Iran’s Long Game Complicates Trump’s War Plans
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[0:00] Only Bloomberg weekend essay looks at how time is on Iran's side when it comes to
[0:03] dragging this conflict out, which is inconvenient, shall we say, for American politics. White House national
[0:09] security editor Michelle Jamrisko joins us now from Washington. She wrote that very fine piece. Michelle,
[0:13] I wanna get into a lot of what you write about, which is the long history
[0:16] here, of this of this conflict and relationship between The US and Iran. But before we
[0:20] get there, let's start with the present... With what the president said last night, the the
[0:24] way in which this... The US election may be shaping his thinking about where this conflict
[0:28] goes from here.
[0:30] Yeah, David. Well, I mean, we've seen this sort of escalated rhetoric, of course, in recent
[0:34] days as we approach the midterm elections, which is a relevant pivot point for both The
[0:40] US and Iran. So, you know, it didn't really surprise me that you heard something from
[0:44] the president last night. Of course, his speeches in the past several days have become increasingly
[0:49] unpredictable, and he's kind of pulled different things out of his hat to to kind of
[0:54] inflame situations. So I think, you know, while he might be serious about those pick... Pickaxe
[1:00] Mountain plans, it's one of many things he said about, where to go next with The
[1:05] US strikes on Iran. He has mentioned Pickaxe Mountain before. And I think it's just notable
[1:10] that, you know, picking an... A nuclear site as well as the talk of attacks on
[1:16] energy infrastructure and the accusations of