Joel Pollak

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2,500 appearances 9 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 8 Sep

Joel Pollak’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And they think they can get there because they think Trump is terrified of losing the midterms.

And so they keep pushing more and more and more.

And Trump, I think, has made some strategic compromises for the sake of the midterm elections, but he can only go so far.

If you start firing at allies, not just Israel, but the Qataris and other people, Kuwaitis, Omanis, whatever.

and you start attacking shipping when there's a clear understanding you're not going to do that, then he's going to have to retaliate.

Now, in the past, we've seen these little retaliations, nothing really escalating, nothing going after the regime itself.

But that could change.

You don't know.

And I think Trump is certainly talking like someone who wants to end the regime now.

And he basically says these are scum.

He called them scum.

You can't deal with them.

They're crazy people.

And in a sense, they are because he's offering them a fantastic deal.

In fact, many people who were supportive of the effort to win the war are surprised that the terms are as nice to the Iranians as they are.

People think that he's actually

almost appeasing the Iranians, some critics would say.

And so he's giving them a pretty good deal, at least for the next few months.

And they're walking away from that and creating problems for him.

So I think he could mean it this time.

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