Politics Weekly America

← Politics Weekly America10 jul · 26 min

Trump restarts war with Iran and plays nice(ish) with Nato

Trump restarts war with Iran and plays nice(ish) with Nato10 jul26 min

After the US launched strikes on Iran this week, Donald Trump said the fragile ceasefire he had co-signed just last month was over. He also reignited his threats to take Greenland, before leaving the Nato summit in Ankara, saying there was a lot of ‘love’ and ‘unity’ in the room. So how does anyone make progress with a leader choosing to relive a diplomatic Groundhog Day? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker