DOGE: Promises vs. Reality; Ukraine's Drone Attacks on Russian Air Bases; Gaza Ceasefire Deal Developments
System Update with Glenn Greenwald
Rumble
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Journalist Michael Tracey examines the legacy of DOGE and its promises to dismantle the "deep state." Plus: Steve Witkoff draws an impossible red line in Iran nuclear deal negotiations and the U.S. continues to allow Israel to decimate Gaza while ceasefire negotiations drag on. Finally: Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in an attack Politico Playbook compared to "Pearl Harbor." But, if this analogy holds, why are people openly celebrating such a potentially apocalyptic escalation?
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. |
| 0:17.0 | It is Monday, June 2nd. |
| 0:20.0 | My, how time flies. |
| 0:21.6 | Hot Girl Summer already. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to a brand new edition of System Update, our live nightly show that airs every |
| 0:30.6 | Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern exclusively here on Rumble. |
| 0:35.6 | The Free Speech Alternative to YouTube. I'm Michael Tracy, the free speech alternative to YouTube. |
| 0:38.7 | I'm Michael Tracy, whether you like it or not. |
| 0:41.5 | Glenn Greenwald is out and about doing his thing. |
| 0:44.4 | He will return soon enough. |
| 0:47.5 | And you're stuck with me. |
| 0:51.4 | Tonight, Doge seemingly terminated Elon Musk announced that he is hitting the road jack |
| 0:59.8 | might he come back it's possible however i think we're at this point obligated to at least give |
| 1:08.3 | a preliminary assessment of what doge really was, what did it accomplish |
| 1:14.9 | or not accomplish, were we told the correct information about what to anticipate, |
| 1:20.7 | et cetera, we will explore that. Next, as seems to be constantly the case these days, hair-trigger, tight-wire negotiations are underway in a variety of hot-spot geopolitical arenas, not least Iran and Gaza. |
| 1:43.7 | So is Steve Whitkoff, who is the special envoy appointed by Trump to handle |
| 1:51.0 | an astonishing multiplicity of portfolios? Is he on the cusp of saving humanity from ruin, |
| 2:00.6 | or are we destined for some kind of doom? |
| 2:06.6 | We will review. |
| 2:07.6 | And then finally, on Ukraine, much of the media, much of the war bloggers, much of the commentators have been celebrating |
| 2:20.3 | that yesterday Ukraine launched what is widely regarded to be one of its most audacious attacks |
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