{"id":14664,"date":"2026-08-05T12:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14664"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:28:59","slug":"trump-niederlage-iran-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/trump-niederlage-iran-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Mearsheimer \u2013 Trump Must Admit His Defeat in Iran | Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>In this video, political scientist and international relations expert John Mearsheimer explains why he believes a U.S. victory in the war against Iran is impossible. He analyzes Washington\u2019s failed military strategies and shows why Trump\u2019s negotiating position is deteriorating with every passing month.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Mearsheimer concludes that Trump no longer has a viable strategy for winning the war\u2014and that reaching an agreement with Iran has now become not only necessary, but significantly more difficult.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by John Mearsheimer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nRAtD7iAgwY\">published on his YouTube channel <\/a>on the 30th of July, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>To read the transcript of the interview:<strong><strong><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Episode-2_-Trump-Must-Admit-Defeat-In-Iran.docx.pdf\">Prof. John Mearsheimer \u2013 Trump Must Admit His Defeat in Iran | Episode 2<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>We are transitioning away from YouTube. 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Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He then started graduate school in political science at Cornell University in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in 1980. He spent the 1979-1980 academic year as a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University\u2019s Center for International Affairs from 1980 to 1982. During the 1998-1999 academic year, he was the Whitney H. 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