Jeffrey Sachs

Professor, this morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was asked a question about potential ground troops in Iran.

He refused to rule out that possibility.

And he said, you know, oh, well, we're not going to project to you what we will or will not do, but we don't want to rule anything out.

We will do what it takes.

Do you think that America will end up invading Iran from the ground since it's already becoming relatively clear they won't be able to accomplish the goal of regime change or even regime collapse using just air power alone?

So help us understand, because it still feels to me like there are some pieces that don't totally add up.

You had in advance of this war on Iran, you had top military brass up to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff saying, this is a really bad idea.

We are not ready for this.

All the math on the interceptors that's been talked about for months at this point.

And yet Trump still decided to go ahead.

What is the calculus that he was making here that led him to take what already appears to be catastrophic actions?

The media is here.

This case has gone viral.

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In what conversation?

MVP?

In what conversation?

MVP?

In what conversation?

The best thing we could do to stand up against Iran would be for Israel to end the conflict in Gaza, get the hostages back, because starting to rebuild and giving the Palestinians some hope for life would allow Saudi Arabia and other nations in the region to, frankly, recognize Israel and then put an even more united front against Iran.