Beans Talk | Bibi and Donald Blow up The World

Summary

Beans Talk | Bibi and Donald Blow up The World

Podcast: The Daily Beans (MSW Media)
Hosts: Allison Gill & Dana Goldberg
Date: March 2, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this urgent and highly charged episode, Allison Gill returns from vacation and joins Dana Goldberg for a deep dive into the explosive news: President Donald Trump, in concert with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (“Bibi”), has launched a controversial and unauthorized military assault, bombing Iran and killing its Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah. The hosts break down the motivations, reactions, and consequences, highlighting both the chaos in the White House and the global stakes. With their trademark blend of sharp political analysis and snark, Gill and Goldberg call out hypocrisy, lack of planning, and highlight how the administration is spinning the narrative for political gain.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Allison’s Return and the World on Fire

• Allison is back from vacation and, true to form, major world events unfolded in her absence:

  “In the long tradition of things happening when I go on vacation, apparently Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu started a war.” — Allison Gill [01:23]

• Technical difficulties mark the episode, mirroring the day’s chaotic events.

2. Recapping the Escalation: The Trump-Netanyahu War

• Trump unilaterally bombed Iran, killing the Ayatollah, then released a statement offering the IRGC “immunity now or death later.”
  • Trump’s message:

    “The bombings will continue until peace improves, I think, is the message here.” — Allison Gill [03:47]

• IRGC responds with its strongest-ever threat to Israel and US bases.
• Trump’s tough-guy bluster on Truth Social:

  “‘…They better not do that, however, because if they do, we will hit them with a force that has never been seen before.’” — Citing Trump [04:13]

3. Total Lack of Planning, No “Off-Ramp”

• There’s no White House endgame or exit strategy:

  “There’s no off ramp for this.” — Dana Goldberg [04:54]

• Administration searching for a way out amid plummeting poll numbers (only 21%-27% approval for the move).

4. Hypocrisy & Past Statements

• Past Trump and GOP posts/tweets surface, railing against “starting wars in the Middle East.”
  • Trump in 2019:

    “‘Going into the Middle East is the worst decision ever made.’” — Quoting Trump [05:42]

  • Trump in 2012:

    “‘Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in a tailspin, watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.’” — Quoting Trump [05:56]

• Tulsi Gabbard and Stephen Miller’s past condemnations of “warmongering” played for irony:

  “Trump equals peace... Is Barron enlisted? I was just curious. Did Barron enlist to fight in this one?” — Dana Goldberg [07:13]

5. Sudden Shift: Blaming Iran for “Starting the War”

• Trump claims Iran “started the war” due to its decades of sponsoring terrorism and election interference.
• Testing new messaging: “We’re not starting it, we’re responding.”

6. Citing (and Mocking) the Administration’s Contradictory Justifications

• Past White House statements up on their website (“Iran’s nuclear capabilities obliterated”) conflict with latest war-mongering.
• Iran’s actual threat level—no ICBMs, not near nuclear capability—debunked by officials.

7. Cui Bono? Follow the Money

• Rachel Maddow’s analysis: Who benefits?
  • Allies such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia have poured billions into Trump-family ventures, raising suspicion about motivations for conflict.
  • “Crypto” money from the region possibly influencing policy [12:10–13:35].

8. Election Interference Claims

• Trump attempts to justify attacks by linking Iran to interference in the 2020 and 2024 US elections—ironically, Iranian actors were caught pretending to be Proud Boys encouraging voters to support Trump [13:37–14:58].

9. “Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste”: Political Opportunism

• GOP Senator Dave McCormick uses the crisis to pressure Democrats into funding the Department of Homeland Security [15:03], prompting an extended, exasperated rant:

  “…maybe you shouldn’t have gutted the national security apparatus or put a Putin and Assad apologist in charge of the DNI…” — Allison Gill [15:27]

10. Dangerous Power Vacuums and Lack of Plan

• Killing the Supreme Leader creates severe instability with no succession plan from the US side.

  “Worst possible way to effect regime change.” — Allison Gill [16:52] “There’s literally a line that goes down of who’s going to take over if he’s gone.” — Dana Goldberg [17:07]

11. Congressional Oversight Sidestepped

• Trump ignored Congressional authorization, violating both US and international law.
• Congress struggles to reassert authority by calling a belated vote on a War Powers Resolution [22:28].

12. No Plan for “After”

• Senator Lindsey Graham, pressed by Kristen Welker, admits there’s no plan for what comes next:

  “Is hope the plan for the future of Iran?” — Kristen Welker [18:13] “No... It’s not his job or my job to do this.” — Lindsey Graham [19:03]

  • Mocked by Gill and Goldberg for abdication of responsibility.

13. Civilian and US Military Casualties

• Reports of mass civilian casualties (uncorroborated) and US service member deaths/multiple injuries.

  “But you know what Trump says? ‘That’s what happens in war. Sometimes you lose American soldiers.’” — Dana Goldberg [21:25]

14. Hypocrisy, Domestic Repression & Moral Consistency

• Hosts note:

  “Iranians can be very happy about what happened. And our president is still a child rapist. Our president should still be held accountable... Both of these things can exist at the same time.” — Dana Goldberg [19:37]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I feel like I’m John Boehner Orange.” — Allison Gill [01:05]
• “Trump equals peace… Is Barron enlisted? I was just curious.” — Dana Goldberg [07:13]
• “Opposite day. Right? Because sometimes with Stephen Miller, it’s crazy hair day… but today it’s opposite day.” — Allison Gill [08:10]
• “There’s no off ramp for this.” — Dana Goldberg [04:54]
• “My job is to shoot first, ask questions later. That’s it.” — Allison Gill [19:34]
• “We knew this was coming because Bibi’s been wanting to do this, and Trump is the first stupid enough person to do it.” — Allison Gill [22:53]
• “Well, 21 people don’t think that this should have started, and probably fewer want it to continue.” — Allison Gill [21:57]
• “I stopped the Spanish American war. It was amazing.” — Allison Gill [23:59]

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Important Segments & Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:23 | Allison returns and introduces the “world on fire” events | | 02:00 | Recap: Trump bombs Iran, kills Ayatollah, posts on social | | 03:51 | IRGC/Trump rhetoric escalation | | 04:56 | No plan, lack of off-ramp, poll numbers | | 05:42 | Trump’s past anti-war tweets, irony from GOP surrogates | | 07:13 | Stephen Miller/Tulsi Gabbard’s “Trump for peace” narrative | | 12:10 | Maddow’s “follow the money” analysis | | 13:37 | Election interference justifications | | 15:03 | GOP exploits crisis for political leverage: DHS funding | | 16:52 | Chaos from Ayatollah’s death and no regime change plan | | 18:13 | Lindsey Graham: admits no “plan” for after | | 20:37 | American and Iranian civilian casualties | | 22:28 | Congressional War Powers struggle | | 22:53 | “We knew this was coming” analysis | | 23:56 | Allison jokes about “stopping wars” |

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Tone and Style

• Snarky, hyper-informed, and angry-with-cause, Gill and Goldberg guide listeners through grave national security blunders with biting satire and gallows humor. Their frustration is palpable, balancing dark laughter with outrage and sadness.

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Takeaway

This episode of Beans Talk is a rapid-fire, detail-heavy, and deeply skeptical dissection of the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran. The hosts emphasize the lack of planning, the hypocrisy of past “anti-war” posturing, and the potentially catastrophic consequences for the world and the US. Listeners walk away with key facts, receipts, and enough snark to fuel their own resistance for another day.

Transcript

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All we do is give. Hey, Everybody. It's Monday, March 2, 2026. I'm Allison Gill.

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And I'm Dana Goldberg. And this is Beans Talk Foreign.

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Everybody. Thank you, Dana, for covering me for a whole week.

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It was my pleasure.

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I feel like I'm. I feel like I'm John Boehner Orange. That I.

[B]

You are John Boehner Orange. I wasn't gonna say it. You're. You're not any other orange. You are John Boehner orange. So that can be fixed.

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That can be specifically John Painter, which. I got a lot of sun. I got a lot of vitamin D. I read a book that's not a politics book.

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Amazing.

[C]

And then in the long tradition of things happening when I go on vacation, apparently Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu started a war.

[B]

Yeah. As it happens.

[C]

All right, so. And one other note. I might be a little rusty. And then another note. We have a lot of technical difficulties today. So Dana might sound different. Might look a little different, because I know that she's gotta use a different device than she normally. Anyway, Just if it's weird, it's because things are weird.

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And if it looks like I'm reading things, that's because I'm reading things.

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It's because she's reading things.

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That's it.

[C]

We have a lot of reading to do. And let's start with that. Let's recap the weekend. First of all, Trump bombs Iran and kills the Ayatollah, the Supreme Leader, and then posts this. We're hearing that many of the irgc, military and other security and police forces no longer want to fight, and they're looking for immunity from us. As I said last night, quote, now they can have immunity. Later. They only get death. Hopefully, the IRGC and the police will peacefully merge with the Iranian patriots. I think he means the people of Iran that were protesting and work together as a unit to bring back the country to the greatness it deserves. That process should soon be starting in that not only the death of Khamenei, but the country has been, in only one day, very much destroyed and even obliterated. And then he says the heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue uninterrupted throughout the week as long as necessary to achieve our objective of peace throughout the Middle East. So the bombings will continue until peace improves, I think, is the message here. But even weirder, Dana, this whole thing about the irgc, which is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps saying that they definitely want to lay down their arms and get with the people and put in, install a government that works for the people of Iran, was very, very odd. And then. And then he said, we'll give you immunity, which he can't give. Or death. Immunity now or death later. I think he's just meaning, lay down your arms now and work with the people of Iran or we'll kill you later. I think that's what he was trying to convey. Or Stephen Miller, whoever wrote this, but just a very, very weird, we will continue bombing until peace is achieved message.

[B]

Right? And then the IRGC says, on Saturday night, following state TV's confirmation of the killing of Iran's supreme leader, the IRGC says in a statement that the most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic's armed forces against Israel and US Bases in the region will begin in moments. To which Trump says, and I quote, iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they've ever hit before. That's what he said on True Social. And then in all caps, he says, they better not do that, however, because if they do, we will hit them with a force that has never been seen before.

[C]

All right, so this just sort of underlies the fact that there was no plan there. He's like, the IRGC is going to be great. They're going to lay down their arms or face death later, and they'll work with the people. And the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is like, I know we won't. We're going to hit you harder than ever. And Trump's like, you better not, or we'll hit you harder than ever. Like, yeah, there's no off.

[B]

There's no off ramp for this.

[C]

Right. But apparently there's rumors that, that the administration's looking for an off ramp, which they should have known. I mean, the polling's coming Back ipsos, I think 21%, CNN poll, 27% of people approve of this. Very low numbers of approval for this. So let's just go over but some of the posts from the past from people in this current administration because there's always a post, there's always a tweet about the war in Iran or a potential war in Iran. Like this post from 2019. Quote, the United States has spent $8 trillion fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our great soldiers have died, been wounded, millions of people have died on the other side. Going into the Middle east is the worst decision ever made. End quote.

[B]

Oh, there's more. But wait, there's this little gem from 2012, everybody, now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin, watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.

[C]

Did Obama do that or did he come up with some sort of diplomatic agreement? I can't recall.

[B]

I think we remember something that was

[C]

torn up by Trump in his first term in office. How about this? How about Tulsi Gabbard in 2024? Quote, a vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for Dick Cheney and a vote for war, war and more war. A vote for Donald Trump is a vote to end wars, not start them. We are at a historic crossroads. Our God given rights are under attack. Now is the time for us to stand together for a love of country and for Donald Trump to get us back on the path to peace, freedom and prosperity. And let's talk about this for a second because something that a little trial balloon, a little test messaging that Trump was floating from the White House official page on social media is that he didn't start the war. Iran actually started this war by being a national sponsor or a global sponsor of terror and waging war against the world for the last 47 years. So he's actually trying to say that Iran started this war because he knows that he ran on the fact that he wants to end wars and not start them. And this one's clearly started by him.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, 100%. A lot of people voted because he said he would not start any wars. I'm going to be the president of peace. And I guess he got bored of peace and on his peace board and started a fucking war. But wait, there's more because we've got Stephen Miller that same year. This is from 2000. What? 24. Same year. To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes? Trump said war mongering. Excuse me, warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never, ever fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the the whole Middle East. Kamala equals World War three. Trump equals peace. And if young men don't want to be drafted to fight in Kamala's and Cheney's third world War, they better get out and vote for Trump. Is Barron enlisted? I was just curious. Did Barron enlist a fight in this one?

[C]

All I know is today on Twitter, send Baron was trending good. I mean, just, it's opposite day, right? Because sometimes with Stephen Miller, it's crazy hair day, like when he spray paints it on. But today it's opposite day.

[B]

That was my favorite. That was my favorite. That was my little widow's peak in the front. Yep.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, that was pretty, pretty impressive.

[B]

Trump Sharpie and was like, I'm just gonna draw this hurricane in right here.

[C]

It's part of Trump's signature with his pointy. Two little white eye holes for the. Yeah. Anyway, so I had a joke already written this weekend when I was on the plane coming home, I had this joke written, but Colin Jost on Saturday Night Live beat me to it because Saturday comes before Monday. So I'm just going to play his version rather than tell my version because he got there first. He got there first. Just for the benefit of Saturday Night Live being on Saturday. But let's, let's watch.

[B]

This attack might be a bad idea. I don't know. I'm not really an expert on Iran, so. So let's hear from someone who can explain why we might have done it.

[D]

Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate.

[C]

He's weak and he's ineffective.

[B]

See, now that's the Trump I voted for.

[C]

So glad we can talk to experts right now. So let's talk for a second about why Trump has launched this and Bibi have launched this illegal and unnecessary war without authorization from Congress, which is required by law, international and the Constitution, international law, and our own domestic law. Yeah. Because, I mean, you know, there's, there's so many possibilities about why. But I mean, I think it's actually

[B]

better to talk about why he didn't. And this might make a little bit more sense. First, Iran is and was not an eminent threat to the US they were not an imminent threat to the United States. Okay. That is required for this kind of unilateral strike. So that's, that's one. They don't have intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States. Okay. And they weren't close to developing a nuke. They weren't even close. We've been talking about they can have a nuclear weapon in two weeks. They've been saying this for how many decades at this point? So they weren't even close on that. As a matter of fact, Trump justified bombing Iran last summer. We remember this. Using that excuse. And then proclaimed, and I quote, iran's nuclear facilities have been obliterated. And suggestions otherwise are fake news. So if you're saying this didn't happen, if they are not obliterated, they were not obliterated. Also, we know that they gave them a heads up. They moved a lot of people like that pause away from where they attacked that. We knew all of that when it happened. But this, it's still up on the White House, by the way, the website. It's still up on the White House's website that they obliterated their nuclear arsenal, which is crazy because it's not true. No.

[C]

Right. And they could be like, well, we didn't obliterate it. And they were getting closer. But that's also a lie. Yeah, there's multiple. We're not going to bother showing you all the clips of Tulsi Gabbard and Ted Cruz and everybody saying that they're not anywhere close to having nukes, but especially the intercontinental ballistic missile thing, the ICBMs, because that's what Lindsey Graham was trying to say, that we had to do this. It was an imminent threat. And we don't have to go by the War Powers Treaty because of the imminent threat, but because they were getting close to developing an ICBM that could reach the United States. And then part of the excuse was, well, they were. It was imminent threats that they were going to attack US Military bases in the region, which they do have the capability of doing. But that has also been debunked not only by US Officials, but by people in Congress who were briefed by this administration who told them there was not an imminent threat of that. So we have no imminent threat. Not a nuke, not a thing. None of that. So then why. Right. You could talk about what Rachel Maddow said on Saturday when she came on the air in the middle of the day. Who benefits from this? Follow the money. Sworn enemies of the Ayatollah, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Saudis have all sent Trump and his family billions of dollars. You remember Qatar bailed out Kushner Fifth Avenue. Qatar sent a $400 million plane. The Saudis sent $2 billion from the Saudi investment fund to Kushner after he left the White House, who's now helping negotiate this. Whatever they're doing over the peace talks that were never going to end in peace because they didn't fundamentally even understand it, or they had already made up their mind that they wanted to bomb Iran because they're getting the crypto thing from Qatar and the uae. Like billions of dollars to the Trump family in crypto. All of these billions of dollars coming in from the countries who are sworn enemies of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah. So that probably has something to do with. Do with it.

[B]

I would think so.

[C]

Or what about this? Trump posted this. Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump and now faces renewed war with the United States. And yes, Iran did get caught trying to influence and interfere with our elections in 2020 on behalf of Donald Trump. This is actually still up on Donald Trump Pam Bondi's Department of Justice website. I took photos because it might come down soon, because I think they might try to use this to justify stuff. But look at this. In October 2020, the Iranian conspirators engaged in an online voter intimidation campaign involving the dissemination of threatening messages. The voter threat emails purporting to be from the Proud Boys. These Iranians posed as Proud Boys to tens of thousands of registered voters, including some voters whose information the conspiracy had obtained from State Eyes website. That's like a particular state that they're trying to anonymize. The emails were sent to Democrats and they threatened the recipients with physical injury. We're the Proud Boys, and we're going to physically injure you if you do not change your party affiliation and vote for President Trump. So, yes, Iran interfered in the 2020 election.

[B]

That's wild.

[C]

But to help Trump, and that is still up on the Department of Justice website.

[B]

There could also be this reason Senator Dave McCormick posted on Twitter, now would be a good time for Democrats to drop their opposition to DHS funding and pass the bill to support our Homeland Security. Continuing to play political games with our national security, given the unfolding situation in the Middle east, is dangerous. Look at that. Wow.

[C]

They're trying to. What if they're just doing this to get. To get Democrats to fund dhs, which, by the way, you know, you say, oh, maybe now is a good time to fund DHS to prevent terrorist attacks from happening since we just unilaterally killed the Ayatollah and bombed Iran. Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have. I don't know, put a third of the FBI on mass deportation or, or gutted the national security apparatus or put a Putin and Assad apologist in charge of the DNI of all of the intelligence agencies. Or maybe you shouldn't have gutted the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Or maybe you shouldn't have put a 22 year old grocery bagger in charge of counterterrorism in this country.

[B]

Let's start there.

[C]

Well, like, don't talk to me about, well, maybe you should fund dhs. Maybe we should get TSA working again and that'll stop, you know, whatever they're, you know, they're plotting. When you completely dismantled and lost all the trust of all of our five eyes partners. Nobody's going to share intel with us.

[B]

Nope.

[C]

You store fucking documents, classified Iran plans, waving them around to Susie Wiles at the Bedminster Golf Club and you store them in your shitter.

[B]

Nobody's gonna say, I know, I know, you're absolutely right.

[C]

Worst possible way to affect regime change. Let's be clear. Ayatollah Monster.

[B]

Horrible, horrible.

[C]

Okay, but if you think that dude was 87, you don't think they had a plan, right?

[B]

There's a fact, there's literally, there is a line that goes down of who's gonna take over if he's gone.

[C]

And a third plan. And like they weren't preparing for this. This is literally the worst possible way because now you've removed the Supreme Leader, which I'm sure a lot of Iranians are happy about, but they still don't like you. You're still an outside. You know, I just.

[B]

And there's a, there's a, there's a guy that is a big Trump supporter that, you know, Trump could be like, we're just gonna, we're gonna install somebo. Figure this out. We're just going to put someone in there to take over. Like if this whole thing is a mess, I just.

[C]

Marco Rubio. Who? Who?

[B]

Yeah,

[C]

yeah, I don't know. I don't know. But what about the reason this is such a bad idea is because there's no plan.

[B]

No, he never has a plan.

[C]

There's no plan for what happens next. And there was a bit of an interview on the Sunday shows with Kristen Welker and Lindsey Graham about this. Watch.

[E]

Moving forward. In a social media post Sunday, President Trump wrote this quote, hopefully the IRGC and police will peacefully merge with the Iranian patriots and work together as a unit to bring back the country to the greatness it deserves is hope. The plan for the future Of Iran.

[F]

No. The future of Iran is going to be determined by the Iranian people. The new Iran, whatever it is, whether it's a cleric or a representative democracy, our goal is to make sure it cannot become again the largest state sponsor of terrorism. That's a win for us.

[E]

But is there a plan to make sure that happens? Senator, is there a plan. Does the President have a plan to guarantee that that happens?

[F]

No. It's not his job or my job to do this. How many times do I have to tell you? Our job is to make sure Iran is no longer the largest state sponsor of terrorism. To the people. Reconstruct a new government. No boots on the ground. We don't own, you know, this idea. You break it, you own it. I don't buy that one, Dip. It's in America's interest to make sure the Ayatollah is dead. He's dead.

[C]

It's. Yeah. Like, it's not your job. It's not my job.

[B]

Whose job is it then? You want to tell us whose job it is?

[C]

My job is to shoot first, ask questions later. That's it.

[B]

Yeah. Unbelievable. And listen, there. We do want to reiterate. There are a lot of Iranians that are very happy with what's happening, and I trust their lived experience. I'm not the one living in this country. But there are two things that can exist at the same time. Iranians can be very happy about what happened. And our president is still a child rapist. Our president should still be held accountable. I don't care if he is instilling freedoms into what he thinks in another country. And they think that we should give them these freedoms. We have him taking away civil rights away from our own citizens. When you take away driver's license from a community because it doesn't match the gender identity with the sex they were assigned at birth, this. Both of these things can exist at the same time. He gains no favor for me in this military. If you're not going to call it war, whatever you're going to call it. But I do understand that a lot of Iranians. Iranians are very happy that the Supreme Leader is gone. And for that, I am grateful for them.

[C]

Yeah. And if the intel was correct that he, the Ayatollah and his three to five other leaders were somewhere in a place, send in special ops. Send in like they're killing hundreds of civilians in these operations. Now, this is according to Iranian state media, but which I don't think we

[B]

can really believe much.

[C]

Right?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Right. Because I haven't I've actually been looking for a legitimate news outlet to confirm that. Right. But regardless of that story or not, civilians are getting hurt. We've lost three U.S. service members and many more have been injured. And we aren't even talking about the TBI from being bombed by Iran on our bases in the region.

[B]

But you know what Trump says that's what happens in war. Sometimes you lose. American soldiers.

[C]

Gotta break some eggs to make. He hates. He thinks they're suckers and losers. Well, he doesn't. And we're curtailing VA benefits. We're shrinking the VA and starting a massive war. Yeah, It's. It's just. Yeah. So this is.

[B]

We all don't want our tech, and we just. Across the board. Last thing said, Americans don't want their tax dollars going to another war in the Middle East. We just don't.

[C]

No, nobody does. It's a. Well, 21 people don't think that this should have started, and probably fewer want it to continue. And Trump started with a couple days, and then for the next week, probably, we'll keep bombing until peace happens. And now it's. He's changed that. Four weeks now. Where have I seen this before?

[B]

Huh?

[C]

Where have I seen this?

[B]

Funny how they. Yeah. And funny how they do it on a Saturday when the stock market's already closed for the weekend. All this planning, we. This is intentional. It's always something on their end.

[C]

Yeah. So they're calling back Congress to see if we can, you know, vote on a war powers resolution. But, you know, does he care? He doesn't give a. He didn't go to Congress in the first place. I'm glad that they're doing what they're supposed to do, but it's just. It's very frustrating to. To. For me, I think, Dana, the most frustrating is that I said this would happen.

[B]

You did.

[C]

So did you. We knew this was coming. We absolutely knew this was coming because Bibi's been wanting to do this, and Trump is the first stupid enough person to. To do it, so it's exactly it. Anyway, I do hope the Iranian people get somebody better than the Ayatollah. I don't know that that's necessarily the plan. I think they had a more hardline person ready to come in, but we'll see. I know there's no plan from this White House, and I know they don't think it's their job, so we're all just sort of watching and waiting. But the world is a better place without the Ayatollah.

[B]

So Amen to that. I guess that's a good place to end.

[C]

All right, everybody, thank you so much. Thank you again for covering me, Dana. Well, I pleasure out. I had a really nice break. Like I said, I feel recharged, rested, ready to go next time I go on, on a, on a vacation. It'd be great if he didn't start a war though. He has bombed seven different countries since he's been president.

[B]

I think now nine something.

[C]

No, I've stopped 76 wars. I've stopped all the wars. I just, I stopped the Spanish American war. It was amazing. Anyway, I can't anymore, but thank you all so much for watching and we'll see you tomorrow. I'm Alison Gill.

[B]

I'm Dana Goldberg. And you've been watching Beans Talk.

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