Episode

Does the Iran War Put America First?

Podcast: Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Published: Mar 5, 2026
Duration seconds: 3527
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Summary

I don’t think a war with Iran is what Trump — or his voters — had in mind when he campaigned on “America first.” My guest this week is Curt Mills, the executive director of The American Conservative, a magazine that champions foreign policy restraint. Mills thinks the war with Iran is a major betrayal of the voters who put Trump in the White House and has the potential to shatter Trump’s domestic coalition.