Columnist recounts trying to hang up on Trump during 'very strange' phone call

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 3, 2026 · 3m

Trump’s War Questions Were Not Quirky. They Were Executive Drift.A Strange Call, BrieflyEd Luce’s account is simple enough: at his editor’s request, he called Trump around the start of the Iran war, found the conversation strange, watched Trump repeat himself, and heard him float questions about whether to “take the oil” or Kharg Island. Luce’s read was that Trump was already looking for an offramp early in Operation Epic Fury. Mona Charen’s add-on was even more revealing in its own way: Trump allegedly asks random golfers for geopolitical advice like it is a casual handicap adjustment.The…