Dexter Filkins

They were very effective Trump sanctions in the first term. It's squeezing the Iranians like like all their clients out in the Middle East, like Hezbollah. They like weren't getting paid. It really it really, really hurt them. And so when the Biden administration took those off, they got kind of a shot of life. So now they're going to try to reimpose these. I think the really hard part of this.

They were very effective Trump sanctions in the first term. It's squeezing the Iranians like like all their clients out in the Middle East, like Hezbollah. They like weren't getting paid. It really it really, really hurt them. And so when the Biden administration took those off, they got kind of a shot of life. So now they're going to try to reimpose these. I think the really hard part of this.

They were very effective Trump sanctions in the first term. It's squeezing the Iranians like like all their clients out in the Middle East, like Hezbollah. They like weren't getting paid. It really it really, really hurt them. And so when the Biden administration took those off, they got kind of a shot of life. So now they're going to try to reimpose these. I think the really hard part of this.

It's going to be like Iran is selling a lot of oil and they're selling a lot of oil to China. And China's happy to buy it. You know, they have an inexhaustible appetite for oil. Can we like call the Chinese up and go, hey, do you think you can just stop buying all that Iranian oil every day? That's going to be hard. That's going to be really hard.

It's going to be like Iran is selling a lot of oil and they're selling a lot of oil to China. And China's happy to buy it. You know, they have an inexhaustible appetite for oil. Can we like call the Chinese up and go, hey, do you think you can just stop buying all that Iranian oil every day? That's going to be hard. That's going to be really hard.

It's going to be like Iran is selling a lot of oil and they're selling a lot of oil to China. And China's happy to buy it. You know, they have an inexhaustible appetite for oil. Can we like call the Chinese up and go, hey, do you think you can just stop buying all that Iranian oil every day? That's going to be hard. That's going to be really hard.

Thanks so much, Terry.

Thanks so much, Terry.

Thanks so much, Terry.

Well, they've been doing a fair amount. So when Biden came in in 2021, he appoints Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense, former general. And essentially signs an order saying set up DEI, you know, diversity, equity, inclusion across the Pentagon. And, you know, the U.S. military, we're talking 3 million people, civilian and military.

Well, they've been doing a fair amount. So when Biden came in in 2021, he appoints Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense, former general. And essentially signs an order saying set up DEI, you know, diversity, equity, inclusion across the Pentagon. And, you know, the U.S. military, we're talking 3 million people, civilian and military.

Well, they've been doing a fair amount. So when Biden came in in 2021, he appoints Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense, former general. And essentially signs an order saying set up DEI, you know, diversity, equity, inclusion across the Pentagon. And, you know, the U.S. military, we're talking 3 million people, civilian and military.

And so they set up this bureaucracy that kind of, you know, there's like required classes and stuff. They sort of don't amount to all that much, but they also do a bunch of things. You know, this stuff is so sensitive and it's so controversial. And so, for instance... the Navy did a recruiting ad by a transsexual.

And so they set up this bureaucracy that kind of, you know, there's like required classes and stuff. They sort of don't amount to all that much, but they also do a bunch of things. You know, this stuff is so sensitive and it's so controversial. And so, for instance... the Navy did a recruiting ad by a transsexual.

And so they set up this bureaucracy that kind of, you know, there's like required classes and stuff. They sort of don't amount to all that much, but they also do a bunch of things. You know, this stuff is so sensitive and it's so controversial. And so, for instance... the Navy did a recruiting ad by a transsexual.

And I think the Navy also did an ad, maybe it was in the Army, but they also did an ad, a kind of animated ad, showing a female couple in the military kind of, you know, getting along fine and thriving in the military. And so they did stuff like that that was kind of, you know, substantively, it might not have been all that much, but it was very visible.

And I think the Navy also did an ad, maybe it was in the Army, but they also did an ad, a kind of animated ad, showing a female couple in the military kind of, you know, getting along fine and thriving in the military. And so they did stuff like that that was kind of, you know, substantively, it might not have been all that much, but it was very visible.

And I think the Navy also did an ad, maybe it was in the Army, but they also did an ad, a kind of animated ad, showing a female couple in the military kind of, you know, getting along fine and thriving in the military. And so they did stuff like that that was kind of, you know, substantively, it might not have been all that much, but it was very visible.

And I think it got a lot of people's attention.

And I think it got a lot of people's attention.