Chapter 1: What conflicting statements did Trump make about the war in Iran?
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Chapter 2: How is the global energy crisis connected to Trump's decisions?
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Chapter 3: Why are some Republicans hesitant to challenge Trump's war funding?
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of drone warfare as a business venture for the Trump family?
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Chapter 5: How are American citizens being affected by the administration's deportation campaign?
I'm Tommy Vitor. On today's show, we'll talk about the latest with Trump's war in Iran, which, according to him, is both almost over and just getting started. Great. We'll also talk about D.C. 's giddiest warmonger, Lindsey Graham, the MAGA media stars who are feeling betrayed by Trump and why some Democrats still haven't ruled out funding this war.
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Chapter 6: What insights does Congressman Pat Ryan provide about opposing the war?
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We are on week two of Trump and Netanyahu's war in Iran that's left nearly 1500 dead, including hundreds of children and now seven Americans set off a global energy crisis and brought to power the late Ayatollah's son, a hardliner who may be even more extreme than his father.
Iran continues to launch retaliatory strikes across the Middle East and may be activating sleeper cells around the world, according to ABC News. The Daily Mail also reported that the White House is blocking our intel agencies from warning local law enforcement that Trump's war has led to an elevated threat of terrorist attacks here in the U.S.,
Trump, he doesn't seem too concerned about any of this and has reportedly expressed interest in deploying ground troops to Iran, according to NBC. Then on Monday, he had more of a mission accomplished vibe. Sure did. In a pair of appearances in front of House Republicans and at a press conference at his club in Doral, Florida.
We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil.
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Chapter 7: What are the Democrats' strategies regarding war funding in Congress?
And I think you'll see it's going to be a short term excursion. Short term. Short term, we had leaders and they're gone. Then we had new leaders and they're gone. And now nobody has any idea who the people are that are going to be the head of the country. We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough.
That's what a quote. Hasn't won enough. And he was asked about that quote and other statements at a press conference immediately following the event.
We're achieving major strides toward completing our military objective. And some people could say they're pretty well complete. You've said the war is, quote, very complete. But your defense secretary says this is just the beginning. So which is it? And how long should Americans be prepared for this war to last?
Chapter 8: How do Trump's actions impact the upcoming midterm elections?
Well, I think you could say both. We could call it a tremendous success right now as we leave here, I could call it. Or we could go further. And we're going to go further.
Clear as day. Like, what is happening? Then later he's asked, like, is it going to be over this week? And he's like, no, but it'll be over soon. Soon. Very soon. Two weeks? He was asked, how can it both be only just beginning and almost over? And he's like, in a way, both are true.
Okay.
Yeah, it's really, it's gotten real meta here. He also was like, you know, we could have done it. So look, if we didn't, if they're like, they asked him to define success. And he said, well, success, you know, the mission's over when the next day, they don't go back to building nuclear weapons the next day. And then he said, look, we could have done this the easy way or the hard way.
And we did it the hard way. But I actually think the hard way is the easy way. What? What does that mean? It was wild. It's just like, clearly what happened today is he woke up, he saw the price of oil going through the roof. He saw the stock market getting spooked. And he was like, I got to say something to calm the waters here.
But like, I don't know that that means it's actually going to end the war sooner than later. Like the Israelis are going to have a say. The Iranians are going to have a say. And by no objective measure is mission accomplished, right? Like there's 900 pounds of enriched nuclear material sitting in Iran that everybody says they're the most concerned about.
Someone's going to want to get their hands on that, whether it's us or Israel. They still have a ballistic missile program. The supreme leader has been replaced by his more hardline son. I want this war to be over. This is why it sucks to be a Democrat. I want the war to stop right now forever. But by no means have we accomplished anything.
I'm sure the son of the Ayatollah will be in a pretty conciliatory mood now that he's murdered his family. Yeah, U.S. Air Strike killed his father, wife, mother, and son. So yes, I'm sure he'll be a big, they'll stop those death to America chants now. And this guy is more hardline, and he's close with the Revolutionary Guards. And this is another thing.
So let's take a couple of these things at a time. Number one, the new Ayatollah. Trump, a couple times today now, has said, we don't even know who their leadership is anymore. We killed off the first leadership, and the second round of leadership's gone, and they don't even know who's running the country. And it seems pretty clear that there is a new leader, Everon.
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