Bill Kristol: End the War
As the Iran war enters its third week, the Trump administration looks like it doesn’t know what it’s doing: It did not bother to consult U.S. allies before the military operation began but it now want...
16 Maalis 53min
Tom Nichols: Sinking Into the Mire of a Longer War?
The Trump administration is preparing to deploy a Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East along with more warships. But that development was not Hegseth’s highest priority at his Pentagon briefin...
13 Maalis 55min
Sam Stein: The Ridiculously Unserious President
We’re raining hellfire down on Iran and American soldiers have died, but that doesn’t stop Trump from hitting the links, doing a little dancing, or holding a revenge rally. His main preoccupation is h...
12 Maalis 1h 7min
Saagar Enjeti: “The Joke Is on Me”
One of the biggest America First fans tells Tim that he thought Trump 2.0 would be different because like-minded, high-level personnel—including the vice president and top DOD staff—were supposed to s...
11 Maalis 1h 6min
Laura Rozen and Sonny Bunch: War and Dystopia
Before the bombs and the missiles started falling on Iran, Trump sent Jared and Witkoff to try to cut a deal with Tehran. But his two favorite emissaries with no expertise in world affairs fundamental...
10 Maalis 56min
Sarah Longwell: No One Should Trust this Government
Unless the administration is keeping some closely-guarded secret about why America went to war against Iran, the only thing officialdom is saying out loud is that Netanyahu wanted us to. And now Trump...
9 Maalis 1h 4min
Neera Tanden: Absolute Power Corrupts
Republicans and the Supreme Court have put basically no guardrails on Trump, so he started a global war that is costing taxpayers $1 billion a day. He shrugs about soldiers dying, and he lies about th...
6 Maalis 1h 3min
Derek Thompson: Ruling by Emergency
Not only is Trump failing to provide any clarity on why the United States went to war against Iran, the administration is also sticking to its habit of declaring an emergency based on some arcane lega...
5 Maalis 1h 5min
