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The Damage Report with John Iadarola

4-Delusional Chess

The Damage Report with John Iadarola

TYT Network

Politics, Government, News

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Trump plans a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after he fails to secure a peace deal. Trump admits prices will get higher while Republicans are in damage control. Viktor Orban loses the Hungary presidential election. Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has ended his campaign after an onslaught of sexual assault allegations. A judge blocked Hegseth from banning the press from the Pentagon. Bernie Sanders launched a movement to increase union power.  Host: John Iadarola (@johniadarola) Co-Host: Jayar Jackson (@jayarjackson) Thanks to our episode's sponsors: Refresh your winter wardrobe with Quince. Go to quince.com/damage for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble   ***** SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE TIKTOK  ☞        https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport INSTAGRAM  ☞   https://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport TWITTER  ☞         https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport FACEBOOK  ☞     https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT 👕 MERCH ☞       https://shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:16.0

We're going to see what happens. We're in very deep negotiations with Iran. We win regardless. We've been at it now

0:25.5

for 21 hours, and we've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That's the

0:32.6

good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.

0:40.2

I don't care if they come back or not.

0:41.7

If they don't come back, I'm fine.

0:44.9

I'm fine.

0:45.7

I'm not over there.

0:47.0

I'm not getting blown up.

0:48.5

I do agree with them on one part.

0:50.2

We are in deep negotiations, I guess.

0:53.5

Deep something. Anyway, yeah, so it fell apart.

0:59.0

I mean, we sent J.D. Vance, we sent our best little boy. How could it have fallen apart?

1:04.0

We're all shocked and chagrined by this. Realistically, though, setting aside the sarcasm,

1:09.0

I guess it's not a surprise that it fell apart, considering

1:12.8

that our deal breakers and their deal breakers, like that doesn't go together at all.

1:18.6

And so let's have some more war.

1:21.6

Let's kill some more kids.

1:23.4

Let's burn billions more dollars.

1:25.4

Why not?

1:26.4

I mean, we win anyway, Trump said.

1:28.3

And if he says it, even if he says it a week after desperately trying to get around to do a ceasefire, because he could see how terrible this is going for us, then what's the difference? And as J.D. Vance says, it's worse for them, because right now I'm a tough guy. In 18 months, I'll be denying I had any part in any of this as I pitched

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