2026-03-06
32 分钟This is In Conversation from Apple News.
I'm Sam Sanders in for Shamita Basu.
Today, Iran and foreign policy under Trump 2.0.
On February 28th, the United States and Israel launched a series of military strikes against Iran,
killing the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, who had ruled the country for nearly 37 years.
Since then, Iran has retaliated and the conflict has spread across the region.
At least six US troops have been killed.
Human rights groups say more than a thousand Iranian civilians have died in the crossfire.
The escalation comes during the presidency already marked by several instances of military action abroad.
During his first year back in office,
Trump has ordered strikes in multiple countries, including Venezuela.
where US forces captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
Taken together, it all marks a striking start to Trump's second term on the world stage.
And all of it raises really big questions.
What exactly is driving Trump's foreign policy right now?
How does that continue to play out over the next three years of his term?
And what does all of this mean for America's role in the world?
To help make sense of this moment, I spoke with Susan Glasser.
She's a staff writer at The New Yorker.
and she co-authored a book about Donald Trump and his first term in office.