On Thursday June 4th at 10am we hosted a live recording of The Barbarians, an exclusive event for subscribers. Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz sat down with columnist Lee Smith, news editor Tony Badran, and Scroll senior writer Park MacDougald for a conversation focused on the biggest foreign policy question of the moment: Did Trump $%&# up in Iran?

The conversation covered everything from the alleged rift between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu to Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon to what, precisely, might happen in the aftermath of Operation Epic Fury. Is Trump playing five-dimensional chess or did he just squander a historical opportunity to change the dynamics in the region and protect America’s interests?

And, as always, the Barbarians also riffed on the other top headlines of the week and take questions from our subscribers.

This episode was recorded live on video for Tablet subscribers only; if you’d like to become one, so you can watch and ask questions live, sign up here or go to https://tabletmag.com/subscribe.

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