An act of self-harm: Trump’s latest war might be his undoing
The IntelligenceA rash entry into a war of choice exposes President Donald Trump in a number of ways—and he may prove more dangerous as he becomes weaker. Turkey’s foreign entanglements mask the democratic backsliding at home; that is bad news for an opposition figure whose trial just began. And Americans seem to be taking their anger out on food-delivery robots.
Guests and host:
- Robert Guest, deputy editor
- Piotr Zalewski, Turkey correspondent
- Rebecca Jackson, Southern correspondent
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Donald Trump, war in Iran
- Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu
- America, delivery robots
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