Donald Trump dozing during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House (Getty)
EA on International Outlets: Trump’s Failure After 100 Days of War on Iran
In the hour-long premiere of our new series “That Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand)”, I chatted with Times Radio’s Maddie Hale on Thursday about growing problems for the Trump Administration at home and abroad.
We begin with the latest in the failing war on Iran, just before Donald Trump cancelled American attacks and proclaimed — without confirmation — that a framework deal is imminent.
I cut through Trump’s “white noise” to restate the fundamental: unless the Trumpists are willing to pursue a ground invasion, they will have to compromise over the Iranian two-stage proposal to end the war.
I evaluate the domestic consequences as the US inflation rate rises to 4.2%. The combination of the war and Trump’s tariff chaos is likely to take the rate even higher, months before Congressional mid-term elections.
We analyze revelations about the significance of the Epstein Files scandal, exposing the lies of Trump officials and exposing divisions in the Administration as it tried to bury the story.
And we conclude, as the World Cup opens across North America, with the damage to fans and teams from the Trumpist measures blocking travel to the US.
