Nothing is ever truly “over” in life, and certainly not in the world of the Middle East politics. But if the Israel-Iran crisis isn’t over, it’s at least closing a chapter. The two countries agreed to a ceasefire, ending what President Trump called “The 12-Day War.”
Over that period of time, we’ve done a video after the initial Israeli strikes against Iran ushered in this crisis and then wrote an article after the U.S. upped the ante in bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Our video today is intended to bring some closure by looking at the following issues:
*What exactly happened? Did we destroy Iran’s nuclear capability or not? We explore a couple different scenarios, from the White House narrative of success to looking at the situation with a more skeptical eye.
*How did we get here? How did a president elected on an America First platform, with a long and demonstrated history of believing in and acting on that platform, end up taking this highly provocative action just five months into his new term? We look at a range of factors involved, from Trump’s own views on Iran, nuclear weapons in general, and the internal pressures that come on all U.S. presidents for war.
*What’s the fallout? We look at what is likely to come of this in geo-political terms, as well as what the impact on the domestic political standing of Trump—and by extension J.D. Vance in 2028. This includes a discussion of some of the findings pollster Rich Baris discussed in his show earlier today.
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