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Trump’s “Destroy and Deal” Doctrine: Impulse, Improvisation and Empire

Season 2026 Episode 8132 | 17m 25s

America's shifting objectives for its war with Iran are giving the world whiplash. New York Times Diplomatic Correspondent Edward Wong says it's all part of the president's "destroy and deal" doctrine. Wong joined the show to discuss this, and China's increasingly complicated role in the Middle East.

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