# @Al Jazeera English on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_bO1YA8kc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70115797-Al-Jazeera-English-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T00:16:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** aljazeeraenglish (@aljazeeraenglish) — https://gondola.cc/aljazeeraenglish

## Caption

David des Roches is a former Pentagon director of Arabian Peninsula Affairs. 
He says President Trump, who's dismissing the current conflict as “small potatoes”, is keen to downplay the situation.

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- **Views:** 29,329
- **Likes:** 175
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- **Comments:** 45

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