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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examines the the key global signals from March 23 to March 29, 2026, connecting U.S. troop deployments in the Middle East, the UK's aggressive AI push, the battle over school lunches under the MAHA agenda, and growing accusations that the timing of Trump's Iran war announcements may be moving markets. Are these isolated headlines, or pieces of a larger story about power, trust, and state capacity? Is Britain's AI gamble a blueprint for growth or a risky bet in an unstable world? Can MAHA-style school lunch reform survive the realities of budgets and infrastructure? And when war messaging appears to line up with major trades, what does that do to public confidence in markets and government?

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