Michelle Cottle

Guys, how's it going?

It's going all right.

OK, this is not inspiring.

I was like, all right.

And just going.

We'll unpack that later, maybe.

But we're going to get down to business.

And first up, talk about the war in Iran and President Trump's approach to our allies.

And Jamal is going to explain to us what he thinks Trump is really focused on these days.

Hint, it's not the war or even White House renovations.

As always, got to note that we're taping this on Thursday.

So the specific shape of the chaos will change probably before you all hear us.

And with that, let's get down to business.

We are moving into the fourth week of America and Israel's war with Iran.

There is no end in sight.

And from best I can tell, no clear direction of where this is going.

Each day we're seeing new attacks on Iran.

Oil prices have spiked.

Trump decided he'd fix that by relaxing sanctions on Russia.

And surprise, our allies are not super excited to send ships to protect the Strait of Hormuz to help with a war they were not consulted on.