{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6970d4769448a95f22559f23/69c3e4c4938a3e0037347968?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trump in Iran: Blitzkrieg to quagmire?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6970d4769448a95f22559f23/1774445759338-aa0b9447-434f-4a8d-bf0c-b948f9e12379.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Donald Trump is in a bind: there's very little appetite in Washington for boots on the ground but will that be the only way to unblock the Strait of Hormuz? </p><p>Is there any possible deal that would look and feel like a victory over the Iranian regime?</p><p>And why do people start looking more nervously at the president towards the weekend?</p><p><br></p><p>Katy Balls,&nbsp;Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times</p><p>Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal</p><p><br></p><p>Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson</p><p>Executive producer: Molly Guinness</p><p><br></p><p>Picture: Getty Images.</p><p><br></p><p>Email us: <a href=\"mailto:thestateofit@thetimes.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestateofit@thetimes.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}