With the conflict continuing to develop between Israel and Iran, we consider the role of the United States and President Trump.
**On Today's Show:**Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, *A Capital Calamity *(Miniver Press, 2024), offers analysis of the Iran-Israel conflict and discusses his recent column appraising the odds of the United States joining the fight.