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What's Trump's mindset as he backtracks on Iran and says things like he 'loves the inflation'?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 12, 2026 at 10:59 AM CDT

On the politics roundtable, hosts Indira Lakshmanan and Peter O’Dowd talk with journalists Sahil Kapur and Elana Schor about President Trump’s on-again, off-again military strikes in his unpopular war with Iran, and concerns about how it affects the economy so close to the November elections.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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