Trump Accidentally Admits to Epic Iran Blunder as War Takes Worse Turn
Donald Trump’s war against Iran appears to be a fiasco, and speaking to reporters, he made a surprising statement: he insisted thato Iran was expected to attack other countries in an attempt to widen the war. But it was widely expected, and amusingly, saying that, Trump revealed that he I hadn’t planned it. This is a striking admission about his improvidence. Which captures something broader: On many fronts, Trump failed to prepare for contingencies that most experts fully anticipated. Today, Trump is lurching in all directions: first he threatened to bomb Iranian power plants, then backtracked, saying “very close talks” were underway, which Iran then categorically denied. We spoke with foreign policy expert Matt Duss, author of an article on the intellectual failures behind this debacle. He explains why the latest developments are troubling, how Trump’s personal and ideological shortcomings work against America, and what he really revealed with this strange admission of failure. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
