John Heilman

And, you know, they're trying to manage this with the jawboning.

I've been enjoying the fact that I think we've hit an inflection point with the war and about how bad it's going that for two straight days, we have not had an Axios report from an anonymous insider about how a deal is just around the corner.

We're getting one of those every morning at 8.15.

It's like clockwork.

It's like, ooh, senior administration official said the Iranians are interested in coming to the table.

Senior administration official says that they're seeing an end in sight.

We're not even getting those anymore.

Haven't gotten one as of 9.45.

We're taping this Wednesday morning.

There was a Wall Street Journal report last night that Trump instructed aides to prepare for an extended blockade because he doesn't want to get –

Back into a hot war because he doesn't want to look like a wuss.

And so the blockade and hoping they crumble internally is his preferred outcome here.

And that's like cutting off your nose despite your face in the most extreme way possible.

Billion?

B with a B. B with a B. B as in Barry.

Yeah, well.

I don't see that.

I just don't see the way out of it.

That's what I'm saying.

Yeah, even if it were to end soon, it's kind of like, okay, the House Armed Services Committee, they got Hegseth over there this morning.