The Heat: Middle East Conflict | Trump's mixed messages
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The day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech on Iran, America’s message remains unclear. Trump says U.S. objectives are nearly achieved yet he also threatened even more intense strikes in the weeks ahead.
With no declared exit strategy and rising fears of Iranian retaliation, the question now is whether this war is winding down or entering a more dangerous phase. #Heat #Iran #War #Trump #MiddleEast #oilprices #straitofhormuz #hormuz #ayatollah
Guests:
Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President of The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Nabeel Khoury is a former U.S. Diplomat and the author of "Bunker Diplomacy: An Arab-American in the U.S. Foreign Service.”
Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Government Innovation and Chairman of Asia Narratives on Substack.
Kaveh Afrasiabi is an Iranian-American political scientist and author, including “Trump and Iran: From Containment to Confrontation.”
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