John Mearsheimer: “Enormous Damage” of U.S.’s Iran War Loss

Political scientist John Mearsheimer and economist Yanis Varoufakis break down how America can lose war after war and remain powerful, and why Iran may be different. For the full discussion with Mearsheimer and Varoufakis, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/patreon-john-162543546 00:00 Yanis explains how America grows by losing wars 03:06 The Gulf states break away from the dollar system 03:46 MAGA turns against the war 06:14 Why America loses its wars 08:46 Mearsheimer on the real limits of military power 10:31 Yanis ties Vietnam defeat to winning the Cold War 14:26 America’s global financial machine 16:36 Iran threatens the dollar system 21:41 Scott Bessent tries to save Wall Street from collapse 22:41 Trump’s strategy worked until Iran 26:02 Yanis warns the dollar bubble will burst or deflate John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a leading realist scholar of international relations. A West Point graduate and former U.S. Air Force officer, he is the author of numerous influential works on U.S. foreign policy and power politics. Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, author, and former Greek finance minister who served during Greece’s 2015 debt crisis. A professor of economics and co-founder of DiEM25 and MeRA25, he is the author of numerous influential works on capitalism, austerity, debt, and global political economy. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@kthalps_