Louise McSharry

And to think about these three American service members dying, you have to wonder what impact that's going to have

in domestic politics in the US.

I mean, it's surely not going to win Donald Trump any favors.

I think it's been pointed out that, you know, people are now really focused obviously on talking about this conflict, which has kind of taken the light away from the Epstein files and the conversation about Donald Trump's involvement there.

It obviously comes after heavy groundwork was laid in terms of international politics via the action and inaction over what happened in Gaza, the allowance of Israel to just do whatever they want, clearly.

And also be, this probably isn't the right word to use, but be in cahoots with the US.

They're obviously working in a very coordinated way.

fashion on what's happening at the moment um so obviously you know Israel was never going to be called to task in any big way on Gaza by the by America when they are working together in this fashion it's just all very worrying about the actual stability of world politics isn't it

Yeah, like, I mean, the US, as of early 2026, according to Google, the US defense budget is $880 to $900 billion annually.

Like, that is enormous.

when you have a situation where Americans, many of them are struggling to get food.

I heard one American calling into a radio show saying that she'd lost, I think, 28 pounds over the course of the last couple of months or a few months or maybe year.

Actually, the time period is important.

But anyway, it was in a relatively short period of time.

And she said that she wasn't someone who needed to lose weight, but she'd lost weight because she couldn't afford food.

She was talking about her benefits, essentially like her SNAP benefits.

And she said that under Joe Biden, she would have had $100 a month left to spend on food.

And what she gets now, she has $12 a month to spend on food.

People are really suffering in America from the changes that Donald Trump has made, which is one of the reasons his approval rating is suffering so much.

So when you've got people who are literally starving in your country, and then you hear that $900 billion is being spent on wars that you're not interested in, that's got to lead to frustration.