I Asked a Former Trump Official to Justify This War

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I Asked a Former Trump Official to Justify This War

This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.

This is not the presidency many Americans thought they were voting for. It is not the presidency that Donald Trump and the people around him claimed he would deliver.

Archival clip of Donald Trump: I’m going to be the one that keeps you out of war. I’ll keep you out of war.Archival clip of Trump: We’re not going to have war in the Middle East.Archival clip of Trump: We did no wars. I had no wars.Archival clip of Trump: They said you will start a war. I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to........

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