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Transcript: Trump’s Two Choices in Iran

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This is a lightly edited transcript of the October 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic . I’m joined by Elizabeth Saunders.

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    This is a lightly edited transcript of the October 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic . I’m joined by Elizabeth Saunders.

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    You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . Donald Trump’s choices in Iran remain “humiliation or escalation,” says Elizabeth Saunders , a Columbia University professor who studies U.S.

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