Trump's War Room
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2017
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
George Packer joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what McMaster learned from the mistakes of Vietnam and the Iraq War, and how he is approaching his job in Trump’s inner circle.
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