The authoritarian presidency cannot sustain itself
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Donald Trump promised a short war. Five months later, his own administration is refusing to say whether it might continue for years or how many more Americans might die. Trump then freezes when directly confronted about whether his threats to destroy Iranian civilian infrastructure could be war crimes. And as his political position deteriorates, he's demanding new voting restrictions before these midterms that are just months away, while Caroline Leavitt desperately blames Joe Biden for everything bad happening under Trump. We'll also look at the president's disturbing six hour explosion of bizarre A.I. fantasies and the new push to question Baron Trump about his alleged connection to the Tate brothers who have been arrested and Mitch McConnell's six weeks this six week disappearance.
What's the latest with it? Plus, the White House correspondents dinner redux treated Trump's authoritarian threats like comedy. Disgusting. All of that and more today.
I want to start Forget about weeks, but not even months, years. And it could kill even more American troops. Remember that this is the peace president, the self-proclaimed peace president, the proclaimed by Tulsi Gabbard peace president. And he criticized exactly these types of open ended forever wars. He said only stupid presidents get us into this crap. Well, Kristen Welker on NBC confronted Trump's ambassador to the U.N., Mike Waltz, with a very simple question, which was Trump said this would last weeks. It's been five months. Will it at least be over by the end of the year? Well, take a look at this. Iran right now.
Mr. Ambassador, a lot of people are very interested in the timeline of this because President Trump had initially said that this conflict would last for a matter of weeks, five to six weeks. He said we are now at the five month mark. Will this war be over by the new year?
Listen to whether there's a yes or a no here.
This war has been going on for 47 years.
Incorrect. The regime has been in power 47 years, but the United States has not been at war with Iran for that period of time. Not to mention, we were obviously not at war with Iran while the Obama Iran nuclear deal was in place. So he's starting. It's a yes or no question. He starts with a lie that is neither a yes nor a no.
Uh, this, these attacks on Americans, not necessarily this intensity, but at some level, uh, Iran has been at war with the United States.
I was just, so the question was, is it conceivable? Is it possible? that this might not be over by the end of 2026. And Waltz certainly doesn't disabuse Kristen Welker of that notion. Now, notice the scam that Mike Waltz is running here. The question was about Trump's war, the military conflict that Trump chose to launch on February 28th after repeatedly promising Americans there are not going to be. We're going to get out of wars and certainly not going to get into any new ones. Walt's answer. is, well, there have been tensions with Iran for 47 years now. By that logic, the administration could keep this war going forever and go. This was a 47 year old war. Trump was just president for a little bit. Trump has nothing to do with it.
And of course, we all recognize how absurd and completely deranged that is. Now, Kristen Welker continued to press him and said, can Americans expect Trump's war to be over by the end of the year? Let's listen to his next answer.
Very quickly, do you anticipate this conflict will be concluded by the new year?
I'm not going to put some kind of timeline on it. The president has all options on the table and he is exercising both diplomatic, economic and military to achieve a very clear strategic aim. And that's what's different. The wars of my generation, we had policy drift. Here, the president is very focused.
This was an
Art, I hope people are realizing what's going on here. There is no timeline. There's no definition of a victory. There's no forget about an exit strategy. It's all options are on the table. I'm not going to get ahead of the president on timeline. These are all Washington phrases that are used when they want maximum freedom to keep escalating and escalating, but never telling you what they are actually planning.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:30
2
How long could Trump's war with Iran last according to his own officials?
5:30–8:46
3
Why did Mike Waltz refuse to commit to a timeline for the Iran conflict?
8:46–40:55
4
What happened when Trump announced a 'fourth term' at the White House Correspondents' Dinner?
40:55–50:37
5
Why are journalists criticized for treating Trump's authoritarian remarks as entertainment?
50:37–1:02:55
Speakers
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