Trump Has Left Iran With 3 Options

Trump Has Left Iran With 3 Options
U.S forces patrol near the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska after it was boarded and seized by U.S. forces on Sunday, at a location given as the Arabian Sea, in this handout image released April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via Reuters
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This is a lightly edited transcript of an April 23rd segment of the Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words podcast.
We’re about 60 days into the Iran war, and we’re getting a lot of mixed signals from the media, from the administration, from the Iranians, of course, who have no real government, there’s nothing more than a series of competing factions, of which we’re not sure who has the power in Tehran.
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Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”