John Mearsheimer
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first heard Jul 2026
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John Mearsheimer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Because again, we present them with an existential threat.
to take this a step further.
For this to work is going to take time.
Almost everybody agrees that economic blockades of this sort take a lot of time to work.
And we don't have time on our side.
The president certainly doesn't, given the midterm elections are coming up in November.
But also, it's very clear that the international economy is in real trouble.
And if this war or crisis goes on and on, it could end up leaving President Trump as President Hoover, which he doesn't want to do.
To take this a step further,
I think the UAE is a very important country here.
If you look at Iran's most important trading partners, you can make a good case that the two most important trading partners are China and the UAE, and you've already taken care of China.
Let's talk about the UAE.
The UAE is closely aligned with the United States and with Israel.
In fact, it is the one country in the Gulf that has signed
I think it's one of the two countries in the Gulf that has signed the Abraham Accords.
And you would expect the UAE to...
operate according to Besant's strategy to cooperate with the Trump administration with regard to these sanctions.
But the problem is that the Iranians have told the UAE that if the UAE cooperates with Besant and cuts off all economic intercourse with Iran, what Iran will do is it will attack
the UAE, and we all know that Iran has the capability to basically wreck the UAE as a functioning state.
So the UAE is in a real bind here.
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