Tim Miller

Donald Trump posted this on his social media platform.

Iran has taken some shots with respect to ship movement, including at a South Korean cargo ship.

Perhaps it's time for South Korea to come and join the mission.

Well, I should just say as a quick aside here that that South Korea, everything was going fine for South Korea before you attacked Iran.

So I don't know why this would make South Korea want to join the mission now.

In response, Trump writes that we've shut down seven small boats.

Or as I like to call them, fast boats.

So as a result, we are seeing prices increase in the oil market and obviously tensions rising with some of our allies.

So we get into most of this on the podcast today.

And Bill, frankly...

alludes to the fact that that iran might start these types of attacks again and um we got it a couple hours later so uh that's the latest we'll have much more obviously on tomorrow's show and the rest of the week uh stick around for bill crystal monday

Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Podcast.

I'm your host, Tim Miller.

It is Monday.

It is May.

And so we're here with editor-at-large Bill Kristol.

I do have to say, 2026 feels like it's moving a little faster than 2025.

2025 was a long slog, the first year of Trump.

And my daughter, last night before bedtime, she said to me, she was like,

It makes me sad.