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Michael Weiss

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2352 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

They're very gung ho for Trump to get involved in this because for them, it is a much more immediate security threat for them to have the current Iranian regime in place.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

October 7th has changed their calculation across the board.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

which is why they not only went after Hamas in Gaza, but eviscerated Hezbollah in Lebanon, accidentally toppled Bashar al-Assad, even though there's some buyer's remorse there.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

So for them, this is just taking care of all family business.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

And the way they see it is they're never going to get a better guy in the White House than Donald Trump to go along with it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

That's for sure.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

I think it's coming.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

That's for sure.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

Just as one little final point there, I think the one thing that has dragged this out, members of the Trump family, including Trump himself, I guess it all devolves to the king at some point, but Kushner and Witkoff, his two plenipotentiaries, special advisors or envoys, they've got a lot of money tied up in the region.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

I mean, they've made a fortune going around

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

resolving these regional crises, assembling the peace board.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

Kushner with the largest leverage buyout in history done with the Saudis to purchase a video game giant.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

The Witkoffs getting money, $2 billion for world liberty, financial, whatever it's called, which Trump also is involved in from the Emiratis.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

So they don't want war in Iran because all of the Gulf paymasters that have financed their operations don't want war in Iran.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

But I think the

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

contradiction here is the Iranians are not willing to do what Donald Trump says, forfeit your nuclear program, give up your missile program, and then eliminate all of the proxy groups or your patronage of all the proxies you spent the better part of 30 years assembling throughout the region.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

So, you know, hence a kinetic conclusion to this.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

The one in Gaza, I mean, if you look at the deck or the slideshow that Jared put together, I mean, this goes beyond like Dubai and Palm Jumeirah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

This is like Coruscant, the imperial capital of Star Wars.

The Bulwark Podcast
Michael Weiss: Trump’s Fee-Fees Are Hurt

Most volatile piece of real estate in the Middle East, which is saying a lot because it's the Middle East.