Trump Has NO Credibility Or Rationale For War With Iran | Chuck Todd Politics Podcast

Описание: Chuck Todd delivers a searing assessment of a war he calls one of choice, not necessity. He argues that "ends justify the means" sums up everything about Trump's presidency, noting that the rationale for the war has shifted multiple times, there was no smoking gun incident to prompt the strikes, the administration's credibility with the public is extremely low, and Trump's own surrogates spent years warning that Democrats would start a war with Iran.

He questions whether the U.S. got boxed in by Netanyahu and whether Trump is simply looking for his own Delcy Rodriguez-style compliant leader in Tehran, pointing out the absurdity of calling on Iran's military to surrender without clarifying to whom. He warns that regime change is a tall order that gives America enormous responsibility it isn't prepared for, that oil prices are set to soar with massive domestic political consequences, and that the prior cuts to Voice of America were a shortsighted mistake now that winning hearts and minds actually matters. He warns that if unilateral executive war-making becomes normalized, America will have fundamentally changed its republic.

Timeline:
00:00 “Ends justify the means” sums up Trump’s presidency
00:45 The administration’s credibility with the public is extremely low
01:30 Military sources are less likely to lie to reporters than political ones
02:30 The rationale for the war has changed multiple times
03:15 There was no smoking gun incident to prompt the war
04:30 Regime change is a tall order & gives us more responsibility
06:00 Trump has called for the Iranian military to surrender… but to whom?
06:45 Cuts to Voice of America was a shortsighted mistake
07:30 After massacre of protesters, a humanitarian case for strikes
10:00 Is Trump looking for his own Delcy Rodriguez in Iran?
10:30 Did the U.S. get boxed in by Netanyahu?
11:30 This a war of choice, not a war of necessity
12:15 Trump warned for years that Dems would start a war with Iran
13:00 Trump has targeted two world leaders in less than a year
14:00 The administration has created a massive political problem
14:30 Trump has given up domestically, focused on foreign policy legacy
15:30 Trump doesn’t think about consequences
16:15 This war will create an identity crisis for the Republican party
16:45 This has the potential to be incredibly good for the middle east
17:15 10/7 was the biggest strategic mistake Iran has ever made
18:30 Gulf states can’t keep neutrality, MBS talked Trump into attacking
19:30 Iran’s proxies were more effective than their actual military
20:00 Israel is clearly the military power of the middle east
20:45 Oil prices likely to soar and will impact politics domestically
22:15 Trump probably cuts the deal if Iran completely capitulated
23:00 Iran was more forthcoming in negotiations than Russia is
24:15 Trump only chooses fights he knows he can dominate
25:00 Congress has itself to blame by not even bothering to vote
26:00 Will the American people decide that congress is optional
26:45 Contradiction between campaign rhetoric & governance matters
27:45 If unilateral executive action is normal, we change our republic
29:15 Success overseas rarely translates to votes at the ballot box
30:30 Iraq & Afghanistan are still a mess twenty years after intervening

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