Geopolitics
Cohen predicts Iran will outlast Trump in war because ayatollah faces no elections
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Platner Is OUT — Here’s What Dems Should Do to Avoid DISASTER (ft. Brian Tyler Cohen)
What was said
"The ayatollah can outlast Donald Trump because what do they have coming up? What does he have to contend with? Some midterm elections? I mean, he is in power in perpetuity, but Donald Trump knows that there are elections coming up and that this war is increasingly unpopular."
Brian Tyler Cohen predicted that Iran holds more leverage than Trump in the ongoing conflict because the ayatollah faces no electoral consequences while Trump faces midterms with an increasingly unpopular war. Cohen compared the situation to Putin's failed expectation of quickly taking Kyiv, calling the prolonged conflict a major embarrassment for the administration. He argued Iran is deliberately holding back military power while tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Raging Moderates
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- Platner Is OUT — Here’s What Dems Should Do to Avoid DISASTER (ft. Brian Tyler Cohen)
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