An act of self-harm: Trump’s latest war might be his undoing

An act of self-harm: Trump’s latest war might be his undoing

Published: March 19, 2026

Duration: 24:43

A rash entry into a war of choice exposes President Donald Trump in a number of ways—and he may prove more dangerous as he becomes weaker. Turkey’s foreign entanglements mask the democratic backsliding at home; that is bad news for an opposition figure whose trial just began. And Americans seem to be taking their anger out on food-delivery robots.


Guests and host:

Robert Guest, deputy editorPiotr Zalewski, Turkey correspondentRebecca Jackson, Southern correspondentJason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

Donald Trump, war in IranTurkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem ImamogluA...