JD Vance Blamed for “Terrible” Iran Deal! Mike Huckabee Says Israel SAVED U.S.!w/ Glenn Greenwald

Donald Trump was forced to end the war with Iran on terms favorable to Iran, not out of strategic choice, but because Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz and its demonstrated ability to damage regional energy infrastructure threatened global economic collapse. The U.S. and its allies were rapidly depleting oil reserves, making continued conflict unsustainable.

Trump admitted that continuing to bomb Iran would prevent ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, costing '500, 600, 700 million a day' and that the U.S. would 'run out of reserves at about four weeks.' Greenwald elaborated that Iran also showed alarming capability to destroy Persian Gulf allies' energy infrastructure.

Greenwald asserts that the Trump family engaged in corruption 'magnitudes of 10 times' greater than the Bidens, citing billions in investments from Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari entities into Jared Kushner's fund, Trump's crypto company, and a drone company. This extensive corruption, occurring while Trump was in office, was largely overlooked by mainstream media and Democrats, who are themselves complicit in various forms of financial misconduct.

Greenwald detailed Jared Kushner's $2 billion Saudi investment fund, hundreds of billions poured by UAE into Trump's crypto company, and the Trump sons' drone company selling to the Pentagon. He noted the media they consume (Ben Shapiro, Fox News) omits these stories, and Democrats avoid the issue due to their own corruption.

Activist groups, once successful in achieving their initial goals (e.g., gay marriage), invent new 'injustices' and 'culture war disputes' to justify their continued existence and funding. This dynamic, fueled by both the left and right, diverts public attention from more substantive issues of power, war, military, and economics, which are the true concerns of most Americans.

Greenwald explained that after gay marriage was legalized, activist groups shifted to trans issues, creating societal resistance by pushing for policies like trans inclusion in girls' sports. He states, 'both sides have an interest in manufacturing these relatively trivial culture war disputes and they feed on each other.'

Fixating one's identity on a political party (e.g., 'I'm a Democrat') leads to incoherent positions, such as supporting pro-genocide Democrats over anti-genocide Republicans. This partisan alignment is financially rewarded in independent media, where creators gain large, like-minded audiences by validating pre-existing views rather than challenging them.

Greenwald cited Kyle Kolinsky's statement that 'The worst Democrat... is a thousand times better than the best Republican,' despite Democrats supporting what he claims is genocide. He noted, 'The easiest way to gain a large audience and to make a lot of money in independent media is to plant your flag in one of the two partisan camps.'