Bob Kagan

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The Bulwark Daily · Robert Kagan: A Total and Complete Shutdown of Trump · 27 May 2026 podcast

not of necessarily invading Europe, but with the goal of getting the Europeans to cut off aid to Ukraine.

And that's why when people say, Putin's in big trouble now, the war is going badly, that's all true.

But that's also happening at a time when Putin must see that this is maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity to really make a fundamental strategic gain in Europe because the United States is so evidently leaving.

And by the way, Europeans are going to build up their military capacities as quickly as they can.

So there's a window before which, you know, Putin may feel that it's time to act.

And Iran, the Iran war has aided this because now Putin also happens to be getting an infusion of cash from the higher oil prices.

And by the way, the Russians have no interest in this Iran crisis ever being settled because they love the oil prices.

So Russia's being strengthened.

The United States is bogged down.

The United States is withdrawing.

I mean, it really is a recipe for a complete breakdown.

If they need anything out of the Persian Gulf, they're not going to participate because that is what Iran has gotten out of all this.

Some people have said this is Iran's actual nuclear weapon.

They don't really need the nuclear weapons, which is also amusing given that that's all that Trump is focused on.

The only way he measures himself is against Obama, which is about the nuclear deal.

But what Iran has accomplished here is much more important to them than a nuclear weapon right now.

I don't get invited.

I've tried to think about it, and it's not easy to answer.

I think it's a complex of things.

I mean, first of all, why did I think this wasn't going to work?

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