Dexter Filkins

So every day that becomes less and less possible under the current government of Netanyahu.

So every day that becomes less and less possible under the current government of Netanyahu.

So every day that becomes less and less possible under the current government of Netanyahu.

Well, exactly. Exactly. And we don't know. Like, right. We don't know. Maybe this is all like a big distraction, you know, as Elon Musk dismantles the government or as, you know, Bibi prepares some big surprise for Iran. Like we maybe we'll find out. But my own sense, because we know we all know Trump. I mean, you know, he did this throughout his entire first term.

Well, exactly. Exactly. And we don't know. Like, right. We don't know. Maybe this is all like a big distraction, you know, as Elon Musk dismantles the government or as, you know, Bibi prepares some big surprise for Iran. Like we maybe we'll find out. But my own sense, because we know we all know Trump. I mean, you know, he did this throughout his entire first term.

Well, exactly. Exactly. And we don't know. Like, right. We don't know. Maybe this is all like a big distraction, you know, as Elon Musk dismantles the government or as, you know, Bibi prepares some big surprise for Iran. Like we maybe we'll find out. But my own sense, because we know we all know Trump. I mean, you know, he did this throughout his entire first term.

Somebody asked him a question and then he gives an outrageous answer. And then, you know, the press corps dutifully loses its mind and and and kind of, you know, writes about it and writes about it and talks about it and talks about it. And then it goes away. And like we've seen we've seen this before.

Somebody asked him a question and then he gives an outrageous answer. And then, you know, the press corps dutifully loses its mind and and and kind of, you know, writes about it and writes about it and talks about it and talks about it. And then it goes away. And like we've seen we've seen this before.

Somebody asked him a question and then he gives an outrageous answer. And then, you know, the press corps dutifully loses its mind and and and kind of, you know, writes about it and writes about it and talks about it and talks about it. And then it goes away. And like we've seen we've seen this before.

Yeah, let's see what happens over there. But CIA is a giant place. They have an enormous budget. Let's see what happens. And are there areas of the CIA that could probably be run more efficiently? Probably.

Yeah, let's see what happens over there. But CIA is a giant place. They have an enormous budget. Let's see what happens. And are there areas of the CIA that could probably be run more efficiently? Probably.

Yeah, let's see what happens over there. But CIA is a giant place. They have an enormous budget. Let's see what happens. And are there areas of the CIA that could probably be run more efficiently? Probably.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, let's see. Yeah, it's a radical proposal. Let's see how many people take it. But I think, yeah, I mean, when you get a press conference like we did yesterday, It is a great distraction from the other stuff that's going on of kind of Elon taking USAID, putting it in the wood chipper.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, let's see. Yeah, it's a radical proposal. Let's see how many people take it. But I think, yeah, I mean, when you get a press conference like we did yesterday, It is a great distraction from the other stuff that's going on of kind of Elon taking USAID, putting it in the wood chipper.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, let's see. Yeah, it's a radical proposal. Let's see how many people take it. But I think, yeah, I mean, when you get a press conference like we did yesterday, It is a great distraction from the other stuff that's going on of kind of Elon taking USAID, putting it in the wood chipper.

Yeah, it's a great way to change the subject while this other stuff is going on that we ought to be talking about.

Yeah, it's a great way to change the subject while this other stuff is going on that we ought to be talking about.

Yeah, it's a great way to change the subject while this other stuff is going on that we ought to be talking about.

I think we're kind of still in the same place, which is the Iranian project, this grand Iranian project, the Shiite crescent, which consisted of – even though Hamas is Sunni Muslim, but it consisted of Hamas – Hezbollah, Assad in Syria, it's gone. It's been destroyed.

I think we're kind of still in the same place, which is the Iranian project, this grand Iranian project, the Shiite crescent, which consisted of – even though Hamas is Sunni Muslim, but it consisted of Hamas – Hezbollah, Assad in Syria, it's gone. It's been destroyed.