George Friedman

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Talking Geopolitics · Iran's Nuclear Gamble and Trump's Midterm Countdown · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

So we're not in the day that we can throw a barricade across the ports without being certain that we might lose some ships as well.

So every action that can be taken is a question of cost.

The Iranians are betting that they're willing to pay a much higher cost to survive than

than Trump is to defeat them.

Well, I would say very politely, Mr. President, you're brilliant.

Everything you've done is wonderful.

I've got to go now, sir.

I mean, how do you tell the president- Off to Canada with you.

You're in a really tough spot, guy.

The one thing you can't do is capitulate to the Iranians.

The other thing you can't do is leave without a victory.

So I don't know at this point exactly how to do it.

I would say that his best strategy, okay, is to reach an agreement that benefits the Iranians.

Try to get for that agreement something like the nuclear capability

But then again, once you get the nuclear capability, who's to say they don't rebuild it in two weeks or three years or something like that?

So what the United States really wants is not to have a nuclear Iran.

And the Iranians could concede that and give it to them.

But I think they feel that they have a much better hand.

If, on the other hand, Trump didn't care if his presidency was frozen, but he felt that this war had to end, and he did that, well, it may be that his presidency wouldn't be frozen and it would see a different light.

I don't know.

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