Episode

“There’s No National Interest With Trump, Just Personal”

Podcast: To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes
Published: Mar 26, 2026
Duration seconds: 2742
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Summary

Phillips O'Brien is a historian and Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In this episode, he joins Charlie to discuss the different ways Trump could operate in Iran right now and the biggest obstacle to it all — the fact that Trump is only motivated by personal gain and that many people have given up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.