Ian Bremmer
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Trump voters, well over 80% support what he's doing, support what he's doing in Iran.
I'm telling you, I think it won't be.
I'm not saying it can't change, but the support is high.
I think there is this tendency, Ian, to think about
decisions in war and national security, particularly post 9-11 in the last couple of decades in very binary terms.
So we either think of war as endless war.
If we get involved, we'll never get out.
If we get involved, it's quagmire.
So that was the characterization of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Or it's do nothing.
Yes, there's bad things happening around the world, but our only option, the only responsible option is to do nothing.
Obama draws the red line in Syria.
600,000 people are slaughtered, many more permanently displaced, and we do nothing.
And he uses chemical weapons and we do nothing.
And so, so those are like the two extremes.
I do think where Trump is, is this possible model of a third way, which is not saying we're never going to use military force, but if we use it, we are going to be very targeted, very surgical, and we're not going to get ourselves bogged down.
Now, we'll see how this goes in Iran.
He's been doing this a number of times over the last year in various parts of the world, most recently, obviously, Venezuela at the end of the year.
But
And obviously in Iran in June of 25, we'll see where this lands in that.