‘Trump needs the appearance of success, not the reality of success’: David Frum on whether Trump can truly bring peace to the Middle East

Sean Speer and David Frum discuss the latest developments in efforts to resolve the Israel-Hamas conflict in light of the anniversary of the October 7th attacks. They examine whether President Trump’s negotiating approach will lead to a sustainable peace and Hamas’ apocalyptic religious ideology that makes it fundamentally different from a traditional national liberation movement. In the second half of the show, they explore how the conflict revealed deeper problems in Western societies, including the breakdown of rational discourse, the weaponization of information warfare, and underlying anti-Western sentiment that manifests as antisemitism. You can listen to this episode on Amazon, Apple, and Spotify.