Anne Applebaum

And whether Trump is doing that on purpose in Iran or whether it's

Just the result of how his brain works, it's hard for me to say.

But it's certainly having that effect.

I mean, it's very hard to focus on a war when you don't know what's happening.

Is the president telling the truth?

Is there a negotiation really happening?

Is it not happening?

You know, what are the Iranians really thinking?

It makes it a confusing story to follow.

It's like 27 or something.

38, yeah.

You're right.

I can see it's like one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

I'm not even sure what it means.

Maybe that would be it would be hard for me to read into his brain and know what he's doing.

But, you know, just to go back to where we started, I mean, this is one of the reasons people are having trouble understanding what's going on, because the explanation of the war shifts constantly and it's always being shaped for consumption.

You know, it's Trump saying something grandiose.

We're going to steal your oil, you know, or we'll only take complete surrender.

And so when they say these things that are designed to create Internet engagement, you