Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
1/29/26: Imminent Iran Attack, Rand Paul Vs Rubio On Venezuela, Dollar Collapse, Trump Accounts For Babies
29 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What warning did Jeffrey Sachs give about an imminent attack on Iran?
It's all fake. This is regime change. This is straight up and down regime change. And what's worse, again, this time, there's no organized movement against it.
And in fact, you have multiple voices telling the president, including Lindsey Graham and other influential ones, sir, the way to take eyes off of all of the problems with ICE, with Epstein and all that is to pursue the great democracy project. here in Iran. All signs currently point. Now, look, listen, he's done this before. You never know.
But considering the fact that we literally kidnapped Maduro, you know, in the middle of the night and executed a massive regime change operation with no congressional authorization or anything, we cannot rule any of this out. It could be bluster. It also could not be. And this is 10, I mean, 100 times more dangerous than what could happen with Venezuela.
Yeah, well, and he clearly is framing it as another Venezuela type operation, which tells you a lot about his psychology and how he thinks of it. I mean, your analysis there is really worth underscoring because in the same way that Venezuela was about the drugs and then it wasn't about the drugs and then it was about machine guns and then, you know, it's about the oil.
We had the same thing here originally. It's supposed to be about the nukes. Then it's not about the nukes. It's about, oh, my God, you're being so mean to these protesters. Now it's back to it's about the nukes. But also, by the way, we are not going to, you know, part of any negotiation with you requires you to give up these ballistic missiles, which no sovereign nation would agree.
I mean, the Iranians would be insane to agree to that. So it seems like a poison pill. designed, and we already know the negotiations have broken down, designed to lead directly to war, which is why Jeffrey Sachs and others are analyzing that, you know, this looks like that's where we're heading.
Let's go and put the CNN tear sheet up on the screen because we have some reporting from them that is worth breaking down. So they say that President Trump is weighing a major new strike on Iran after preliminary discussions between Washington and Tehran over limiting the country's nuclear program and ballistic missile production failed to make progress.
It's a rapid refocusing of the administration's publicly framed objectives for Iran comes only weeks after Trump seriously considered military action he framed as potential aid for nationwide protests in Iran. Protesters had faced violent crackdowns. Trump on Wednesday posts on True Social demanding Iran come to the table, options he is now considering. include U.S.
military airstrikes aimed at Iran's leaders and the security officials believed to be responsible for the killings, as well as strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and government institutions. The sources said Trump has not made a final decision on how to proceed, but he believes his military options have been expanded from earlier this month now that a U.S. carrier strike group is in the region. And
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