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Why Trump is taking a risky bet on Iran, but could lose on all counts | DW News

The ceasefire between the US and Iran has collapsed, deepening fears of a wider conflict in the Gulf. Both sides are carrying out daily attacks and escalating their rhetoric, with Iran threatening dev

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Well done DW. We need more people like the good professor
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Professor Robert Pape is a good choice for interviews. ❤
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@ap8672 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 26
Trump has created a mess !
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The FIFA Peace Prize winner keeps threatening to commit war crimes
It is embarrassing for the United States that this clown is sitting in the Oval Office

He has no real solution to the Iran war and is resorting to lashing out in the dumbest way possible
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@joe28704 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 9
"Next week comes the power plants and bridges" , he's been saying that for months !
If he hits civilian power plants he's not going to get that peace prize anymore.
He'll get war crime charges.
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To avoid humiliation from Epstein files. Period.
I don't think Trump is only affected by those files.
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TACO lost the moment he moved the fleet to the shores of Iran. Now he's in unrecoverable tailspin. This doesnt end until Iran has its own nuclear arsenal. Fact. America is wearing this humiliation-- unavoidable.
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These threats to civilian infrastructure are frankly distressing.
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@Lynl1p From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 16
Trump lost when he teamed up with Israel and started this unprovoked unnecessary war.
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And this is why America wants to dissolve the International Criminal Court of which they are not a member anyway.
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@dc14522 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 8
Wait, I thought Iran was begging to negotiate. Now he’s willing to commit war crimes to coerce them into negotiating? It’s almost like he’s lying to us.
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@Toyofana From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 32
When Prof. Pape starts, there is virtually no stopping him and this is his revised version.
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Narrative changed from nukes to Straight
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The US HAS hit non-military targets in Iran since the first day of the attack
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@deepsixman From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 134
When you have Trump speaking on a news clip I would appreciate it if you would make a segment for it on the scroll bar, so it is easier to skip over. I've never really heard him say anything worth my time.
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@M3SSIAH-69 From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 22
Now Iran will pursue nukes until they get it. There is NO way they are giving that up like they did with Obama after what Trump did.
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The files must have been so bad that Trump is willing to have this war until the end of his term.
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Love hearing from Professor Pape!
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It's as if the American people searched through the entire country to find the most incompetent person to become president.
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It's nice to see DW is bringing creadible analyst to tell the world the truth.