# Trump’s Wars are Spreading But Can They Beat Iranian Rope-a-Dope? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607/trump-s-wars-are-spreading-but-can-they-beat-iranian-rope-a-dope Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607/trump-s-wars-are-spreading-but-can-they-beat-iranian-rope-a-dope.md Podcast: [The DSR Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607) Published: 2026-07-29T19:55:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRGM9362638189.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TRGM9362638189.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dsr-network-747607/episodes/trump-s-wars-are-spreading-but-can-they-beat-iranian-rope-a-dope Duration seconds: 2671 ## Resource In its bout with Iran, the US is neither floating like a butterfly nor stinging like a bee. Trump’s dual meetings with Netanyahu and Zelensky have laid bare the foreign policy lightweight that our president really is while Iran only gets stronger.  Lieutenant General Douglas Lute joins David Rothkopf and Ed Luce to discuss the war against Iran, Ukraine’s continued defense against Russian aggression, and how each misstep by the administration is leading up to an inevitable knockout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dsr-network-747607/episodes/trump-s-wars-are-spreading-but-can-they-beat-iranian-rope-a-dope/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dsr-network-747607/trump-s-wars-are-spreading-but-can-they-beat-iranian-rope-a-dope.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.