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Historian Christopher Clark Calls Trump's Iran War Conduct 'Frightening'

The Cambridge scholar delivered the warning in a dpa interview in Cologne during a book appearance.

Overview

  • He says Trump holds great power and destructive potential yet appears to be prosecuting the campaign against Iran without a plan.
  • He argues the current U.S. government operates without values or norms and rejects claims that blunt rhetoric is preferable to traditional restraint.
  • He condemns Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s language, quoting his assertion that the war was "never meant to be a fair fight."
  • He warns NATO looks weaker than at almost any point in its history because mutual trust has eroded, particularly due to U.S. conduct under Trump.
  • He contrasts today’s complex, multipolar security environment with 1914’s bloc dynamics and cautions against regime‑change approaches that seek to eliminate regimes outright.