Ian Bremmer

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TED Talks Daily · Two wars, no clear exit plan. Now what? | Ian Bremmer · 1 Aug 2026 podcast

They will have to come to their own deal

with Iran.

We broke it, but you guys can fix it.

It is not a Pottery Barn solution for the Middle East, Colin Powell notwithstanding.

I do not believe that the commander in chief has an obligation to say things that will undermine America's negotiating position.

So if it is true that the United States is running desperately low on

of critical Patriot interceptors or Tomahawk missiles, and that would give the Iranians an advantage to holding on.

I do not believe that the commander in chief should be straightforward with the American people about that at that time.

At that time, I think there needs to be a full reckoning and transparency afterwards.

But I would not want I would not expect the United States president to say that.

But I do expect that the American president needs to be clear and honest about what the purpose of the war is.

um about what the war goals are um and how one would know if one has achieved them and they should be consistent and there should be a reckoning um for that over time you go back and say did you actually get it right or not there should be accountability responsibility the buck needs to stop with the president of the united states that is not happening

And that is not happening to such a great degree that many advisors of Trump who are frustrated that he is subverting the national interest of the United States because of his own ego are leaking a lot to members of the media, to allies, to others to say, we need to find a way out of this war and the president doesn't listen.

So clearly, irrespective of whether I believe the president has a responsibility to be straightforward on those issues with the American people, he does not believe that.

And we have now seen

so many occasions where from one day to the other, the president says things that just are clearly not so.

And I'll give you one particularly obvious example that quite pained me was a week ago on Monday when the president came out and announced all of a sudden, okay, we're charging 20% tolls on every ship that goes to the Strait, we're gonna collect.

I don't know if you remember he said this a week ago, Monday, made the announcement, right?

And

This was patently not true.

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