# Bruen: Political Power Is Diffusing in the Post-American Era

https://mins.news/en/video/92264

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-08 22:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6proPOoqXUU

> Brett Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room and a former US diplomat, says Iran may resist President Donald Trump’s effort to ease tensions before the midterm elections and may keep using attacks to show its leverage. Bruen says Trump cannot speak for Israel, whose prime minister will make his own calculations partly based on political prospects. Leaders in Europe, Canada, Japan and the Middle East are starting to build their own struct…

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