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TRUMP PUSHES FOR WAR WHILE GUTTING DIPLOMACY - The Weekend Primetime - MS NOW
As we enter the second week of the war with Iran, a question lingers: did Trump's envoys actually try to prevent this war from happening? Hard to imagine when over 80 Ambassador posts remain vacant. In addition, the Iranians were reportedly confused that they were just dealing with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, not nuclear technical experts, lawyers or career diplomats.
Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt and Suzanne Maloney, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institute, join The Weekend: Primetime to discuss whether peace was ever really an option, or was war always inevitable. - Aired on 03/08/2026.