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"MENTALLY Unstable" Trump Slams Pope & Tucker Carlson As US Iran War Blockade Begins | With Jeffrey Sachs

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Apr 13, 2026
Featuring Jeffrey Sachs, economist and global affairs analyst; Yalda Hakim, award-winning Sky News anchor reporting from Beirut; Dan Abrams, legal commentator and show host; and Vincent Oshana, comedian and podcast host. They debate the Iran standoff, control of the Strait of Hormuz, regional humanitarian fallout, Trump’s public attacks on figures including the Pope, and the political fallout reshaping alliances and supporters.
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INSIGHT

Iran's Asymmetric Leverage Outlasts Military Damage

  • Iran treats the conflict as existential; its asymmetric tactics (tolling the Strait, proxy attacks) deliver strategic leverage despite battlefield losses.
  • Yalda Hakim explains Iran isn't rushed, has new leverage over Gulf economies and can close Hormuz again, shifting negotiations' balance.
INSIGHT

One-Man Rule Produced A Deinstitutionalised War

  • Jeffrey Sachs says decision-making has been deinstitutionalized: a near one-man rule by Trump with limited role for Congress, NSC, intelligence or Joint Chiefs.
  • He calls the war a disaster driven by Trump and Netanyahu and warns of global escalation risk.
INSIGHT

Erratic Rhetoric Raises Unique Psychological Concerns

  • Sachs differentiates assessing Trump's psychology from geopolitics, arguing Trump's public rhetoric (Jesus post, threats) is unprecedented and dangerous.
  • He suggests Trump's impulse control decline may reflect frontotemporal dementia plus dark-triad traits, heightening risk.
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