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Tom Nichols: Donald Trump Doesn't Understand The War He Just Lost to Iran
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Hawk references a June 16th Atlantic article by Tom Nichols, a 25-year professor at the US War College, titled "Trump Does Not Understand the War He Lost." The piece examines statements Trump made at the G7 summit in France, where he reversed his own stated positions, claimed he never cared about regime change despite having said the opposite repeatedly, and described Iran's new leadership as rational, non-radicalized people he enjoyed dealing with. That new leadership includes individuals who lost family members in US airstrikes.
Hawk plays a clip of Nichols appearing on Deadline White House with Nicole Wallace on June 22nd. He covers Trump's claim that Iran's enriched uranium stockpile is essentially worthless, a reversal from his earlier position that Iran must surrender its entire nuclear program. Hawk points out that Iran only resumed enrichment after Trump tore up the JCPOA in 2018, and that JD Vance's announcement of independent nuclear inspectors entering Iran was something the Obama deal already secured from 2015 to 2018.
Hawk argues that Iran won this war not militarily but economically and psychologically, by accurately profiling both Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu from the start and understanding exactly how each would respond to domestic economic pressure. He notes Trump was warned before the war began, including by Tucker Carlson, that Iran's first move would be closing the Strait of Hormuz. He didn't listen. Hawk also addresses Pete Hegseth's role, the Iranian delegation's refusal to shake JD Vance's hand, and the unresolved conflict between Israel and Lebanon that continues to block any lasting deal.
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