191. The US-Iran Deal: Will It Work?
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What are the implications of Trump's cabinet meeting?
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Hello and welcome to The Rest Is Politics US with me, Katty Kay. And I'm Anthony Scaramucci. Good morning, Katty. Good morning. I think we're both a little sleepy. I went to watch Wendell Pierce in Othello here in Washington last night. I highly recommend it. All about a sociopath who manages to manipulate people to wreak havoc. Felt very sort of apt, actually, for this moment that we're living in.
I like him. He's in these Tom Clancy movies, right?
He's in the Jack Ryan movies.
Jack Ryan movies. Yeah, he's great.
It was a great show. I recommend it to anybody, but it felt very weirdly appropriate for our moment. Crazy people doing crazy things, Anthony.
Well, I mean, but generally insanity leads to ambition, I think. And then when you get the ambition, then you go unhinged. What are we talking about?
Today, we're talking about the stunning win of Trump-backed Ken Paxton in the Republican primary in Texas. It's just made that state one of the most important Senate races to watch in the midterms. And we're going to be asking the question, is Trump sabotaging his own party's chances of success in the elections? But first, there is some breaking news just as we're recording, which is that there are reports of a deal that Trump now needs to approve between the Iranians and the Americans. This is according to Axios and their reporting. It's a memorandum of understanding. Trump apparently wants a few days to look at it and decide whether he's going to agree to it. But the broad outlines are that it commits to a ceasefire for 60 days.
We don't have all the details, but we assume that that means the straits would be open during that 60 days to traffic. It would also launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Effectively, this pushes all of the difficult issues. Iran's nuclear program, the proxies, the missiles down the road. There's no indication from the reporting so far on what it means in terms of money for Iran. whether this means that there's going to be unfrozen assets or reparations or sanctions relief. Apparently, the Iranians, according to American sources, have signed off on it. But look, if it hasn't dealt with the nuclear program until it's actually dealt with the nuclear program, yes, this is a memorandum of understanding about a deal to make a deal effectively.
This is not the big deal to end Iran's nuclear program that President Trump has been promising.
We've got to talk about this loyalty situation with Donald Trump, right?
Do you want to start with that cabinet meeting, Anthony? You couldn't make this up. How do these grown men, and they are by now mostly men because most of the women have gone, how do these grown men sit around the table and keep telling our dear leader how magnificent he is and how he is the only one who could have made the economy that no Americans think is booming boom, the war that is going badly go so well? It's Orwellian stuff.
It's all tied together, but I would just encourage people, if they really have an interest in this stuff, talking about unwell, go to the transcript and listen to Trump talk about the reflecting pool.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the implications of Trump's cabinet meeting?
0:05–9:13
2
How is Trump influencing the Republican Senate primaries?
9:13–10:45
3
What recent deal is being discussed between the US and Iran?
10:45–11:39
4
What does the proposed US-Iran deal entail?
11:39–16:05
5
How is Trump's loyalty affecting the Republican party?
16:05–24:38
6
What challenges does James Talarico face in Texas?
24:38–32:36
7
Can Texas turn blue in the upcoming elections?
32:36–41:12
8
What are the potential outcomes of the midterm elections?
41:12–41:39
Speakers
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