Michael Barbaro

And many of the people he wants to see indicted or the cases he wants to see brought, the evidence just isn't there.

And judges and juries are not going along.

So even as the president puts in someone new, they're going to face the enormous task of satisfying him in ways that are sometimes beyond their control.

Right.

In that sense, the attorney general of Trump term two is in a lot of ways set up to fail.

That's how it seems.

Well, Tyler, thank you very much.

We appreciate it.

Thanks so much for having me, Michael.

We'll be right back.

Here's what else you need to know today.

Growing frustration from American allies over President Trump's approach to Iran boiled over on Thursday when French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out at Trump.

When we want to be serious, we don't say the opposite of what we said the other day.

Speaking to reporters, Macron mocked Trump for seemingly contradicting himself on his goals for the war on a daily basis and suggested that one solution was for Trump to simply talk less about the war.

Meanwhile, in the latest headache for President Trump, Iran signaled that it intends to keep overseeing shipping traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz even after the war ends.

The United States insists that Iran has no legal right to do so.

Finally, as the war rages on, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Army's highest ranking official, four-star General Randy George, over a variety of disagreements.

One of them was Hegseth's unusual decision to block the promotion of four Army officials, a move that General George strongly opposed.

Today's episode was produced by Nina Feldman and Caitlin O'Keefe.

It was edited by Rachel Quester and Maria Byrne.