Loading video...

Video Failed to Load

Go Home

John Mearsheimer on why Trump thought this would be easy: "Trump was primed — mainly through the Israelis — to think this was going to be an easy victory. He was told the Iranians were likely to shut the Strait of Hormuz. He just didn't believe it." Mearsheimer also...

DD_Geopolitics's profile picture

DD Geopolitics

496,149 subscribers

35,562 views • 6 months ago •via X (Twitter)

News & PoliticsEducation
LIVE

Anya Rossi• Live Now

Private livecam show

0 Comments

No comments available

Comments from the original post will appear here

Related Videos

JUST IN: LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYS TRUMP IS NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN HIMSELF AND LOST IT: “Trump is directly talking to the Iranians. He is negotiating himself. He was on the phone with the Iranians a couple of days ago, and it got rather sporty to the point that Trump loudly told Iran what would happen if they keep playing games. He actually lost his voice. I’d hate to be the Iranian on the receiving end of that”
0:36

JUST IN: LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYS TRUMP IS NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN HIMSELF AND LOST IT: “Trump is directly talking to the Iranians. He is negotiating himself. He was on the phone with the Iranians a couple of days ago, and it got rather sporty to the point that Trump loudly told Iran what would happen if they keep playing games. He actually lost his voice. I’d hate to be the Iranian on the receiving end of that”

Sulaiman Ahmed

795,334 views • 5 months ago

Prof. John Mearsheimer: The Iranians are clearly going to win. But what Trump will do is declare victory and all of his acolytes will say it is a great victory. The question is: can he convince most Americans? I think he will not. You have to ask yourself — do you believe what we see with our own eyes, or do you believe what President Trump says? Before this war, hardly anyone thought the Iranians would do as well as they have. I don't think anyone fully understood — including the Iranians themselves — exactly how well Iran would do against the United States.
1:31

Prof. John Mearsheimer: The Iranians are clearly going to win. But what Trump will do is declare victory and all of his acolytes will say it is a great victory. The question is: can he convince most Americans? I think he will not. You have to ask yourself — do you believe what we see with our own eyes, or do you believe what President Trump says? Before this war, hardly anyone thought the Iranians would do as well as they have. I don't think anyone fully understood — including the Iranians themselves — exactly how well Iran would do against the United States.

Clash Report

37,940 views • 2 months ago

TUCKER CARLSON: “Trump sincerely convinced himself that killing the Ayatollah Khamenei would collapse Iran. Intelligence agencies told him it was FALSE. The Israelis told him it was TRUE. When it turned out to be totally wrong days later, he was enraged..” Trump got played.
0:39

TUCKER CARLSON: “Trump sincerely convinced himself that killing the Ayatollah Khamenei would collapse Iran. Intelligence agencies told him it was FALSE. The Israelis told him it was TRUE. When it turned out to be totally wrong days later, he was enraged..” Trump got played.

The Resonance

737,677 views • 3 months ago

Watching Pete Hegseth’s look of what the hell when Trump said in an interview that the Iran War was all his idea was hilarious. Apparently he thought Trump would only do this to the women and not men especially one like him! He’s going to be the one blamed for all of it. 😂
1:09

Watching Pete Hegseth’s look of what the hell when Trump said in an interview that the Iran War was all his idea was hilarious. Apparently he thought Trump would only do this to the women and not men especially one like him! He’s going to be the one blamed for all of it. 😂

Suzie rizzio

75,810 views • 6 months ago

CNN's Fareed Zakaria on Trump bombing Iran: " It is extraordinary. I think trump has managed to do something that he, to be fair to him, had always marked out, which was he did not want Iran to have a nuclear program, but what's clear is in the last few weeks, he shifted ground on two issues. The first was he had started out in a position which was Iran can have some enrichment, just has to be monitored, things like that. He moved to what was essentially the Israeli position, which was zero enrichment, and he and he outlined that in the middle of about two weeks ago, the second is that he seemed to have lost faith that the Iranians were negotiating in, in earnest and he got -- he seems to have gotten frustrated because I think this was not his first option. His first option was a deal with the Iranians, but the maximalist condition he placed was zero enrichment was was one the Iranians didn't seem willing to go to and he was I think he thought the Iranians were not negotiating earnestly, so the result is you have you have this extraordinary move, which almost certainly has destroyed almost all of Iran's enrichment. The question, however, is you still need diplomacy. You still need a political solution, because the Iranians can rebuild."
2:33

CNN's Fareed Zakaria on Trump bombing Iran: " It is extraordinary. I think trump has managed to do something that he, to be fair to him, had always marked out, which was he did not want Iran to have a nuclear program, but what's clear is in the last few weeks, he shifted ground on two issues. The first was he had started out in a position which was Iran can have some enrichment, just has to be monitored, things like that. He moved to what was essentially the Israeli position, which was zero enrichment, and he and he outlined that in the middle of about two weeks ago, the second is that he seemed to have lost faith that the Iranians were negotiating in, in earnest and he got -- he seems to have gotten frustrated because I think this was not his first option. His first option was a deal with the Iranians, but the maximalist condition he placed was zero enrichment was was one the Iranians didn't seem willing to go to and he was I think he thought the Iranians were not negotiating earnestly, so the result is you have you have this extraordinary move, which almost certainly has destroyed almost all of Iran's enrichment. The question, however, is you still need diplomacy. You still need a political solution, because the Iranians can rebuild."

Curtis Houck

1,557,343 views • 1 year ago

JOE KENT: “I Think The Israelis Were Able To Convince Trump This Whole Thing [IRAN] Was Going to Be Quick And Easy Just Like Venezuela” @RexJonesNewz 🔴WATCH THE LIVESTREAM!⬇️
6:42

JOE KENT: “I Think The Israelis Were Able To Convince Trump This Whole Thing [IRAN] Was Going to Be Quick And Easy Just Like Venezuela” @RexJonesNewz 🔴WATCH THE LIVESTREAM!⬇️

Alex Jones

57,356 views • 4 months ago

Senator Graham: Trump is directly talking to the Iranians. He is negotiating himself. He was on the phone with the Iranians a couple of days ago, and it got rather sporty—to the point that Trump loudly told Iran what would happen if they keep playing games. He actually lost his voice. I’d hate to be the Iranian on the receiving end of that.
0:36

Senator Graham: Trump is directly talking to the Iranians. He is negotiating himself. He was on the phone with the Iranians a couple of days ago, and it got rather sporty—to the point that Trump loudly told Iran what would happen if they keep playing games. He actually lost his voice. I’d hate to be the Iranian on the receiving end of that.

Clash Report

39,075 views • 5 months ago

NEW: The sister of prisoner Marc Fogel, who was just released by Russia thanks to Trump, says Trump told their mother just moments before he was shot in Butler that he would get Marc out. Crazy story. Fogel's mother is 96 years old and didn't think she would ever see the day of her son's release. "My mother went to the Trump rally and saw President Trump shortly before he was shot [in Butler] where she's from." "He told her then if he was elected, he was going to get him out, and the man was true to his word."
2:04

NEW: The sister of prisoner Marc Fogel, who was just released by Russia thanks to Trump, says Trump told their mother just moments before he was shot in Butler that he would get Marc out. Crazy story. Fogel's mother is 96 years old and didn't think she would ever see the day of her son's release. "My mother went to the Trump rally and saw President Trump shortly before he was shot [in Butler] where she's from." "He told her then if he was elected, he was going to get him out, and the man was true to his word."

Collin Rugg

489,378 views • 1 year ago

Tucker Carlson on Trump: I think Trump sincerely allowed himself to convince himself that killing the Ayatollah, the head of Shia Islam, would somehow collapse the country. Various intelligence agencies told him that wasn't true. The Israelis told him it was true. When, a couple of days in, it turned out to be totally false, I think he was enraged. He knew he was trapped. He knew that the American economy was at stake, the global economy was at stake, and I think he immediately blamed Netanyahu for it.
0:39

Tucker Carlson on Trump: I think Trump sincerely allowed himself to convince himself that killing the Ayatollah, the head of Shia Islam, would somehow collapse the country. Various intelligence agencies told him that wasn't true. The Israelis told him it was true. When, a couple of days in, it turned out to be totally false, I think he was enraged. He knew he was trapped. He knew that the American economy was at stake, the global economy was at stake, and I think he immediately blamed Netanyahu for it.

Clash Report

108,589 views • 3 months ago

Host: But John, again, why would Trump accept an arrangement in the Strait of Hormuz where Iran receives fees & denies passage to anyone transiting without its permission? John Mearsheimer: It’s very simple. He has no choice. He lost the war. This is a devastating defeat for the United States. Can you tell me what the United States should do to regain leverage over Iran? You can’t tell me because we have no solution. John Mearsheimer | Tom Switzer
2:02

Host: But John, again, why would Trump accept an arrangement in the Strait of Hormuz where Iran receives fees & denies passage to anyone transiting without its permission? John Mearsheimer: It’s very simple. He has no choice. He lost the war. This is a devastating defeat for the United States. Can you tell me what the United States should do to regain leverage over Iran? You can’t tell me because we have no solution. John Mearsheimer | Tom Switzer

Drop Site

91,839 views • 1 month ago

#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "America and Zionist - Trump and Netanyahu, want to destroy Iran like Gaza. If someone says that this would stop at the destruction of Iran, they should know that Türkiye would be next. The entire Arab nation would be next...May Allah end this war...Modi's friend Netanyahu invited him there. He went there. Why? He then said that he didn't know that this would happen. You need not be a rocket scientist. You went there, knowing fully well that there would indeed be an attack...As soon as you left, an attack was launched. Now, there is an LPG shortage...We call ourselves Aatamanirbhar Bharat, Made in India, but import 60% of the gas. Oil and gas come through the Strait of Hormuz...But the Govt here says that there is no shortage...I had been saying from the beginning that we were neither with Iran nor Arab countries, we were with everyone. But we considered the Palestinians' cause our own cause. What did Modi do? He deposited himself in the corner of Trump and Netanyahu. Had you been neutral, perhaps there would have been weight in your words..."
4:43

#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "America and Zionist - Trump and Netanyahu, want to destroy Iran like Gaza. If someone says that this would stop at the destruction of Iran, they should know that Türkiye would be next. The entire Arab nation would be next...May Allah end this war...Modi's friend Netanyahu invited him there. He went there. Why? He then said that he didn't know that this would happen. You need not be a rocket scientist. You went there, knowing fully well that there would indeed be an attack...As soon as you left, an attack was launched. Now, there is an LPG shortage...We call ourselves Aatamanirbhar Bharat, Made in India, but import 60% of the gas. Oil and gas come through the Strait of Hormuz...But the Govt here says that there is no shortage...I had been saying from the beginning that we were neither with Iran nor Arab countries, we were with everyone. But we considered the Palestinians' cause our own cause. What did Modi do? He deposited himself in the corner of Trump and Netanyahu. Had you been neutral, perhaps there would have been weight in your words..."

ANI

90,516 views • 6 months ago

🇺🇸🇮🇷 They sold him Iran the same way they sold him Venezuela, a quick win, easy out, total control. Journalist Glenn Greenwald says the people around Trump deceived him into believing this would be another fast regime change, and he only discovered the difference after it was too late. "There's still part of him that understands that. And I think one of the ways they talked him into Iran was by telling him, tricking him into believing it would be as easy as what he did in Venezuela." The war hawks got their war. Trump got played. Glenn Greenwald
6:40

🇺🇸🇮🇷 They sold him Iran the same way they sold him Venezuela, a quick win, easy out, total control. Journalist Glenn Greenwald says the people around Trump deceived him into believing this would be another fast regime change, and he only discovered the difference after it was too late. "There's still part of him that understands that. And I think one of the ways they talked him into Iran was by telling him, tricking him into believing it would be as easy as what he did in Venezuela." The war hawks got their war. Trump got played. Glenn Greenwald

Mario Nawfal

36,050 views • 4 months ago

This just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. Late last week Trump claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was open for good. Then Iran claimed that they closed the Strait of Hormuz and it's not open. And now Trump is claiming that Iran didn't close the Strait, but the US military did. Do Trump supporters not see right through this craziness?
0:33

This just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. Late last week Trump claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was open for good. Then Iran claimed that they closed the Strait of Hormuz and it's not open. And now Trump is claiming that Iran didn't close the Strait, but the US military did. Do Trump supporters not see right through this craziness?

Ed Krassenstein

118,101 views • 5 months ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday walked back his comments that the United States attacked Iran because of Israel, saying the U.S. strikes "had to happen anyway." "The president made a decision, and the decision he made was that Iran was not going to be allowed to hide behind its ballistic missile program, that Iran was not going to be allowed to hide behind its ability to conduct these attacks," Rubio told reporters on Tuesday. "This was a question of timing of why this had to happen as a joint operation," he added. "Not the question of the intent." On Monday, Rubio said the U.S. "proactively" hit Iran "in a defensive way" to prevent American casualties because the Trump administration believed an Israeli attack was imminent and that Iran "would immediately come after us" in retaliation. "Obviously, we were aware of Israeli intentions and understood what that would mean for us, and we had to be prepared to act as a result of it, but this had to happen no matter what," he said Monday.
2:51

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday walked back his comments that the United States attacked Iran because of Israel, saying the U.S. strikes "had to happen anyway." "The president made a decision, and the decision he made was that Iran was not going to be allowed to hide behind its ballistic missile program, that Iran was not going to be allowed to hide behind its ability to conduct these attacks," Rubio told reporters on Tuesday. "This was a question of timing of why this had to happen as a joint operation," he added. "Not the question of the intent." On Monday, Rubio said the U.S. "proactively" hit Iran "in a defensive way" to prevent American casualties because the Trump administration believed an Israeli attack was imminent and that Iran "would immediately come after us" in retaliation. "Obviously, we were aware of Israeli intentions and understood what that would mean for us, and we had to be prepared to act as a result of it, but this had to happen no matter what," he said Monday.

PBS News

13,865 views • 7 months ago

“Trump thought that Iran was like Venezuela” Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey: “The president is playing checkers, not chess. He thought that this situation would be like with Venezuela. But Iran is not Venezuela. If we get out of this crisis, and Iran becomes even stronger strategically — and it knows that it can block the strait at any moment and paralyze the global economy — this will be a geopolitical defeat of colossal proportions.”
0:31

“Trump thought that Iran was like Venezuela” Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey: “The president is playing checkers, not chess. He thought that this situation would be like with Venezuela. But Iran is not Venezuela. If we get out of this crisis, and Iran becomes even stronger strategically — and it knows that it can block the strait at any moment and paralyze the global economy — this will be a geopolitical defeat of colossal proportions.”

Sprinter Press Agency

44,834 views • 5 months ago

EPSTIEN’S LAWYER SAYS IT WAS HIS IDEA TO BLOCKADE IRAN Alan Dershowitz, a likely pedophile, says HE told the Trump regime that to blockade the Strait of Hormuz to counter Iran's blockade. Trump announced the blockade three days after he made the case...
1:38

EPSTIEN’S LAWYER SAYS IT WAS HIS IDEA TO BLOCKADE IRAN Alan Dershowitz, a likely pedophile, says HE told the Trump regime that to blockade the Strait of Hormuz to counter Iran's blockade. Trump announced the blockade three days after he made the case...

Hidden Report

13,465 views • 5 months ago

Ford: If Biden had said this about anybody, I would have said he was completely wrong. I hope the president corrects himself. Gutfeld: He was asked to and he didn’t. You don't have to like the things that he says all the time. That is why in my filter, Trump is always words versus deeds. I don't have to like what he says. In fact, I can hate what he says but I can also think in his brain, he is going, I don't like him. He can't let that go. We don't have to like it. Just look at the deeds.
0:50

Ford: If Biden had said this about anybody, I would have said he was completely wrong. I hope the president corrects himself. Gutfeld: He was asked to and he didn’t. You don't have to like the things that he says all the time. That is why in my filter, Trump is always words versus deeds. I don't have to like what he says. In fact, I can hate what he says but I can also think in his brain, he is going, I don't like him. He can't let that go. We don't have to like it. Just look at the deeds.

Acyn

1,255,371 views • 9 months ago

Joe Kent: ‘Israel knew the war on Iran would NOT be quick or easy, they just knew they had to get President bought in by killing Ayatollah Khamenei.’ ‘President Trump he was aware of all these risk factors, nut he chose to listen to Benjamin Netanyahu and he chose to listen to very pro-Israel voices within his inner circle. After Operation Midnight Hammer, those of us who were very skeptical of the use of American military power against Iran, against the Houthis, we were really boxed out. So, what has been basically the common assessment of the intelligence community now for probably two decades, is that if Iran was actually threatened, they would hit our bases in the region. And obviously, Iran will exert control over Strait of Hormuz with very little effort, and so that has always been the worst case scenario. The President was aware of it, but again, he had a very small circle around him saying, “No, no, Iran’s a paper tiger. They didn’t hit you after Operation Midnight Hammer. You were able to, you know, just slide into Venezuela, kidnap the President, There’s already protesters on the street.” This whole thing’s going to be over in three or four weeks. That’s what the Israelis told him. Meanwhile, getting him to sign on to killing the Ayatollah, The Israelis, when I would interact with them, they were always very clear-eyed. They knew that this was not going to be a quick war, but for them, getting us involved in this slog to take out the regime was always their primary objective. And they sold it to President Trump as something that was going to be very easy, knowing that all they had to do was get us bought in. And then we really wouldn’t be able to get our way out, and that’s kind of where we’re at right now.’ —Joe Kent, Donald Trump's former Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center Watch the full interview in the quoted post below 👇
1:52

Joe Kent: ‘Israel knew the war on Iran would NOT be quick or easy, they just knew they had to get President bought in by killing Ayatollah Khamenei.’ ‘President Trump he was aware of all these risk factors, nut he chose to listen to Benjamin Netanyahu and he chose to listen to very pro-Israel voices within his inner circle. After Operation Midnight Hammer, those of us who were very skeptical of the use of American military power against Iran, against the Houthis, we were really boxed out. So, what has been basically the common assessment of the intelligence community now for probably two decades, is that if Iran was actually threatened, they would hit our bases in the region. And obviously, Iran will exert control over Strait of Hormuz with very little effort, and so that has always been the worst case scenario. The President was aware of it, but again, he had a very small circle around him saying, “No, no, Iran’s a paper tiger. They didn’t hit you after Operation Midnight Hammer. You were able to, you know, just slide into Venezuela, kidnap the President, There’s already protesters on the street.” This whole thing’s going to be over in three or four weeks. That’s what the Israelis told him. Meanwhile, getting him to sign on to killing the Ayatollah, The Israelis, when I would interact with them, they were always very clear-eyed. They knew that this was not going to be a quick war, but for them, getting us involved in this slog to take out the regime was always their primary objective. And they sold it to President Trump as something that was going to be very easy, knowing that all they had to do was get us bought in. And then we really wouldn’t be able to get our way out, and that’s kind of where we’re at right now.’ —Joe Kent, Donald Trump's former Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center Watch the full interview in the quoted post below 👇

Going Underground

48,443 views • 11 days ago