"We don't have leverage" | Anja Manuel says Trumps economic D-day is going "nowhere"

"We don't have leverage" | Anja Manuel says Trumps economic D-day is going "nowhere"

Author: Times Radio August 25, 2026 Duration: 28:09
Anja Manuel, former diplomat and US foreign policy advisor, Executive Director of the Aspen Security Forum and who together with former US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice runs a strategic consulting firm, lays out why she thinks "Economic D-Day" on Iran isn't going to work while simultaneously shining a bit of optimism on prospects for resolving the US's trade war with Canada. Manuel reflects on DOGE'S failures and weighs in on Ukraine's path forward. Finally, from her perch in Silicon Valley, she shares concerns about a sort of AI Chernobyl in cyberspace too in the not distant future.

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