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An act of self-harm: Trump’s latest war might be his undoing

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A 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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