EPISODE · Mar 10, 2026 · 14 MIN
Is Trump About To TACO Out Of Iran?
from Mallen Baker: Faultlines · host Mallen Baker
Trump has started talking in terms of the war being complete, and stressing that it was just an 'excursion' - a sign, according to stock markets and commodity traders, that he is looking pretty urgently for an off-ramp from the Iran war. Is Trump, some are asking, about to TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) out of the Iran war? Well, unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. In a war, it doesn't fall to just one side whether it stops or not. And, in this case, there is plenty of evidence that the consequences will be significant even if it stopped tomorrow. And then there are questions about all the dead civilians, and the fact that Trump's department of defence deliberately dismantled the programme that aimed to prevent innocent deaths. Let's discuss.
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Trump has started talking in terms of the war being complete, and stressing that it was just an 'excursion' - a sign, according to stock markets and commodity traders, that he is looking pretty urgently for an off-ramp from the Iran war. Is Trump, some are asking, about to TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) out of the Iran war? Well, unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. In a war, it doesn't fall to just one side whether it stops or not. And, in this case, there is plenty of evidence that the consequences will be significant even if it stopped tomorrow. And then there are questions about all the dead civilians, and the fact that Trump's department of defence deliberately dismantled the programme that aimed to prevent innocent deaths. Let's discuss.
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