Prof. John Mearsheimer: U.S. ON THE BRINK OF SELF-DESTRUCTION: Trump's Iran Sanctions DOOMED TO FAIL

Professor John Mearsheimer returns to break down one of the most reckless gambles in recent U.S. foreign policy — Washington's so-called economic "D-Day" against Iran, and why it may end up strangling America instead. In this conversation, Mearsheimer argues that the balance of military coercion has decisively shifted in Iran's favor — and that the U.S. no longer has a military card left to play. From threatening to push nations out of the dollar system, to the collapse of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, to a Strategic Petroleum Reserve now at its lowest since 1982, the warning signs are everywhere. 🔻 What we get into: ▪️ Why the "maximum pressure" sanctions strategy is doomed to fail ▪️ The dollar-system threat that could backfire catastrophically on the U.S. ▪️ Why China, Russia, Turkey, the UAE — and even Europe — are quietly rooting against Washington ▪️ The Pearl Harbor parallel: what happens when you corner a nation fighting for survival ▪️ How the Strait of Hormuz went from ~130 ships a day to just 9–12 ▪️ Ukraine's collapsing air defenses and why Western elites keep telling stories "divorced from reality" Is this the moment the world stops fearing American economic power — and starts calling its bluff? 🎙️ Guest: Professor John J. Mearsheimer — political scientist, international relations theorist, University of Chicago 📌 Subscribe and turn on notifications for more hard-nosed geopolitical analysis with the sharpest minds in the field. 💬 What do you think — is Trump walking into a trap of his own making? Drop your take in the comments. #Mearsheimer #JohnMearsheimer #Iran #USForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #Trump #StraitOfHormuz #DollarCollapse #Sanctions #IranWar #USEconomy #Ukraine #Russia #China #InternationalRelations #MiddleEast #Realism #WorldPolitics #GlobalEconomy #ForeignPolicy