Trump has ‘run out of options’ in Iran war: Stephen Walt
The Bottom Line Political scientist Stephen Walt says President Donald Trump promised to make the US stronger, but many of his policies are making it weaker. United States President Donald Trump’s unpredictability isn’t strengthening the US position in the Iran war, as “the Iranians have no reason to believe anything Trump tells them”, argues Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University.
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The Bottom Line Political scientist Stephen Walt says President Donald Trump promised to make the US stronger, but many of his policies are making it weaker. United States President Donald Trump’s unpredictability isn’t strengthening the US position in the Iran war, as “the Iranians have no reason to believe anything Trump tells them”, argues Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University.
Walt tells host Steve Clemons that the war is now in a “hurting stalemate” where “neither side really wants to escalate; they’re just waiting for the other side to crack”. On the Palestinian-Israeli front, Walt doesn’t see an opening for a genuine political solution, as neither US party is willing to exert pressure on Israel, where “there’s still a very strong commitment to ‘Greater Israel’”.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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