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Hillary Clinton on How Donald Trump Lost the Iran War

June 22, 2026·49 min·6-min readinterviewpolitics
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Hillary Clinton, in a wide-ranging conversation with David Remnick, argues that Donald Trump represents a sustained threat of authoritarianism, enabled by a culture of political acquiescence and judicial failure. She critiques Biden’s 2024 run as a catastrophic miscalculation and expresse

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Hillary Clinton

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Hillary ClintonDavid RemnickDonald TrumpJoe BidenBenjamin NetanyahuJohn RobertsKamala HarrisAlexandria Ocasio-CortezJoe Biden

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Something Lost, Something Gainedby Hillary Clinton

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AuthoritarianismDemocracyElectionsForeign PolicyGeopoliticsPolitical NewsSupreme CourtUs Politics

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