Hello, good friends, and welcome to the Bill Press Pod.

I'm Joe Cirincioni, filling in for Bill while he is away for the next two weeks.

Today, I'm delighted to talk with author, podcast host, and foreign policy entrepreneur David Rothkopf, one of the global

security experts I listen to most closely. We're going to start with a deep dive into the

multiple failures of Trump's war on Iran and why it is perhaps the greatest strategic defeat

in American history. We will then expand for a broader look

at how Trump's multiple failures and bizarre policies have weakened America while helping our

adversaries, particularly Russia and China. But we'll conclude on a hopeful note, discussing

the heroes resisting Trump's agenda and the prospects for the 2026 election.

No one is more qualified to do this than David Rothkopf. He's the host of the Deep State Radio

podcast and the CEO of the ever-growing Deep State Radio Network. He's also chief global affairs

columnist at the Delhi Beast

and was formerly the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy Magazine. David is taught at Columbia,

Georgetown, and John Hopkins Universities. He was the deputy undersecretary of Commerce in the

Clinton administration, and is the author of 10 books, including most recently, Trader, A History of

of Betraying America from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump. His newsletter, Need to Know, is available

at David Rothkaw.substack.combe.combe. David, welcome to the Bill Presspod, and thank you so much

for joining us.

Always a pleasure to talk to you.

It's always a pleasure when you have me on your podcast, but I'm the one asking the questions today.

And I wanted to pull back from the daily disasters to get a bigger picture of the strategic

situation we're in, how we got here, and how we can get out of here.

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