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Former US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

European countries struggling with the energy crisis caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran are getting zero sympathy from Donald Trump. This morning, the US president vented his frustration, posting on Truth Social, "You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us." Julianne Smith, who served as Ambassador to NATO under President Biden, joins Bianna to discuss.  Also on today’s show: Lynn Harfoush, Executive Committee member, Lebanese National Bloc; Nicholas Lemann, Author, “Return­ing”    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

The upcoming days will be decisive. Iran knows that. And there's almost nothing they can

0:13.0

militarily do about.

0:15.0

U.S. ground troops heading to the Middle East as gas prices hit $4 a gallon. How long will the Iran war go on? I'm joined by former

0:23.9

U.S. NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith. Then... In Lebanon, I've just instructed to further expand

0:30.2

the existing security zone in order to decisively thwart the threat of invasion.

0:34.5

The Israeli military pushes forward with military operations in Lebanon.

0:39.3

Correspondent Jim Shuto reports from Northern Israel.

0:43.3

And I am here to tell you that millions of Lebanese, including many Shi'ites, want a different future.

0:51.3

From Beirut, I speak with Lynn Harfush, a political activist who came of age in Hezbollah-controlled

0:58.0

southern Lebanon.

0:59.4

Plus, I love being Jewish.

1:02.0

It's a source of wonderful enrichment and joy and meaning in my life.

1:07.4

Walter Isaacson talks with veteran journalist Nicholas Lemon about his rediscovery of faith and family.

1:34.5

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Golodriga, New York, sitting in for Christiana Amunpur. Crude oil prices spiked after an Iranian attack on a Kuwaiti tanker off Dubai,

1:41.0

hitting a world economy already reeling from the fallout of the war.

1:45.2

And while Europe deals with its second major energy shock in less than five years,

1:49.5

the White House is venting its frustration with them.

1:53.2

This morning, President Trump posted a message to European allies saying,

1:56.9

quote, you'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself.

1:59.8

The USA won't be there to help you

2:01.7

anymore, just like you weren't there for us. And in a press conference today, when asked if the

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