Donald Trump is embroiled in conflicts, facing new tests of his presidential powers and of his willingness to use military force. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the conflict between Israel and Iran—and how it is a test of Trump’s influence.
Iran likely does not want to draw the United States into war, but Israel might have other incentives. Those, including some on the right, who do not want the Trump administration to become enmeshed in this conflict fear that Benjamin Netanyahu “launched this wider-scale attack that didn’t just target nuclear facilities, but also military personnel and scientists, in part to try and make Iran’s response bigger to then draw the U.S. in,” Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent at the The New York Times, said last night.
Joining guest moderator and staff writer at The Atlantic, Ashley Parker, to discuss this and more: Eugene Daniels, a senior Washington correspondent and a co-host of The Weekend at MSNBC; Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent at the The New York Times; Matt Viser, the White House bureau chief at The Washington Post; and Nancy Youssef, a national-security correspondent for the The Wall Street Journal.
Watch the full episode here.
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