Trumpet Hour: Week in Review—Iran’s Implementation Day, Pressure on Merkel, Looming Debt Defaults, and More

Last Saturday, January 16, was Implementation Day to the Iranian nuclear agreement. The Obama administration says this heralds a new era of diplomacy with Iran. Analysts say no, Iran is more dangerous than ever, and now it’s unquestionably the dominant power of the Middle East.

Pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel is ramping up. Prominent politicians are saying she’d better resolve the migrant crisis soon—or get out.

A leading economist warns that the world is about to experience a wave of epic debt defaults—and suggests that we have a debt jubilee.

Details of a deal between Russia and Syria indicate that Russia is in the Middle East to stay.

A British inquiry found that Vladimir Putin was likely responsible for the murder of one of his prominent critics.