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EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 26 MIN

NATO, Trump, Iran, and the Alliance on the Edge

from The Briefing Room · host Marcus S. Atkinson

Tonight on The Briefing Room, we go deep on the story behind the story: how the United States and NATO got to this breaking point, how Donald Trump reshaped the alliance from his first rise to power to today, and why that tension matters so much in the middle of the U.S.-Iran war. This episode traces the full arc — from “obsolete” and the Brussels blowups, to the Biden reset, to NATO’s spending surge, to the 2026 Iran-war rupture now testing the alliance in real time. If you want the facts, the timeline, the receipts, and the real meaning behind the headlines, this is the deep dive.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-briefing-room--5656912/support.

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