How Trump Decided to Go to War with Iran, with Jonathan Swan
Jonathan Swan, a White House reporter for The New York Times, joins School of War to discuss the reporting behind his new book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, co-authored with Maggie Haberman. How does Donald Trump make geopolitical decisions? What drove him to join Israel’s war against Iran? How has his thinking on Ukraine evolved? And how does China fit into all of this?
02:23 - Inside Regime Change
05:29 - Trump's View of the World
09:04 - Why Trump Sees Iran Differently
11:25 - Trump's Proxy Strategy
12:44 - Steve Witkoff's Worldview
13:43 - The Principles…
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