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Trump is ‘behaving like a wimp’ & is begging for a way out | Prof. Robert Pape
Season 2, Ep. 58
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On this edition of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined once again by Professor Robert Pape to discuss where the US is at with what he calls the 'escalation trap' in Iran. They discuss possible peace efforts, escalation and what the future looks like for Iran and the world.
You can find Robert's Substack 'The Escalation Trap' here: https://escalationtrap.substack.com/
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