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

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 editor
• Piotr Zalewski, Turkey correspondent
• Rebecca Jackson, Southern correspondent
• Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

• Donald Trump, war in Iran
• Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu
• America, delivery robots

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