Ryan Bridge: This war in Iran has been a total balls-up from Trump

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: this war in Iran has been a total balls-up from Trump. 

He's cried wolf three times on his ultimatums. He's said one thing and then in the next breath said exactly the opposite. 

Now he's talking about ending an entire civilisation. 

White House officials have described him as being in a 'defiant' mood. Wars aren't generally won on moods, they're won on strategy and execution. 

The gameplan for Iran has been sorely lacking. 

Even Nigel Farage says Trump's gone too far with his rhetoric. Tucker Carlson is calling on the military to disobey Trump's orders, refuse to carry out his bombing. 

The reason this is all for nothing is because Trump could blast Iran's military infrastructure 'till the cows come home and still not get every drone, every speed boat, every regime-loving terrorist out there.

And all it takes are a few of them to hold the world to ransom via the Strait. 

So Trump ups the ante. He talks tough. He threatens to end civilisation. 

And what have the Iranians done? They've cut off diplomatic talks with the US. 

Which means we're now in very dangerous territory. Remember for them to win, or claim they've won, all they have to do is survive to live another day. 

Which leaves Trump either ending an entire civilisation, which he won't do because it could end the world, or backing down. Again. 

Either way, not a great outcome for a strongman like him.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's talk about the elephant in the room. This morning show.
We this war in Iran has been a bit of
a balls up from Donald Trump at this point. He's
cried wolf now three times on his ultimatums. He's said
one thing and then in the next breath said the
exact polar opposite of it, and now he's talking about
ending an entire civilization, which again is probably bluster, but

(00:21):
who really knows. White House officials have described him as
being in a defiant mood. Wolves aren't generally one on moods.
They're one on strategy and execution, and the game plan
for Iran has clearly been sorely lacking for some time.
Even Nigel Farage, of all people, has come out overnight
said Trump's gone too far with his rhetoric. Tucker Carlson,

(00:42):
he wants the military to directly disobey Trump's orders refuse
to carry out his bombing. The reason this is all
for nothing is because Trump could blast Iran's military infrastructure
till the cows come home and still not get every drone,
every speedboat, every regime loving terrorist out there and all.
It takes a few of them to hold the world
to ransom. Via the Straight as we're all learning. So

(01:04):
Trump ups the ante. He talks tough, he threatens to
end civilization. And what have the Iranians done. They've cut
off direct diplomatic talks with the US, which means we're
now in some quite dangerous territory. Remember, for them to win,
or claim they have won, all they have to do
is survive to live another day, which leaves Trump either

(01:25):
ending an entire civilization, which surely he won't do because
that could end the world, or backing down again. Either way,
not a great outcome for a strong man like him.
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