S8 Ep589: PREVIEW FOR LATER: Husain Haqqani explores why European and Arab allies hesitate to support U.S. efforts against Iran. Tensions rise as President Trump’s rhetoric alienates partners, leaving them skeptical of joining military coalitions without clear, pri
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
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PREVIEW FOR LATER: Husain Haqqani explores why European and Arab allies hesitate to support U.S. efforts against Iran. Tensions rise as President Trump’s rhetoric alienates partners, leaving them skeptical of joining military coalitions without clear, prior coordination. (2)
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| 0:15.7 | This is John Batchel, a conversation with my colleague Hussain Akaniani about the allies in Europe who are reluctant, hesitant, |
| 0:24.8 | refusing to get involved in the state of Hormuz, and the Arab allies in the Gulf, who are supportive. |
| 0:30.7 | But here, very sweepingly, Hussein gives us an overview of how our friends and allies and partners and trading |
| 0:41.2 | partners and customers are treating the U.S. and Israel only in the Gulf, in the Persian Gulf |
| 0:50.1 | and the Strait of Hormuz in the crisis. More of this tonight. |
| 0:54.4 | Not, and I am surprised if anybody else is. |
| 0:58.2 | Look, President Trump has made it very clear. |
| 1:01.3 | He doesn't care about Europe. |
| 1:03.6 | J.D. Vance has been insulting European leaders, left, right, and center. |
| 1:08.5 | The Secretary of Defense has made it known that America does not, A, need Europe, |
| 1:15.3 | B, it also doesn't want them. |
| 1:19.0 | And Europe's immediate concern, which was Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the defense of Ukraine |
| 1:27.2 | has been mocked by President Trump and his cabinet members repeatedly. |
| 1:35.1 | So none of the Europeans were going to join anything that President Trump did, |
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