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Trump’s Humiliation in Iran Changes Everything (w/ Bill Kristol) | The Bulwark Podcast
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Trump’s Humiliation in Iran Changes Everything (w/ Bill Kristol) | The Bulwark Podcast

This episode details how Trump's foreign policy failures in Iran and Europe, coupled with domestic political maneuvers like gerrymandering and cabinet incompetence, are fundamentally reshaping the global order and American political landscape.

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Can Iran Take More Pain Than Us? | Shield of the Republic
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Can Iran Take More Pain Than Us? | Shield of the Republic

This episode dissects the US-Iran war's stalemate, revealing a dangerous mutual incomprehension between leaders and deep dysfunction within the US defense establishment and its alliances.

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Trump’s Alternate Reality War Speech | The Bulwark Podcast
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Trump’s Alternate Reality War Speech | The Bulwark Podcast

Tim Miller and Susan Glasser dissect Donald Trump's 'alternate reality' war speech, exposing its lack of a coherent plan, the administration's dysfunction, and the severe global consequences of his 'magical thinking' approach to foreign policy.

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Trump Says He’s Talking to a “New Regime” in Iran (w/ Sue Gordon)
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Trump Says He’s Talking to a “New Regime” in Iran (w/ Sue Gordon)

Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon dissects the US-Iran relationship under the Trump administration, revealing Iran's strategic patience, the degradation of US intelligence, and the limited, problematic off-ramps in the current standoff.

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