Trump, Hegseth & the Gang Meet Thucydides, Romans & Hubris. Analysis & Commentary

One For the Road 1776 · May 30, 2026 · 14m

To read the full text of the podcast and the links to the quoted materials, please see: ⁠https://erm76.substack.com/p/trump-hegseth-and-the-gang-meet-thucydides Trump is threatening, once again, to bomb Iran unless its leaders agree to his peace plans. Not the plan of the United States—but his. It's as though it's his personal battle without the appropriate consultation with Congress. But one has to show bravado in these situations, per the chicken-hawk manual. And we should never have been here in the first place. Trump withdrew from an existing treaty with Iran that focused on…