Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In May 20th's episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum and historian Phillips O'Brien discussed why Donald Trump's war in Iran is a colossal miscalculation.


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00:00 Assessing U.S. War Damage
01:04 Iran’s Leadership After Strikes
02:29 Venezuela Playbook?
03:49 Miscalculation and Hardliners
05:26 Economic Blockade War
06:10 Deadlines and Escalation Risks
08:44 China Wins the War?
10:57 Oil Windfall for Russia