{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/685d70220904b52e46da44a1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Trump took us to the brink of World War 3 and back again","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/1750953610809-6611910e-907b-4397-9e3d-5170dafc1825.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week in Trumpland: Trump bombed Iran on Saturday, declared its nuclear programme \"obliterated\" by Sunday, shrugged off Iranian missile strikes on Monday, and by Tuesday had <em>single-handedly</em> forced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel—only for it to nearly collapse hours later. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, he turned up at the NATO summit in The Hague and strong-armed allies into a staggering 5% defence spending target, all while barely mentioning Ukraine.</p><p><br></p><p>Was this the art of the deal or the brink of disaster? Venetia Rainey speaks to Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes for the inside track on NATO, and we ask KT McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor, the question gripping America: are we safer today, or just one bad call away from another endless war?</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/BattleLines\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/BattleLines</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contact us with feedback or ideas:</strong></p><p>battlelines@telegraph.co.uk&nbsp;</p><p>@venetiarainey</p><p>@RolandOliphant</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}