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Today on the Playbook podcast, a difficult week ahead for Donald Trump on immigration, tariffs, and the economy.

From birthright citizenship to the Liberation Day anniversary,

we'll talk you through what's coming up.

But overshadowing it all now is whether to escalate the war in Iran

and send in American ground troops.

Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

And I'm Adam Wren, and it's Monday, March 30th.

Adam, how you doing? Did you have a good weekend? I had a great weekend. Did you, Jack?

I certainly did. The sun was shining. The flowers were blooming in D.C. and I didn't spend it

agonizing over all the different things that Donald Trump must have been agonizing over this weekend

at Mara Lago. If indeed he's an agonizing kind of guy, maybe he's not. Let listeners decide about that. Adam, there's loads of stuff coming up this week and none of it looks very simple or very straightforward for the president. Before we get on to the various things, which are all very challenging for him, he has this enormous decision looming over him right now about which way to go on the Iran war. It's day 31 today. The war is a month old. He says the negotiations are going well with Iran. He says that he expects a deal soon. But back in the real world, there is no sign of that happening at all. And the most and best insider reporting we're getting is that he is really considering

one of several ground operations in Iran to try and make a decisive move in the conflict.

That would be an enormous moment in his presidency, probably the biggest moment in his presidency.

Yeah, Jack.

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