So what’s President Trump's strategy for Iran?
So What's the Strategy? with Matthew Kroenig
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13-Mar-2026
In this episode, host Matthew Kroenig is joined by Alex Gray, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center, to discuss the ongoing war with Iran and how to understand Washington’s strategy for victory. Alex was chief of staff at the National Security Council during the first Trump administration and was in that role when US President Donald Trump oversaw the military operation that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
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