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The Michael Steele Podcast

A Moment Of Clarity: "It’s Over?" | The Dangerous Illusion of Peace in the Middle East

The Michael Steele Podcast

Two Squared Media

Politics, News, History, Government

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Is the war actually over, or are we just watching a high-stakes "fanciful traipse" through military options? While the White House claims victory in Lebanon, the reality on the ground tells a much more chaotic story. Michael Steele breaks down why a 21-hour "deal" isn't just unrealistic—it’s dangerous. He dives into the gap between Maria Bartiromo’s latest presidential scoop and the actual strategy (or lack thereof) being executed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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0:00.0

And now for a moment of clarity.

0:07.0

Negotiations take time.

0:09.1

The idea that even somebody like the vice president, the United States, was going to close a deal in 21 hours.

0:16.1

That's ridiculous.

0:17.1

That's not serious.

0:18.6

And I'm cautiously optimistic that at least they're now talking about

0:22.9

another round of negotiations. But if they're serious negotiations, I predict they'll take months and

0:29.7

years, not days and weeks.

0:32.8

You know, sir, I want to sort of put a little bit of a button on all aspects of this conversation,

0:40.8

because it really boils down to when you take into account how Simone set up in the first part

0:47.0

with her question and now Alicia with hers, this idea of the administration doing what is doing, acting

0:54.1

and behaving the way it's behaving,

0:56.5

as if they actually had a plan. I find it very interesting, sir, that what we're looking at

1:01.8

is a fanciful trapes through, you know, military options and, you know, some, some economic

1:09.5

and strategy that they think is going to work.

1:13.5

You have Marco Rubio, Secretary of State,

1:15.6

is going to be meeting with, you know, Israeli and Lebanese officials

1:20.4

to talk some more about, you know, how they're going to reach that ceasefire,

1:27.2

make it work with Lebanon, et cetera, et cetera, between Israel and Hezbollah.

1:31.6

You've got tonight.

1:33.4

Okay, here's a funny.

1:34.8

You've got tonight for you.

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