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Iran Deal Pressure Grows & How Ukraine Is Reshaping Warfare | 5.27.26

27 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Colorado is trying to silence free speech again. A state law forces businesses to use customers' preferred pronouns even if they're biologically inaccurate. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian bookstore, and a sports apparel company are challenging the law, but a court recently ruled against them.

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They appealed the ruling, and with ADF's help, they'll keep fighting another attempt by Colorado to skirt the First Amendment. Learn more about how you can support free speech by texting WIRE to 83848 or going to joinadf.com slash WIRE.

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30.018 - 39.097 John Bickley

President Trump convenes his cabinet today as peace talks with Iran reach a tipping point.

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39.698 - 41.782 Hasan Piker

It's either going to be a good deal or there isn't going to be one.

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42.384 - 48.837 John Bickley

I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howell. It's Wednesday, May 27th. This is Morning Wire.

55.921 - 63.488 Georgia Howe

Drone warfare in Russia and Ukraine leads to some of the most significant attacks to date. We have the latest on the four-year war.

63.548 - 72.837 Mary Kissel

The idea that, you know, we're talking about ends of wars after a couple weeks or months or years is really ridiculous when you look at the history of warfare.

73.478 - 81.706 John Bickley

And influential left-wing streamer and Democrat darling Hassan Piker confirms he's under investigation for aiding Cuba. They're after your boy.

81.986 - 82.907 Hasan Piker

They're up my a**.

Chapter 2: What recent actions has President Trump taken regarding Iran?

155.636 - 162.828 Georgia Howe

The meeting was originally scheduled to be at Camp David, which itself is rare, but was moved to the White House at the last minute due to weather.

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163.329 - 169.48 John Bickley

Joining us now to discuss is Victoria Coates, national security and foreign policy expert at Heritage. Victoria, great to see you again.

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169.921 - 170.742 Victoria Coates

Good to see you both.

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171.042 - 178.789 John Bickley

So let's start with this cabinet meeting. How significant is it that the president called for it now? And what do we know going into this?

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179.41 - 199.429 Victoria Coates

Yeah, it is unusual. The president is not a huge fan of Camp David. It is quite rustic for his tastes, but it is also extremely private and a quiet, secure place where if you need to make a very serious decision, that's an appropriate place to go. And historically, that's when he's made his big decisions. I think that shows you the urgency of it.

200.101 - 204.036 John Bickley

He said this is very secretive, so we don't know many details going into this, correct?

204.725 - 223.204 Victoria Coates

No, I mean, we can read the tea leaves a little bit. You know, clearly there is a fissure emerging amongst the leadership of Iran. You have the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the one hand. Those are the folks who probably sent out the mine boats and prepared the missile launchers. Then you have President Pazushkin and his administration.

223.245 - 232.234 Victoria Coates

They're the ones who seem to be doing things like loosening up the Internet access. They might be more willing to deal on the nuclear program, but it's not clear there's a decision maker.

232.552 - 242.734 John Bickley

Right. You mentioned the mines. We've reported here on the recent strikes from the U.S. in the southern part of Iran. CENTCOM made sure to stress that these were defensive and very limited.

Chapter 3: How is drone warfare impacting the conflict between Russia and Ukraine?

242.754 - 246.021 John Bickley

How fractured is this ceasefire at this point?

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246.338 - 269.73 Victoria Coates

Well, it does seem to be calming down. So if that was a rogue element of the IRGC and the Americans essentially put them back in their box, I can see the Iranians kind of taking that as an OK signal to send. What I don't think they would tolerate right now is the resumption of actual hostilities. The Israelis have said they're not planning to do anything like that in Iran.

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269.71 - 279.332 Victoria Coates

for the time being, and that could be the kind of decision-making the president's going to take a look at if he thinks the deal is possible or if he thinks we need to start planning for more kinetic action.

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279.363 - 302.13 John Bickley

The political pressure on Trump has really mounted in this last week, especially after early reports on this deal, even from the right. Trump said this is largely negotiated. We got some early reports about what it might be. Do we have more details about the terms now of the deal? And will the pressure end up forcing a less than optimal outcome for the U.S. ?

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302.853 - 325.377 Victoria Coates

I don't think so. I think, you know, the deal looks pretty straightforward. The strait gets opened in fairly expeditious fashion. Iran doesn't get to play the troll under the bridge and collect tolls. in perpetuity, there would be some sanctions relief on them if they do relinquish this highly enriched uranium. That is going to also be, though, a significant process.

325.457 - 347.868 Victoria Coates

It probably would take months under optimal circumstances. So that may be a sticking point, just how much sanctions relief the president's willing to permit them. He said not much until they give up the so-called nuclear dust. And if that takes months, what does that mean to the Iranians? So I think that's essentially the deal in a nutshell.

348.028 - 353.557 Victoria Coates

It certainly seems like we can get there if there's somebody in Iran who's empowered to actually make a decision.

354.098 - 356.883 John Bickley

Yeah, that's a big if. Victoria, thank you so much for coming on.

357.524 - 358.105 Victoria Coates

Thank you.

Chapter 4: What is the significance of the cabinet meeting convened by President Trump?

689.555 - 699.899 Mary Kissel

Can we predict with a crystal ball when wars end? No. The Korean War is still ongoing. Recall, we don't have an end to that conflict. That's simply an uneasy piece.

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700.32 - 705.392 Georgia Howe

From your vantage point, what do you think are the next steps between Russia and Ukraine? What are you expecting to see?

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705.372 - 725.659 Mary Kissel

Well, that's hard to say. You have a U.S. administration that has a lot on its plate. And as we saw in the national security strategy, the Trump II regime is much more focused on hemispheric security than anything else. And that is long overdue. But that suggests that you could see more of a focus on things like Cuba.

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725.639 - 742.515 Mary Kissel

than you could the war in Ukraine, especially since you haven't seen the president focus on it so much as the Iran war has dragged out. And as those negotiations perhaps hasn't gone as quickly and productively as the White House would have liked.

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743.156 - 748.501 Georgia Howe

All right. Well, Mary, thank you so much for putting that in a broader context for us. And thank you for making time for us today.

749.362 - 751.444 Mary Kissel

It's a delight to be with you. Thank you for inviting me.

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