...

12 Jul 201854min

Giant Inflatable Baby Trumps for Everybody!!

Giant Inflatable Baby Trumps for Everybody!!

With America's foreign policy savant, our president leaving the country this week it's easy to understand the fireworks and celebrations last week. Now we get to share him with the rest of the world-...

10 Jul 201851min

Have a Drink.  Now Have Another. Now Let's Consider the World After More Years of Trump.

Have a Drink. Now Have Another. Now Let's Consider the World After More Years of Trump.

The GOP could win in November and maintain its hold on both houses of Congress. Which Donald Trump would find encouraging. And might lead him to be even more like...himself. And that might lead his...

5 Jul 201842min

Happy 50th Birthday NPT, You Look Like Crap.

Happy 50th Birthday NPT, You Look Like Crap.

50 years ago the multilateral agreement that kept us all from blowing ourselves to smithereens was signed. And look, we're not smithereens, so that's good, right? On the other hand...North Korea. A...

2 Jul 201850min

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