Iran War Update

Описание: Tonight’s show is about an Iran war that’s getting uglier, more expensive, and somehow even more incoherent by the day. We now know more than 140 US servicemembers have been injured, but the White House only admitted it after Reuters got the story. They were not going to tell us. At the same time, Iran is reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, oil is still volatile, gas prices are climbing again, and Trump is doing his usual routine of saying five contradictory things before lunch.

Here's the show:

3:40 — 140+ US servicemembers injured, and the White House only admitted it after Reuters got the leak
5:34 — Reports that Iran has started laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz
7:03 — Trump’s contradictory claims about mine-laying boats and whether the US even knows what Iran has done
9:28 — Trump “TACO’d” again, signaling the war was winding down, then immediately escalating his rhetoric
11:20 — Trump says the war is both “very complete” and “just the beginning”
12:25 — Iran hints at a threat against Trump
12:36 — Axios scoop: Zelensky pitched Trump an anti-drone plan for the Middle East, and Trump blew it off
15:07 — Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, now moving toward Ukrainian anti-drone and air-defense systems
16:08 — Oil prices fall back from weekend highs, but gas prices are still rising
16:52 — Trump falsely claims a Strait of Hormuz shutdown would not really affect the US
17:41 — Trump suggests the US might use its military to keep the strait open as a favor to China
17:58 — The White House rolls out yet another new set of war goals
19:08 — Regime change disappears from the official goal list, though it may not really be off the table
19:22 — Karoline Leavitt defends Trump’s shifting war justifications with “a feeling based on facts”
23:17 — Pentagon reportedly burning through nearly $3 billion a day in munitions
23:42 — Trump team asks Israel not to hit more Iranian energy infrastructure
24:37 — Trump keeps trying to dodge blame for the strike on a girls’ school in Iran
25:09 — Why Trump’s Tomahawk missile excuse makes no sense
27:25 — NYT reporter presses Trump on why he is the only one pushing the Tomahawk theory
29:55 — Hegseth under fire for lavish Pentagon spending on furniture, food, electronics, and more
34:14 — Trump negotiator says Russia can be taken “at its word” on helping Iran target US assets
36:31 — Trump says Putin “wants to be helpful”
36:57 — Trump says he is surprised Iran retaliated against Gulf neighbors
39:04 — Trump’s comments about sinking Iranian ships and the war-crime criticism
39:46 — New Quinnipiac polling shows majority opposition to the war
40:31 — How support for this war compares with past US wars
42:22 — Zelensky says Ukrainian intelligence obtained Russian battlefield-loss documents
45:50 — Ukraine expected to get 35 Patriot interceptors in the coming weeks
46:12 — Hundreds of strangers attend the funeral of a Tennessee veteran with no known relatives

Open discussion / extra topics after the prepared portion:

48:20 — Iranian “sleeper cell” fears and why Trump created the current danger
49:05 — Sasha update and a bit about her activity today
50:31 — Weather in DC and balcony / plant talk
50:46 — You talk about writing as a stringer for The Economist
51:11 — More discussion of the Hegseth spending story, including whether some of the seafood may have been for troops
55:00 — Seafood boil, Cajun food, and seafood preferences
56:00 — French / Italian / Spanish tangent about “fruits de mer”
57:08 — Pentagon pizza-order tracking as a sign of possible military activity
58:42 — Possibility of ending the show early because you were tired
59:18 — Joe Rogan turns on Trump over the Iran war
62:19 — Joe Rogan’s reach and why his criticism matters politically
65:10 — Quick live check for breaking news
66:30 — More CNN reporting on Iran’s mine-laying and why clearing the strait would be dangerous
69:10 — Sign-off