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#264 – Trump’s Iran Cold War & Europe at the Breaking Points | Marc Caputo, Axios

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Trump’s war with Iran has entered a new Cold War phase. What does that mean? Senior Axios reporter Marc Caputo is back in the lounge to talk about the maximum pressure campaign, the increasingly tense relationship between Europe and Washington, and the inflection point over looming gas shortages.What has been won in this war so far, and how are Republicans in the House and Senate feeling now that Trump’s poll numbers are at record lows?We also talk a bit about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s future and King Charles’s visit to the U.S.Kontakta Taimaz om föreläsning om USA, modereringsuppdrag, sponsorskap eller lyssnarfrågor: [email protected] du få tillgång till hela avsnittet, före alla andra och helt reklamfritt, behöver du bli betalande prenumerant på Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/taimaz❤️ Tack för ditt stöd! ❤️TIMESTAMPS:(00:00:00) Trumps No-War Power Act(00:03:00) Germany: U.S. is humiliated(00:05:00) Europe’s Coming Inflection Point(00:10:30) Iran War in a Cold War stage(00:16:30) What has been won so far?(00:31:00) Europe wants to know: Do Trump have a winning strategy at all?(00:38:00) Political cost of the economical cost of the war(00:46:00) What are Republicans in congress thinking?(00:53:00) Ron DeSantis, his future and his redistricting campaign(01:00:00) King Charles visitKontakt: https://www.loungepodden.seFölj TaimazSubstack: https://usaplus.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taimazghaffari/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaimazGhaffariLinkedin: https://se.linkedin.com/in/taimaz-ghaffari-22789b21Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLKiCeQSPOfRmhXA_1m9M2A Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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