Transcript
David Pakman (0:00)
Are we heading to boots on the ground in Iran? A number of senators were briefed yesterday and they think so, and we will discuss that. We will also hear from Donald Trump's press secretary, who continues to refuse to rule out boots on the ground. And then a critical mistake involving Ukraine, Russia and drones that is now wreaking complete and total havoc in Iran. What's the connection? I'll explain it. Democrats have flipped their 10th century straight special election seat and Joe Rogan says Trump supporters are right to feel betrayed now, but he's still saying completely wacky, ridiculous stuff about vaccines. Here's one. The more you get vaccinated against Covid, the more you get Covid. That doesn't sound quite right to me, but we will talk about it. And the Orange president, the mango Menace, Agent Orange, call him what you want. Completely out of control on truth social as everything is collapsing around him. We will discuss all of it and more. Plus, Senator Mark Warner will join us to talk about what he is seeing coming up as far as the economy, if the Iran situation continues. All of that and more today. Well, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for boots on the ground Troops on the ground in Iran? Would you be okay if you were to get drafted? Would you be okay if your kids were to be sent to Iran to fight this war? That doesn't really make any sense, appears to be illegal and was something that prior presidents had the option to do. Obama could have done it, Biden could have done it, we could go back and George W. Bush could have done it. We, we had the firepower, we had the military intelligence, we had the resources. But they opted not to do what Donald Trump has done. What's more likely, that all of those other presidents were stupid and Trump is just a brilliant genius that figured out this is a good idea. Or is it that Trump is extremely gullible and baited by strong men and charismatic authoritarians and therefore he's the end, the one who ended up going into Iran. Well, as Caroline Levitt continues not to take boots on the ground off the table, we now have heard from a number of senators, including Senator Blumenthal, about a classified briefing that took place yesterday with regard to Iran. Elizabeth Warren was in that briefing. She came out and said, I am distraught by what I saw in there. My characterization, my paraphrasing. It looks like this is an administration that wants to get into a broader ground war in Iran. And Senator Blumenthal said that he came out extremely disturbed that it seems as though the administration wants a ground war. Let's listen to what Senator Blumenthal said. Then we will discuss.
Senator Mark Warner (3:00)
I emerge from this briefing as dissatisfied and angry, frankly, as I have from any past briefing in my 15 years in the Senate. I am left with more questions than answers, especially about the cost of the war. My questions have been unanswered and I will demand answers because the American people deserve to know. And I guess I am most concerned about the threat to American lives of potentially deploying our sons and daughters on the ground in Iran.
