Susan Glasser

Iran's nuclear program, and also we might need to launch a war tomorrow to obliterate Iran's nuclear program.

It's very, very hard, even for those of us who are used to, let's just say, you know, ambiguities in American foreign policy.

That one is a hard circle to square.

And by the way, also, he is demanding that Iran agree to a nuclear deal that is similar to the nuclear deal that Trump blew up

In 2018.

So just putting that out there because it often gets lost.

Okay.

Get rid of the deal in order to have the deal.

It's just kind of like obliterate it in order to then obliterate it.

So that's one thing that is confusing.

Two, I think on the conflicting signals.

I have heard a lot of experts on the region, people that I respect a lot, very nonpartisan people who do believe that some kind of military action is imminent, is very imminent.

And I think part of the basis for understanding that is just the nature of the vast...

armada and firepower that have been assembled against Iran.

And to the point that Trump made that, you know, such a large force has not been assembled not to be used.

In part, people have not focused on this.

The cost of this kind of brinkmanship and adventurism is vast.

And again, totally unaccountable.

Trump has not asked Congress to spend this money.

He has just sort of done it.