"We Can't Invest In America Because We're Fighting Wars!" -Says Trump

Summary

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The Jimmy Dore Show: "We Can't Invest In America Because We're Fighting Wars!" -Says Trump

Date: April 3, 2026
Host: Jimmy Dore
Key Guests/Panelists: Ben (Ben Swann), Kurt Metzger (briefly mentioned), Others

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Episode Overview

This episode tackles the acute contradiction between Donald Trump's campaign promises of "America First"—focusing resources on domestic priorities—and his administration's reality of deepening foreign military engagements, most recently with a disastrous war against Iran. Jimmy Dore and guests analyze Trump's statements, trace the historical trend of presidential war-making, dissect the collapse of U.S. credibility abroad, highlight the global blowback, and dissect the domestic political consequences likely to emerge from these policy choices. The show’s raw, irreverent tone drives home a deep skepticism of both Democratic and Republican establishments.

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Main Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Trump’s Reversal: From “America First” to War President

• Trump’s campaign message: Promised to cut military spending, end foreign wars, invest in domestic infrastructure and safety nets (healthcare, daycare, education).
  • "He was the only Republican who would say, ‘We should get out of the Middle East.’" (A/Jimmy Dore, [02:00])
• Trump’s recent statements: In a press conference, Trump says federal government can’t afford universal daycare or to fund Medicaid/Medicare because the U.S. is “fighting wars.” He says these are state responsibilities and the federal focus must be “military protection.” ([03:24], [04:01], [08:02])
• Dore’s reaction: “It is the exact opposite of what he ran on…by far the most fraudulent presidential campaign and administration that I’ve ever seen in my life.” ([09:20])

Notable Quote:

“We can’t take care of daycare. We can’t take care of our own people. Why?…Because we’re fighting wars.”
— Jimmy Dore ([03:38], [03:57])

2. Both Parties’ Broken Promises

• Historical pattern: Dore points out how every president, Republican or Democrat, continues U.S. war-making—Clinton (Bosnia, Iraq sanctions), Bush (Afghanistan, Iraq), Obama (Libya, Syria), Biden (Ukraine, Gaza), and now Trump (Iran).
• Politicians as con men: “They’re all liars, they’re all shysters…Not just Trump. Joe Biden crushed the railroad union, he didn’t raise the minimum wage, he didn’t give a public health option.” ([06:48])
• Desperation for an outsider: Voters, left with only status quo options, keep choosing the least-bad liar. Dore defends those who supported Trump as desperate, not stupid.

3. U.S. Military Overstretch & Global Backlash

• Military focus comes at steep cost to domestic well-being.
  • “Somehow China can do it—they have nukes, high-speed trains, everyone has healthcare and daycare. Iran can do it better than us.” ([08:42])
• Collapse of U.S. military credibility:
  • Reports that Iran destroyed overvalued U.S. missile interceptors (THAAD), radar planes, and made U.S. bases uninhabitable with cheap drones ([25:10]).
  • “A $20,000 drone destroyed a $600 million radar plane.” ([26:00])
• Erosion of alliances: Longtime U.S. partners (Qatar, Saudi Arabia) pivot away, distrust U.S. intermediaries like Jared Kushner.
  • “American leverage in Riyadh is zero…Trump told the guy who controls 12% of the world’s oil to kiss his ass. That man restructured the Middle East security architecture in a week.” ([12:31])

4. International Escalation and the Threat of World War

• Russia and Iran alliance: Chechen combat units declare readiness to fight alongside Iran if U.S. invades ([24:28]).
• China and Russia intervene diplomatically and militarily.
  • “China demands Israel immediately withdraw from Lebanon...‘Lebanon must not become another Gaza.’” ([45:52])
• Israel’s regional ambitions: Dore and guests assert that Israel—emboldened by U.S. aid—plans regional expansion, devastation of Lebanon, and perpetual war.
• Fears of nuclear escalation:
  • Dore: “I’m less worried about Trump using a nuke than Netanyahu. There’s a reason they have over 200 nukes and if existentially threatened, he will use them.” ([38:51])
  • Discussed "Samson Option" and the risk of an uncontrollable nuclear chain reaction.

Notable Quotes:

“They’re going to wipe out 600,000 people’s houses…flatten Lebanon and turn it into Gaza. This is all for the Greater Israel project.”
— Jimmy Dore ([44:55])

“The greatest trigger point for potential World War III is Israel. Netanyahu himself is the one…every time there’s talk of negotiation, they escalate.”
— Ben ([41:56])

5. Political Fallout in the U.S.

• Republican exodus: “There are record numbers of Republicans resigning ahead of the midterms—they know what’s coming. I think it will get so bad they’ll make Trump resign for medical reasons. Then J.D. Vance takes over, tries to bring peace.” ([31:35])
• Tulsi Gabbard’s betrayal: Dore is disappointed Gabbard did not resign in protest, despite branding herself an antiwar leader. Ben speculates she may stay to moderate Trump and prevent nuclear escalation ([32:56]).
• No path to victory: Dore and company agree that Trump has alienated all allies, destroyed his “peace president” credibility, and now presides over domestic crisis and isolation.

6. Systemic Critique: U.S. Cannot Reform While Waging War

• Military-industrial complex as root cause:
  • “They’ve been selling antiquated equipment…they waste massive treasure. But now we see that even a regional power like Iran can destroy U.S. military assets with cheap drones.” ([26:00])
• Geopolitical context: U.S. helped provoke Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (via NATO expansion, stoking conflict in Donbass, Merkel’s admissions), now faces two-front confrontation with Russia-China-Iran. ([47:47])
• Historical resonance: Dore references Woodrow Wilson’s betrayal, Gaddafi’s warnings about balkanization of the Middle East, and Hillary Clinton’s role in Libya’s destruction ([04:35], [50:15]).

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Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

• [03:38] Trump (via press clip):
  “We can’t take care of daycare…we’re fighting wars.”

• [04:29] Jimmy Dore:
  “This is the exact opposite of what he ran on since Woodrow Wilson.”

• [09:20] Jimmy Dore:
  “By far the most fraudulent presidential campaign and administration that I’ve ever seen in my life.”

• [25:10] Ben:
  “A $20,000 drone blew up a $600 million C3 radar plane. The military industrial complex is more of a scam than we realized.”

• [41:56] Ben:
  “The greatest trigger point for potential World War III is Israel…Netanyahu himself is the one who escalates every time negotiations are attempted.”

• [44:55] Jimmy Dore:
  “They’re going to wipe out 600,000 people’s houses…flatten Lebanon and turn it into Gaza. This is all for the Greater Israel project.”

• [56:29] Ben (quoting Abbas Dahuk):
  “America is alone, and it got there fast. … When you spend years burning bridges, don't be surprised when nobody comes to your war. The military result in Iran is still uncertain. The strategic result is not. America is alone.”

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Important Timestamps

• [02:00] – [03:57]: Dore outlines Trump’s campaign image and his reversal on foreign wars/domestic investment.
• [03:24], [04:01], [08:02]: Key segments of Trump’s press conference rebroadcast (on daycare, state responsibility, military as federal priority).
• [09:20]: Dore’s damning judgment of Trump’s presidency.
• [12:31]: Gulf allies’ abandonment; U.S. loss of leverage.
• [24:28]: Russian-backed Chechen forces offer to deploy to Iran if invaded.
• [25:10] – [28:52]: U.S. military vulnerability, wasted military spending, and Iran’s unexpectedly effective resistance.
• [31:35] – [32:56]: Potential for Trump’s forced resignation and speculation on J.D. Vance and Tulsi Gabbard’s motives.
• [36:48] – [38:51]: On Trump’s isolation, risk of nuclear use, and Netanyahu’s unpredictability.
• [44:55]: Israel’s explicit plans for ethnic cleansing in Lebanon.
• [45:52], [46:07]: China’s direct warnings to Israel about Lebanon and nuclear capabilities.
• [47:47]: Dore’s take on how Ukraine war began with U.S./NATO provocation.
• [50:15]: Gaddafi’s prescient warnings about Middle East balkanization.
• [56:29]: Final assessment: “America is alone.”

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Tone & Style

• Outrage, sarcasm, and dark humor pervade—Dore and co-hosts mock establishment narratives, critique U.S. hypocrisy, and refuse to romanticize political figures of either party.
• Frequent use of history and international context, specifically the recurring pattern of U.S. imperialism and its costs.
• Some speculative elements about political machinations, but grounded in strategic analysis and recent public statements.

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Conclusion

Jimmy Dore’s episode delivers a blistering critique of the Biden and Trump presidencies, centering on the U.S. tradition of war-making at the expense of domestic welfare. Trump, once the supposed antiwar candidate, is depicted as not only breaking promises but accelerating the very global conflicts and imperial projects he claimed to oppose. Dore’s warnings are stark: the U.S. is increasingly isolated, its military vulnerabilities exposed, and its political class bereft of honesty or vision—leaving citizens and allies alike in peril. The only certainty, says Dore, is more domestic chaos and the collapse of U.S. prestige if current trajectories continue.

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For full context, listen especially to the press conference segments ([03:24], [04:01], [08:02]), analysis of U.S. military decline ([25:10]–[28:52]), and the foreign reaction and risk of global escalation ([44:55], [45:52], [46:07], [47:47]).

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Transcript

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[C]

Let's listen, because the United States can't take care of daycare. That has to be up to a state. We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We're fighting war.

[A]

We can't take care of our own country. We can't take care of our own. Do you hear him? We can't take care of our. So. Well, he. And why. And why can't we take care of our own country? Why? You ready?

[C]

Other people? We're fighting wars. We can't.

[A]

We're fighting war. That's exactly. Let me just play it through and

[C]

then we'll come back and take care of daycare. You got to let a state take care of daycare. And they should pay for it, too. They should pay. They have to raise their taxes, but they should pay for it. And we could lower our taxes a little bit to them to make up, but we. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can't do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing, military protection.

[A]

Because the United States, the exact opposite of what he ran on since Woodrow Wilson.

[D]

Woodrow Wilson, the guy who got in. He kept us out of the war. The guy who got in on keeping us out of the war. The betrayal of that was intense. You know, put people in jail for being upset about it. That's. That's probably when we first really lost America completely. That's what this is. This is the next world war kind of bullshit. Because this is. This is like epic, mythological.

[A]

We're the richest country in the world, and we can't give our own people daycare. We can't give our own people health care. We're the richest country in the world. And he ran on. Say, remember when he first got into office, he's like, hey, you know what, Matt? Why don't we cut our military budget in half?

[D]

Yeah, right.

[A]

He was saying things like that. And so. But he had a track record. His first. His first term, he didn't do that stuff. He literally did have a track record of not starting new wars. And so people are desperate. People don't vote for Trump because they're, they voted for an idea of what he said he was going to do. And everybody wanted that. Right? And he was the only one saying it. It was like when, when I was a kid, Mondale ran against Reagan and, and at a debate, Mondale said, I'm going to raise your taxes. And so is he going to raise your taxes? But I'm going to tell you I am. He's going to lie and say he's not well at once. So now you got, I'm going to vote for the guy who definitely is going to do my taxes or a guy who at least is saying he's not. So I'm going to vote for the guy at least who says he's not going to. Same thing with the war. Donald Trump was saying, I'm going to end the war in 24 hours. I'm going to end, I'm not going to do any Middle east work. I'm going to cut the military budget. I'm going to invest America first back at home. And so people voted who? You only had two choices. Who else are you going to vote for? Right? So I get why people did that, right?

[D]

Because shitlibs love non committal statements like no king. So Kamala was the most qualified person in their dippy brains because she never told you what she was going to do ever, right? She never, she would just say nonsense like you're five years old and never tell you what her plan was. And they're like, oh, you see how skillfully she didn't answer that because they're the entire bourgeois society that loves that shit, which is boutique liberals. They thrive on that. They thrive on not talk about anything important.

[A]

So, so again, let's go back to Bill Clinton had the wars. We had George Bush's two wars, we had Barack Obama's two wars. Trump, no wars. And then we had Joe Biden two wars again, he did Ukraine and he did Gaza genocide. So, and so you got a guy saying, I'm not going to do that. You have Tulsi Gabbard who her whole thing was again, and JD Van. So it makes sense that people would be desperate enough to vote for him. And so that's why I never cast, castigate or deride people who voted for. I don't go out there stupid. They believe the con man. They're all con men. Are you kidding me? Joe Biden ran out of the middle raising the minimum wage. And Joe Biden was ran on giving us a public option which is health care. And he didn't do any of those things. And not only that, he ran on being a friend to labor and he crushed the railroad union strike which crushes labor. So they're all liars, they're all shysters, they're all charlatans and they're all grifters. So it's not just again, it's that whole thing of Trump came to Washington D.C. and he invented lying. That's not what happened. And so this, this, if this doesn't stun you, if you're a maga, then nothing will. I'm going to play it again and I won't stop at this time because

[C]

the United States can't take care of daycare. That has to be up to a state. We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country, we have 50 states, we have all these other people, we're fighting wars. We can't take care of daycare. You got to let a state take care of daycare. And they should pay for it too. They should pay. They have to raise their taxes, but they should pay for it. And we could lower our taxes a little bit to them to make up. But it's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. You can't do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing, military protection.

[A]

So somehow every other country on earth can do that. Somehow China can do it. They have a military, they have nukes, plus they have high speed trains and everybody has health care and everybody has dates care.

[D]

Iran can do it better than us.

[A]

Iran does it better than us. So I mean it's on purpose.

[D]

He's just destroy America. It's going to, it's going to happen. So I don't know, buy hawk to a coin or something.

[A]

It certainly looks like the destruction of America is on purpose. And it's ironic that Donald Trump was America first and maybe he meant to destroy America first. Who knows what he meant by that.

[D]

But that is probably what he meant.

[A]

So we, we can't, we, we can't take care of, listen to what he's saying. We can't take care of daycare. We can't take care of people's health care. We can't do it. Whoa, why? Because we got to do wars. The exact opposite of what he ran on. It is the, that's why I say his campaign was by far the most fraudulent campaign that I've ever seen. I wasn't around during Woodrow Wilson, but this is by far, by far the most fraudulent presidential campaign and administration that I've ever seen in my life.

[D]

Well, it's the last president, if it's any consolation.

[A]

Are they going to force him to resign, Jimmy? I hope so. I hope they force him to resign. Israel, right? Yeah. But they're going. There's definitely going to be wiped out in the midterms. They already have record numbers of Republicans resigning from Congress record number of Republicans resigning from Congress because they know it's going to be a bloodbath in the midterms. And so.

[D]

Well, the Democrats will get to the bottom of this Epstein thing.

[B]

That's what I'm looking for.

[A]

And then. And then the Democrats are going to run AOC for president, which will guarantee that Trump will get a third term somehow.

[D]

That's the only one way he could win now is if they run aoc.

[A]

Imagine. Imagine voting for aoc. She is Kamala Harris with a less impressive resume. That's what she is.

[D]

Okay, well, she got that suntan lotion.

[A]

She's out there losing Twitter debates to Anna Kasparian of all people. Of all people. That's that lightweight moron. Unbelievable. Over to if you. And I know it sounds hard to make jokes out of this stuff, but you got to make jokes out of this stuff. And I do. And everybody comes up to me after the show. Oh, my God, that was so much funnier than I thought it was going to be. That's what every. Almost everybody was saying to me. When I do the meet and greets after the show, I talk to at least 100 people from each show and they all say that. Why? I didn't think it would be that. Yeah, because they can't believe that you can make this funny. But God damn it, I can make it funny. Hey, you know, here's another great way you can help support the show is you become a premium member. We give you a couple of hours of premium bonus content every week, and it's a great way to help support the show. You can do it by going to jimmy dork.com clicking on join premium. It's the most affordable premium program in the business, and it's a great way to help put your thumb back in the eye of the bastards. Thanks to everybody who was already a premium member. And if you haven't, you're missing out. We give you lots of bonus content. Thanks for your Support.

[C]

I want to thank our allies in the Middle East, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the uae, Kuwait and Bahrain. They've been great and we will not let them get hurt or fail in any way, shape or form.

[A]

I don't understand what the point of that was. Was this just boasting about time of war. That was pointless. He's thanking Qatar. He's thinking they're not on board with him. The. They're not on board Saudi Arabia. First of all, Qatar is the first Gulf country to take the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from its lands. Yeah. Qatar's foreign minister, from the moment he came out, spoke and said that Qatar has paid a heavy price for the presence of foreign forces on its land, meaning the United States military. Carter's relationship with Iran is a relationship of brothers and siblings, and we will not allow it to be harmed again through the Qatari lands. America has broken all its promises with us and only thinks about itself. And in the end, Qatar is the biggest loser. If America were truly thinking about Cotter's interests, it would respect its decisions not to trespass on any country. But it seems it's only exploiting our lands to protect another country. Qatar has finally surpassed its Shaboah. Hopefully the rest of the Gulf countries will follow. So here's. Let me give you one more on this. So Trump, I don't know if you saw it when Trump said to Saudi that the leader of Saudi Arabia should kiss his ass. And how do you think that went over in Saudi Arabia? So here's what happened. MBS signed a defense pact with Ukraine without telling Washington. Rubio called to express regret. MBS listed American failures. Crown Prince said Saudi Arabia will act in its own national interest. NBS was more diplomatic than Trump didn't respond to kiss my ass. Insult US Defense monopoly in the Gulf effectively over European defense corridor through Ukraine now open. 70 years of alliance on pause. American leverage In Riyadh is zero process that Trump told a man who controls 12% of the world's oil supply to kiss my ass. That man responded by restructuring the Middle east security architecture in a single week. So that's the. That's the reality that's going on. Trump just gave you a fantasy, literally, like he's listening to a psychic on the corner next to the 7 11. Masoud Presskin. Here's what he has to say to the people of the United States of America and to all those who, amid a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives, continue to seek the truth and aspire to a better life. Iran, by this very Name, character and identity is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in human history. Despite its historical and geographical advantages at various times, Iran has never in its modern history chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism or domination. Even after enduring occupation, invasion and sustained pressure from global powers, and despite processing military superiority, possessing military superiority over many of its neighbors, Iran has never initiated a war. Yet it has resolutely and bravely repelled those who have attacked it. The Iranian people harbor no enmity towards other nations, including the people of America, Europe or neighboring countries, even in the face of repeated foreign interventions and pressures. Throughout their proud history, Iranians have consistently drawn a clear distinction between governments and the peoples they govern. This is a deeply rooted principle in Iranian culture and collective consciousness, not a temporary political stance. For this reason, portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present day observable facts. Such a perception is the product of political, economic whims of the powerful and the need to manufacture an enemy in order to justify pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry and control strategic markets. In such an environment, if the threat does not exist, it is invented. Okay, let me go. There's more to this. Within this same framework, the United States has concentrated the largest number of its forces, bases and military capabilities around Iran, a country that, at least since the founding of the United States, has never initiated a war. Recent American aggression launched from these very bases have demonstrated how threatening such a military presence truly is. Naturally, no country confronted with such conditions would forego strengthening its defensive capabilities. What Iran has done and continues to do is a measured response grounded in legitimate self defense and by no means an initiation of war or aggression. Relations between Iran and the United States were not originally hostile, and early interactions between the Iranian and American people were not marred by hostility or coup d', etat, an illegal American 1953 tension. The turning point, however, was the intervention aimed at preventing the nationalization of Iran's own resources. The coup disrupted talking about when we couped the Mossaddegh in 1953. The coup disrupted Iran's democratic process, reinstated dictatorship and sowed deep distrust among Iranians toward U.S. policies. This distrust deepened further with American support for the Shah's regiment, its backing of Saddam Hussein during the imposed war of 1980, and the imposition of the longest and most comprehensive sanctions in modern history and ultimately unprovoked military aggression twice in the midst of negotiations against Iran. Yet all these pressures have failed to weaken Iran. On the contrary, the country has grown before the Islamic 30% stronger in many areas. Literacy rates have tripled from roughly today. Higher education has expanded dramatically. Significant 90% revolution to cover advances have been revol significant percent revolution to over advances. I don't that seems like a misprint and we have achieved in modern technology, health care services have improved and infrastructure have developed at a pace and scale incompatible to the past. These are measurable, observable realities that stand independent of fabricated narratives. At the same time, the destructive and inhumane impact of sanctioned war and aggression on the lives of the resilient and Iranian people must not be underestimated. The continuation of military aggression and recent bombings profoundly affect people's lives, attitudes and perspectives. This reflects a fundamental human truth. When war inflicts irreparable harm on lives, home, cities and futures, people will not remain indifferent towards those responsible. This raises a fundamental question exactly which of the American people's interests are truly being served by this war? Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify such behavior? Does the massacre of innocent children, the destruction of cancer treatment, pharmaceutical facilities, or boasting about bombing a country back to the stone Ages, does it serve any purpose other than further damaging the United States global standing? Iran pursued negotiations, reached an agreement and fulfilled all its commitments. The decision to withdraw from the agreement escalated, escalate towards confrontation and launched two acts of aggression. In the midst of negotiations were destructive choices made by the United States government, choices that served delusions of a foreign aggression aggressor attacking Iran's vital infrastructure, including energy and industrial facilities, directly targets the Iranian people. Beyond consulting constituting a war crime, such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran's borders. They generate instability, increase human and economic costs and perpetuate and perpetuate cycles of tension, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength. It is a sign of strategic bewilderment and an inability to achieve a sustainable solution. It is not also the case that America has entered this aggression as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime. It is not true that Israel, by manufacturing an Iranian threat, seeks to divert global attention away from its crimes toward the Palestinians. Is it not true that Israel, by manufacturing an Iranian threat, seeks to divert global attention away from its crimes toward Palestinians? Yes, it's true. Is it not evident that Israel now aims to fight Iran to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar shifting the burden of its delusions onto Iran, the region and the United States itself in pursuit of illegitimate interests. Is America first truly among the priorities of the US Government today? I invite you to look beyond the machinery of misinformation an integral part of this aggression. And instead speak with those who have visited Iran. Observe that many accomplished Iranian immigrants educated in Iran, who now teach and conduct research at the world's most prestigious, prestigious universities or contribute to the most advanced technology firms in the West. Do these realities align with the distortions you're being told about Iran and its people today? The world stands at a crossroads. Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before. The choice between confrontation and engagement is both real and consequential. Its outcome will shape the future for generations to come. Throughout its millennia of proud history, Iran has outlasted many aggressors. All that remains of them are tarnished names in history, while Iran endures resilient, dignified and proud. So I'm pretty sure that this guy, that guy who said all that, was the ninth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. So Trump is completely delusional. Nobody believes what he's saying. Even his own Republican Party doesn't believe what he's saying. He's going to launch a land invasion. He's going to do boots on the ground, and it's going to start Friday. And this is the, this is a disaster for the world. It's a disaster for the United States, not to mention a disaster for his presidency. J.D. vance and anybody who wants a political future, who now can, is inside the Trump administration. It's a disaster. It's a disaster for Trump. It's, he's, he's going to go down. I bet he has a. Goes down worse than George Bush, but we'll see. So that's it. We showed it to you? It's horrible. It was ridiculous and it was dumber than I thought it would be. It was way dumber than I thought it would be. Breaking Russia. Chechen combat units officially informed Iran that they're ready to deploy to Iran to fight alongside Iranian forces if the United States launches a ground invasion. Whoa. Let's listen to this.

[B]

Iranian state media is now claiming that combat units from Russia's Chechen Republic have declared themselves ready to deploy to Iran if the United States launches a ground invasion. According to Press tv, these forces are loyal to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and have told Tehran they will fight alongside the Iranian armed forces if US Troops move beyond air and missile strikes onto Iranian soil. The reports describe the ongoing U. S. Israeli war against Iran as a religious war and say the Chechen side is framing any direct intervention as a jihad, a battle of good versus evil in defense of the Islamic Republic.

[A]

Well, you know, I'm sure Trump feels like you can't have World War Three without Russia. It just wouldn't be right. We have the best. We have the best opponents you've ever seen. This is going to be a great World War three. You're going to love it. Russia would be very offended if we didn't invite them. So that's what it sounds like to me. So what do you, what do you make of that threat?

[B]

I don't know. I've talked to some sources who are saying that a lot of that's being overblown, that these are individual groups like the Chechens are not necessarily. This group in particular is not under the overarching Russian military. So it's kind of a separatist group. And so would that involve, like, for instance, Putin calling up soldiers and sending them. No, it's a very different kind of thing. However, I just don't. I don't see Russia wanting to get involved in this, China wanting to get involved in this. They don't need to. Right. The advantage for Russia and China right now is so stark because the US Military has been degraded very, very badly during this war. But more importantly, the evidence of what it means to engage in warfare with the United States has drastically changed as a result of this. So think about it this way. 25 years ago, with the Iraq war, obviously, we go into Iraq, we roll over Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Guard. At the time, they can't do anything to us. You know, shock and awe campaigns. Then we get bogged down, you know, for a decade in a stupid war that nobody. We shouldn't have been there in the first place. But we're bogged down in this ground war. But in terms of the actual firepower of the United States, very impressive. And people say, look how strong they are. It ain't 25 years ago. And what's amazing to me is how the Iranians have done what nobody has done to the United States ever, actually, in a lot of ways. Think about the Patriot missile batteries. Think about the thad. The missile interceptors have been destroyed. So many of those THAD units, right, have been wiped out. And those are like a billion dollars a piece that, that. See, what is it? The C3 radar plane that cost $600 million, right? There's only 17 of them in the world. There were. Now there's only 16 because the Iranians blew it up, but they blew it up with a $20,000 drone. $20,000 to 500, $600 million. The Military Industrial Complex. We've talked about it for a long time in this country. People like you and me have railed against it, but I don't think we even recognized how much of a scam it was because, yeah, they're wasting massive amounts of treasure. Yes, they've got these crazy contracts. But what's much, much more interesting to me is that they've been selling this antiquated equipment, and now we find that a military like Iran, which, you know, I guess, no offense to Iran, but this is not a world power, this is a regional power, has the ability with $20,000 Shahid drones to knock out, you know, and take incredible hits against our military, against our technology. They. They have utterly destroyed every base in the region. There are reports that say these bases are uninhabitable. Yes, because of what the Iranians have done. And this is not a world power. It's it, but it is a power. That said, we're watching what, what the US does, and they're not ready to fight, and we're not. We're not ready to fight a war like this. So imagine if you did bring Russia or China in, who have hypersonic stats. Can't even stop those anyways. Patriots can't stop those. They can't stop hypersonics. Iran's used a few hypersonics, but very, very few so far.

[A]

We. Iran is very much like Afghanistan in a sense, that it's mountainous terrain. And so if you try to, you know, have Marines go in there, they're sitting ducks. And so, you know, I think Trump's going to try to take a hold of some kind of island, whether it be car guy or some other place, and try to come home with some uranium dust and say, look, we did it. So he's got to do something like that. So that's why I think there will be boots on the ground starting Friday. I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong.

[B]

I mean, it's very possible. He. He wants. He wants the win. He. I like, in the press conference he had today, he said, I'm going to make a speech tonight and I'm going to tell everyone what a great job I've done and how terrific I am. Well, I believe that, yeah, that's absolutely going to happen tonight. The problem is, is that even if you come back with some uranium dust, it means nothing. Right. And the cost to get that would be so high. I almost think it's. I think there has got to be some level of understanding that Trump has, that this is going to be the optic that's used against him. It's so interesting to me, Jimmy, that 10 years ago, 11 years ago, Donald Trump stood on a stage and really didn't have much chance of becoming president. And he, in one night, vaulted to the top of the Republican Party while simultaneously and gloriously ending Jeb Bush's political career by pointing out the one thing no Republican candidate had been willing to say, which was, we went into a disastrous war. We never should have been there, and we should never do it again. And 10 years from now, and maybe it may be way less, it may be just, what, two years from now, there will be Republicans who stand on a stage who say, donald Trump dragged us into a war we never should have been in, it should never happen again.

[A]

He's turned himself into Jeb Bush. So is. So is J.D. vance. So is Tulsi Gabbard. They're now the Jeb Bush of this administration. And so if they ever run for president again, there's going to come a Donald Trump who's going to do the same thing to them that Donald Trump did to Jeb Bush. And I can't believe they don't see that this is happening. My prediction is that Donald Trump's polling is so low now, it's only going to get worse because there is inflation now, and inflation's going to even go higher. Even if the war ended today, the inflation's going to go higher. He gave a speech today. Well, like you were talking about, he said, yeah, we don't have money for daycare. We don't have money for Medicare and Medicaid. We're doing a war. Which is the exact opposite of what he ran on.

[B]

That's right.

[A]

The exact opposite of what he ran on and the exact opposite of why people voted for him. People voted for him because it was America first. And so we're going to start taking our war money and putting it into our own country, our own education, our own infrastructure, our own health care, our own daycare, our. To help our worker. Exactly. And now he's acting like he never said so. I just don't. I still don't understand what I think. What might happen. Tell me what you think is that it's gonna get so bad because there's a record number of Republican people in Congress who are resigning ahead of the midterms because they know what's coming. And so I think it could get so bad that they make Donald Trump resign. And he's gonna resign saying, I have some kind of medical issue. And then J.D. vance takes over and he's the guy who's gonna bring peace and, and so then he has a political future. That's just a guess of mine. I think it's likely. What do you make of Tulsi Gabbard? Everybody thought Tulsi Gabbard was the safety valve inside the Trump administration. And now she is completely flipped and she goes along with whatever Donald Trump says. At least Joe Kent resigned and made a big stink out of it. I think if she would resign it would go a long way. And why do you think she doesn't resign?

[B]

I don't know why she doesn't resign, to be honest with you. I think that she's going to play the card later on that, that she couldn't leave because even though she saw what was happening, someone with sanity had to stay in there trying to steer this thing away from a nuclear war. Trying to. I think that'll be the argument that she wakes makes. And by the way, maybe it's not a crazy argument, maybe that is actually what she's doing. She's saying if I resign and leave, we're going to be end up in a position where there's only inmates running the asylum and someone has to be here to try to convince this president to do something different. And I think there is actually some validity to that idea. Personally I would like to have seen her resign, but that's selfish reasons to say, validate what I already know to be true. I don't need her to actually validate it. He's wrong. But I think that maybe there should be some people who stay in there and say if we can stay and we can convince this President to listen and to stop, or if we just leave him with the Lindsey Graham's of the world and we leave him with the neocons who have taken over. If Mark Levin is the only voice in his ear who knows how far this thing spins out of control. I think Vance himself is, is desperately wishing that this thing would come to an end. He's desperately wishing that he would have been given the chance to go to Pakistan last weekend as he was trying to do so he could negotiate the end because he needs that right. They need to be able to say no. We really are the peace candidates, we really are the peace party. We really don't want any more of these wars. And what Trump is, I don't know if it's intentional or not, but what he's doing is he is destroying the opportunity for any of these people to replace him. And honestly, Jimmy, maybe that's the point for him. Maybe he doesn't want it to be passed on. Maybe he wants to say, I'm not on the ticket. So look how badly we did in the midterms. I'm not on the ticket. They couldn't win without me. And maybe that's really what it is.

[A]

Oh, okay. Well, you know, I think that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, they're the equivalent of having Benjamin Netanyahu negotiating on the United States behalf. That, no doubt about it, in fact. And so. And there, you know, some people have theorized that he's being lied to by them. I'm sure he is. I'm sure he is. Just like he was lied to by Benjamin Netanyahu. So he's got three people in his ear lying to him, and he's shut out everybody else. And his chief of staff, you know, literally was an employee for Benjamin Netanyahu. So I. I think there's a good chance that that's happening. But a bigger case here is that Iran, Russia, they don't trust Witkoff anymore. They don't trust Jared Kushner, because every time they go, somebody goes to negotiate with them, they bomb them in the middle of negotiations. Right? So I don't think anybody would. Would even take a meeting now with Jared Kushner or Witkoff. What. What. What do you say?

[B]

I think that's definitely true. I mean, the Iranians won't talk to them. Why would anyone talk to them at this point? Because, again, it was very clear that multiple times, they did it twice to Iran, twice. They did this a year ago before Operation Midnight Hammer. They win and they negotiate in middle of negotiations, all of a sudden, they get hit. And by the way, the story is that that was actually when the war was supposed to start. The whole thing was going to kick off then. And it was a guy named Charlie Kirk who went to the White House and convinced the President not to do it. Convinced him, don't do this. It'll destroy your presidency. And then, of course, by September, Charlie Kirk is now dead. And then we come into the New year, and it starts. There is no voice, I guess, preventing him from doing it. I believe this. I believe that from everything I've heard about Trump and everything from the people I've talked to who do know him, they say, Trump is not a war guy. He doesn't like war. He doesn't like the idea of people being killed. He actually was sincere about all this peace stuff. So then you have to ask the question if that is true. And I don't think he's being blackmailed into it. I just think he's being isolated. I think the goal with Trump was they surrounded him with the right people. And I think, listen, if you sit, which he does, and you watch Fox News all day long, you would believe this war is going great.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

The American people love it. They want you to go further. He's just lied to all day long. I don't know. You know, when he ever goes and sits and opens up his ex and says, let's see what the people are saying. Let's actually see what's out there, I don't think that's happening. And so I think Kushner and I think Witkoff and I think Mark Levin and I think people like that. Lindsey Graham surrounded the President and convinced him that this is popular and that he would be seen as the greatest president of all time because he's the only one who could have done this. You're the only one. Now, here's my fear. My fear is that they're now telling him, go ahead and use a nuke because you're the only one brave enough to do it. Right. And that's the only way you're going to stop the Iranians. And by the way, it is, it's the only way he's going to stop the Iranians would be to nuke them. Obviously, that triggers an absolutely unimaginable scenario once that happens. So I, I hope that does not happen, and I hope I'm totally wrong about that. But I believe that what they've tried to convince him of is you're the only one, the only one brave enough to do this. And, and at some point, I'm hoping that he has started to realize, listen, Lindsey Graham today came out and said, you know what, this thing should be wrapped up and let's get it over with. Why would Lindsey Graham say that? Because he's about to be primaried in South Carolina. It's so unpopular that Lindsey Graham now is on track to lose his primary race in South Carolina. So he's trying to backpedal now and get it over with. And if there is enough panic around the President now, they've become the panicans. If there's enough panic around the president to say, you know what, we got to get this over with, because it's actually going to have an effect that we didn't think was the case, maybe he wakes up.

[A]

I'm less worried about Trump using a nuke than I am Benjamin Netanyahu. There's A reason why they have those nukes. And so if he feels like, you know, if Trump at. Or if Trump resigns and the United States pulls the rug of support out from underneath Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, which is coming at some point now. I don't know if it's now. I don't know if it's next year. It's coming. And that there's a reason why they have the thing called the Samson option. There's a reason why they, they don't have just one nuke. They have like 200 nukes, I think.

[B]

Yeah, I think it's more than that, actually. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Probably at least, let's say at least 200. So there's a reason why they have. They don't have those because they don't want to use them. They. They have them because they. What if they're existentially threatened? They will use them. Netanyahu's of, you know, he's. He's a bigger maniac than, you know, Pol Pot, IDI Amin and Hitler combined, as far as I'm concerned. And I think he would use a nuke. And then just like, you know, Rubio admitted that, well, we had to go to war because Israel was going to start it. And we, instead of saying, well, we tried to, because they know they can't stop them. And so if he uses a nuke, then it's all. It's all over. Nuke. It's a nuclear war. It's World War Three, it's done. And I think Benjamin Netanyahu would use one. And especially because if, if the war ends, he goes to jail.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And everybody knows that.

[B]

So everybody knows that. And look what he's doing now with southern Lebanon. Yeah, they've now gone in there. They're flattening southern Lebanon. The Chinese came out today and demanded that they stop or said that they're going to get involved. There are multiple countries. The Italian prime Minister, I heard reports today, I haven't verified this yet, so I hope it's not wrong, but I saw reports today that the Italian prime Minister, Giorgio Maloney.

[A]

Yes, I saw that.

[B]

Came out and said, either Israel gets out of southern Lebanon or they'll use a nuke.

[A]

What? I didn't hear that. I didn't.

[B]

That she would bomb Israel and they would potentially use a nuke if Israel does not get out of southern Lebanon. I think the world is looking at and saying, we're not going to let you do the same thing to southern Lebanon that you did to Gaza. And that's what they're doing right now, and it has to stop. And what they did to Gaza was so atrocious. The genocide that happened there was so atrocious. But so much of the world just stood by and watched it happen and waited and said, well, well, I mean, how far would they go? Well, now you know, now you know how far they're willing to go. Now they're doing it again in southern Lebanon, and so let's see what, what happens. But, yeah, they were reports that, that a lot of countries are now standing up and saying, nope, get out, or. Or we're going to get involved. And, and I agree with you. The. The greatest, the greatest trigger point for potential World War III is Israel. It's Netanyahu himself is the one. He won't end it. And he's the one who keeps. Every time there's talk of a negotiation, talk of you're going to, you know, try to bring this thing to an end, they escalate. They escalate. They escalate over and over.

[A]

Okay. I really appreciate you coming on, Ben. Thanks. Sorry. I love your work. You do fantastic stuff. You have a lot of courage. You go places that every reporter should go, but 99 are afraid to go. And, you know, you all, you almost always vindicated. So nice job.

[B]

Thank you. Hey, can I mention real quick, too, tomorrow night, if people will follow me on X, Ben Swan, underscore Twins, we're going to have your buddy Kirk Metzger is going to be on with us, and we're going to be interviewing him. So encourage people to.

[A]

Oh, I didn't bend. He did not tell me that. Well, that's fantastic. Okay, great job. All right, everybody, check that out tomorrow. It's. Is it on X?

[B]

It'll be on X. Yep.

[A]

Okay, great. Hey, are you. Are you still banned from YouTube?

[B]

They just put me back on this year. I got back on. They deleted everything I had, so I had to start from scratch.

[A]

Okay, but you're back on.

[B]

It is, but back on for now.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

See how long it lasts.

[A]

All right. Good luck. Israel's defense minister just said that it will occupy southern Lebanon and prevent 600,000 people from returning home. Even more horrifying, he says Israel will demolish their homes just like they did in Gaza. And it's. This is all being funded by the United States, just to let you know.

[D]

So some good is coming of all this, at least.

[A]

So. So let's. Let's listen. Ready? You want to listen? So turn it down, turn it up. Ready? He says at the End of the operation, the IDF will establish itself a security zone inside Lebanon on a defensive line against anti tank missiles and for security through the area in the Latani river, including the remaining Latani bridges, eliminating Radwan, while eliminating Radwan forces that infiltrated the area and destroying all combat means found there. Additionally, the return south of the Litany river will be absolutely prohibited. So that's what he's saying. Anybody who wants to return to their homes south of the Litany river in Lebanon will be refused. For over 600,000 residents of Southern Lebanon who evacuated north until the security and safety of northern residents are ensured, all houses in the villages adjacent to the border in Lebanon will be demolished. These guys are psychopaths. These guys are. This is all for the Greater Israel project. So Israel doesn't want to just stay in Palestine. Israel wants to go into Egypt. Israel wants to go into Lebanon. Israel wants to go into Syria. They're in Syria. They control a third of it already.

[B]

Power status, what's that?

[D]

They're going to be a world power.

[A]

They're going to be the last drop

[D]

out of us to build their world power and then they're going to go, we're a world power now.

[A]

So this is what the world's most moral army is up to today. They're going to wipe out 600,000 people's houses following the Rafah and Beltanan model in Gaza. So they're going to do it just like they did in Gaza. They're going to flatten Lebanon and turn it into Gaza. This is what they're saying. To remove the border adjacent threats from the residents of the north once and for all.

[D]

So you know, at least Genghis Khan didn't go, you threatening me as he was invading people?

[A]

Yeah, stop threatening me.

[D]

I feel safe. I have to invade you. So this is invaded and somebody's doing.

[A]

This is the classic cry bully. This is the I'm going to start bombing you and be it for our

[D]

defense to give up all your electricity.

[A]

So guess, guess who responded to this?

[B]

China.

[A]

China. China demands Israel immediately withdraw from Lebanon. Lebanon must not become another Gaza. So let's, let's hear what he has to say.

[B]

The ongoing exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah have plunged the people of the region into the suffering wall. Israel's continuous escalation of military offensives has already killed over 1,200 people. The recent announcement by Israel to expand ground operations in Lebanon and extend the so called buffer zone risks further prolonging and escalating the conflict which is A cause for concern. Lebanon must not become another Gaza and the international community must never allow the tragedy of Gaza to be repeated. China calls on the parties concerned to immediately cease hostilities and work to de escalate the situation. Israel should immediately withdraw all its forces from Lebanon and respect the Lebanon's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.

[A]

Oh, and then he, he added, by the way, we have nukes and they can reach wherever we want. So your bunker won't do you any good once the doors have been melted shut. Okay, so that's China threatening Israel. You better stop this crap in Lebanon. So I wonder what China has the nukes. China has power.

[D]

Isn't Russia threatening them too?

[A]

Russia also threatened them.

[D]

So it was World War Three time.

[A]

So Russia threatened Israel over Iran and now China is threatening Israel over Lebanon. And Russia and China are now buddy, buddy. Because we screwed that up. We pushed them closer together by doing the Ukraine war, which one front, but which we started.

[D]

So we started World War 3 a while back.

[A]

We started World War 3 basically back in 2014 with the Maidan coup. And if you don't think so, the Ukraine war was started by us. When he invaded Ukraine, it was as a response to what NATO and Ukraine had been doing. And we know this is a fact because Angela Merkel admitted it, that the only reason they did the minx pizza cords with Russia and Ukraine was to give Ukraine enough time to let NATO build up their military so they could have this war. And so they ramped up the bombings of the Donbass, the eastern part of Ukraine, the Russian speakers, Ukraine was bombing them. And then they ramped it up and doubled it to provoke Russia to come in and try to protect the Russian ethnic Russians in the Donbass. So this was started again by Ukraine and NATO. It was not started by Russia. And the threat to put Ukraine into NATO. And then there'd be nuclear missiles on their border and they can't have that. So we did everything we possibly could and we started the war. And so when, when again the war

[D]

on terror we started just like the war on 9, 11 with terror groups we made.

[A]

That's right. And if you don't, and if you don't understand that this Lebanon thing, this Iran thing, and they're going to go into Egypt, this is all. And Saudi Arabia. So Israel wants to go into Saudi Arabia, take over it, at least half of it. They want to go into Egypt, they're in Lebanon, they're in Syria and they're doing Iran. And so guess who predicted this. Muammar Gaddafi. Muammar Gaddafi many years ago, and this is why they had to kill him, was because he said their plan is to remove Lebanon and Syria so that the borders of so called Israel are with Turkey rather than with Arab countries. You will see this achieved, if not in our era, in our children's era. Syria will become five small states. That's exactly what has happened now. Now Turkey has a part of Syria, the United States has a part of Syria, Israel has a part of Syria, and Al Qaeda has a part of Syria. So it's been broken up into at least four. At least four parts.

[D]

Jimmy, did Muammar Gaddafi write for the Simpsons? How did he predict the future?

[A]

It's amazing. It's amazing. So he, if you want to hear him say it, here it is. Turn it down a little bit. So they are. Here it is. They are. So that's Israel's borders are with Turkey. I say these words and you will see them achieved, if not in our era than in our children's. But unfortunately it will happen. Syria and Lebanon. The plan is to remove them so that the borders of so called Israel are with Turkey rather than the Israelis. Write about this. The Balkanization of the Arab countries, meaning the Balkanization of Egypt, the Balkanization of Syria. Egypt is being mapped out to become four states. Syria will become five small states, a small Lebanon. Division of nations into states, communes and cantons. This is the existing map and the words are written. So this is not a secret plan. This is not a secret. They say it out loud and they're doing it. This is not a secret. And he knew this. And he would tell the other Arab countries, you're next. And he's right. He's right. Israel wants to become the superpower of the Middle east and they want to have dominion over the Gulf states. They want to have dominion over. They want to split up Saudi Arabia. So he was warning Saudi Arabia, like, you don't think they're going to come for you. You think you're going to be protected by the United States? Don't be an idiot. And he was right. He was 100% right. I just want to show you. Here's Libya with Gaddafi. That's Libya after the United States liberated them.

[D]

No, we tortured some folks.

[A]

Yeah, we tortured some folks. That's what Barack Obama did. And Hillary Clinton.

[D]

But she wouldn't eat one kid's face, though. She'd do that. But she wouldn't like torture one kid.

[A]

Yeah, she wouldn't.

[B]

Yeah, what a joke.

[A]

Hasn't Israel always supported the five small state Solution. Okay. It's like, you know, where it's like we're the decorator. We use the same decorator for every new location. I mean, really. But it's very hip and trendy to go with the post apocalyptic Dune punk look. That's what we're going for. I guess you could say they're just modernizing all the new locations. So this is what Libya looked like now. That's what Gaza looks like. The west bank now they're going to make. And they're trying to make Lebanon look like that. They're trying to. Oh, they made Syria look like that. They're trying to do it to Iran. This is their plan. This is their decorator. This, they're the new decorators.

[D]

It's going to be done here. You know, it's a great reset and they've already started with the AI minister in Albania and then we already got the new renovations here. It's got to go around the whole globe. So they're going to do it where they can do it first. I'm just surprised that they would stab Saudi Arabia in the back that hard. That like, obviously, you know.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, they already bombed Saudi Arabia. Israel. Israel already bombed Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the war to try to draw Saudi Arabia into the war. And they tried to blame it. It was a false flag. They wanted Saudi Arabia to think it was Iran bombing them. But everybody knows that it was Israel, including Iran knows it was Israel. So, yeah, they're the maniacs. So according to this confirmed presence of a Russian nuclear submarine near the Strait of Hormuz, Moscow has officially deployed six submarines, including two nuclear ones near the Strait of Hormuz for a discrete mission to protect Iranian infrastructure. According to reports, their primary role is to prevent the United States and Israel from freely entering the strait or approaching the Iranian coast. This deployment sends a strong political message to the west, signaling that any major escalation against Iran could directly involve Russia. So I, I can't, again, I can't speak for the veracity of that, of that report, but this comes from GBX Press. They follow me. Hey, how about I follow him back? How about that? So we know that Russia has threatened Israel. What it says Iranian foreign minister attacks Trump. Now, you must send your soldiers to Iran, as you said, to open the Straight of Hormuz. If you are brave and stand by your word, don't talk so much. Just send your powerful soldiers to Iran. And if you are afraid to send them by plane as happened before, we will send you an Iranian plane. To transport them, I tell you, within 30 days, in front of the whole world, to the Strait of Hormuz will be closed by order of Iranian sovereignty. And no one will dare to open it, not even after a hundred years. Ask your friend Netanyahu what we are doing to him and his people every day. We are plunging them into constant nightmare. And you will soon be rid of this nightmare. This is the first time he has spoken in this manner since the beginning of the war. Truly powerful words. Wow. This hair's without history. They also confirm it. The bombs are still falling, but Washington is already lost. A former US Military advisor said what most analysts are thinking. Trump's war on Iran has alienated every ally America has left. Not some, all of them. Let's listen.

[B]

I mean, at the end of the day, war is not one on the battlefield. They have to when around a negotiating table. No doubt the United States has superiority in all domains, you know, air superiority, maritime superiority. And if there is a land invasion, perhaps also they'll be victorious on the battlefield. But at the end of the day, it's the politics. What is the political end state? And how do you determine success? And you have to be around the table to declare victory or. Or accept defeat.

[A]

So there you have it. When you the United States turned against its allies, the tariffs came first. Then the threats against Greenland, then the abandonment of Ukraine. Now a unilateral war that nobody signed up for, followed by demands that everyone join in anyway. When you spend years burning bridges, do not be surprised when nobody comes to your war. The military result in Iran is still uncertain. The strategic result is not. America is alone, and it got there fast. Whoa, okay, whoa. That's not. And that's the. That's a guy who. What's this?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

War is not.

[A]

That is a former senior military advisor for. To the US State Department, Abbas Dahuk. Okay, whoa, whoa. Of course we've lost the war. This was always an unwinnable war, which is why nobody ever tried it before, which is when, you know, George Bush did Iraq, he did Afghanistan, lost Afghanistan. We also lost Iraq. Obama and Hillary Clinton did Libya and Syria. George Bush did Ukraine and Gaza, and now Trump is doing Iran. But. But they wouldn't do Iran. Trump is doing Iran. There's a reason why they wouldn't do Iran. And this is why. Hey, become a premium member. Go to jimmy door comedy.com, sign up. It's the most affordable premium program in the business. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. All the voices performed today are by the one and only, the inimitable Mike McCrae. He can be found at mike McCray dot com. That's it for this week. You be the best you can be and I'll keep being me.

[B]

Don't freak out.

[A]

Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Do not freak out. I'm not kidding. Do not. Do not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Do not freak out.