# Trump has ‘run out of options’ in Iran war: Stephen Walt

https://mins.news/en/video/29988

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-23 18:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKpHOS4PnI

> Harvard international relations professor Stephen Walt argues that Donald Trump’s unpredictability is not improving the US position in the Iran war because Iran has no reason to trust what he says. Walt describes the conflict as a ‘hurting stalemate’ in which neither side wants to escalate and both are waiting for the other to crack.

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