Have we reached the Jenga Point of foreign policy? 

In this first episode of 2018, we frame the new year by beginning with foreign policy. President Trump can remake our national security and promote peace for the world by supporting regime change in Iran without making any of the painful investments we’ve expended in other failed conflicts. We bring on CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel), to discuss what is going on in Iran and what Trump should do next.  

We delve into the broader Middle East chessboard and how this “intervention” would be different from other failed choices made by past leaders. At the end of the show, we contrast the use of soft power to overthrow the mullahs with the use of heavy military intervention in Afghanistan to show what is a prudent intervention and what is a counterintuitive one.

Overall, not a bad start to 2018 from the president! 

Show notes

Trump moving to the right, but still held down by cabinet

5 ways Trump could spark regime change with no cost

How NYT is making big bucks off Iran tours

Obama lackeys siding with Iranian regime

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