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Trump’s War With Iran and a New Danger at Home

Trump’s War With Iran and a New Danger at Home

The David Frum Show vor 7 Monaten

Tom Nichols on Donald Trump’s war with Iran, forgotten lessons from the Iraq War, and fears about the intentions of America’s leaders. Plus: Why Trump’s wartime powers could be extremely dangerous for American freedoms.

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On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s
David Frum discusses the recent shooting in Austin. David warns
that the shooting is an example of how Trump could use the threat
of terror from Iran to crack down on American freedoms. Then
David is joined by The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols to discuss the
outbreak of war between the United States and Iran. David and Tom
discuss Trump’s motives for launching another regime-change war and
assess the competence of the administration to achieve its goals.
They discuss the mistakes that were made in Iraq by the Bush
administration and how, 23 years later, none of those lessons seems
to have been learned. David and Tom wonder if the Trump
administration has any plan for an end game in Iran, and discuss
how not having one could lead to suffering among the Iranian people
and turmoil in the region. Frum and Nichols observe that the United
States has embarked on a costly state-building project— but the
question of whether the Trump administration realizes that is a
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