Daily Podcasts Video Research

Trump's Restrainers, Restraining Israel

star 0 Politics Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Commentary Magazine's podcast delves into a New York Times story revealing Donald Trump's decision not to support an Israeli strike on Iran, highlighting internal disputes among his administration officials. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
JL;DR members get full summaries and key points of all podcast episodes in the archive, including this one. Donate & listen smarter »

Tags

New York TimesIranDonald TrumpU.S. Israel RelationsNetanyahuForeign PolicyMilitary StrategyDiplomacyNuclear Program

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"The topic of the inaugural Sapir Debate, to be held on the evening of May 15th at the 92nd Street Y here in New York City, will focus on the only slightly controversial question, is Donald Trump good for the Jews?"
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Joining the debate are Jason Greenblatt, Special Envoy to the Middle East in Trump's first term as President, and Rahm Emanuel, former Mayor of Chicago and Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama."
Israel
"Sapir is proud to announce the Sapir Debates, a public debate series on the most consequential issues facing Jewish communities in the U.S., Israel, and around the world."
United Kingdom
"Remarkable lead article by Jonathan Forman, the British. Veteran British-American journalist who was the primary author of the Andrew Roberts report that you heard about, the all-party parliamentary group on UK-Israel, on what happened on October 7th, his piece, The Untold Story of How Israel Failed on October 7th."
Iran
"Senior Israeli officials updated their American counterparts on a plan that would have combined an Israeli commando raid on underground nuclear sites with a bombing campaign, an effort that the Israelis hoped would involve American aircraft, but Israeli military officials said the commando operation would not be ready until October."
Yemen
"With the United States intensifying its war against the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen."
China
"General Carrillo began moving military equipment to the Middle East. The second aircraft carrier, Carl Vinson, is now in the Arabian Sea, joining the carrier Harry S. Truman. U.S. also moved two Patriot missile batteries and a terminal high-altitude area defense system known as a THAAD to the Middle East."
This podcast episode was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 49583
Cairo Source ID 60
Retrieved 2025-04-18 05:31:07 UTC
Curated 2025-04-18 06:05:21 UTC