Why Trump Can't Win This War Alone

Katty Kay· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, welcome to The Rest is Politics US. I am Katie Kay. Anthony is swanning around California. So today I am joined by veteran diplomat Richard Haass, who has worked in four American administrations, including advising both Presidents Bush on their forays into the Middle East. So I'm very excited to hear what you have to say about that, Richard. Ah, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, author of Substack, Home and Away. The list of titles goes on, Richard. Have I got them right? Have I done enough of a sales job?

Richard Haass· Guest0:40

I think more than enough. You, you left out the tall and good-looking part, but other than that- [laughs] ... you've got it exactly right.

Katty Kay· Host0:46

The embarrassment of riches. Anyway, we're very lucky to have Richard. Ah, thank you for joining us today. We're gonna talk about obviously the latest on the Iran war, and what I wanted to focus on was what the options are for the president. Uh, Anthony and I have actually been hearing some pretty interesting things from the White House about splits in the White House that are emerging, uh, and we can talk about that. And then in the second half of the program, we are going to talk about how allies are responding or perhaps not responding to President Trump's calls for help. So let's start, uh, with the options that have ... What are we now? Early on in the third week of this campaign, I don't know, it seems to me like the president's in a really bad mood. He came back from Mar-a-Lago