Letters from an American

Fecklessly Failing

April 21, 2026·14 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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The podcast episode, delivered as a letter from historian Heather Cox Richardson and read by Michael Moss, examines the escalating and chaotic U.S.-Iran conflict under President Donald Trump’s second term. It centers on Trump’s erratic decision-making following the downing of an Americ

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Donald TrumpHeather Cox RichardsonMichael MossJared KushnerBenjamin NetanyahuHakeem JeffriesLori Chavez de Reamer

Books

Letters from an Americanby Heather Cox Richardson

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Wall Street JournalThe AtlanticFinancial Times

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Breaking NewsCriminal Justice ReformFederal ReserveForeign PolicyGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismUs Politics

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