Geopolitics
Jonathan Swan reveals Iran war stemmed from Trump hubris and magical thinking
Piers Morgan Uncensored
'Trump Called Me a Piece of S***!’ Iran War, Lindsay Graham & More | With Ro Khanna & Mehdi Hasan
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"I think it's a story of hubris. Trump overestimated the capacity of the US military and the Israeli military to essentially conduct a regime change war from the air. Unprecedented in human history. Nothing in the intelligence reports to support this."
Author Jonathan Swan disclosed that Trump launched the Iran war based on overconfidence from previous successes, believing he could achieve regime change through airstrikes alone despite no intelligence supporting this strategy. Key officials like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Energy Secretary Chris Wright were excluded from planning meetings, preventing expert input on potential economic consequences.
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- Piers Morgan Uncensored
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- 'Trump Called Me a Piece of S***!’ Iran War, Lindsay Graham & More | With Ro Khanna & Mehdi Hasan
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