DSR Weekly Wrap-up: Trump Blocks Federal Funding Over Ego Trip
The DSR Network
Chris Cotnoir
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:56.3 | Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. |
| 0:57.4 | I'm David Rothkopf. |
| 0:58.0 | It's Friday. |
| 1:04.8 | Riley Fessler and Minna Steiner with me in order to help go over this past week and to think a little bit about next week and to do so in our usual calm, |
| 1:10.6 | moderated style because you're going into the weekend you |
| 1:13.5 | want to stay calm so you can enjoy it so I'll use NPR tones so where will we start today |
| 1:23.0 | I will start us with talks in Oman as Iran and the United States engaged in high-stakes negotiations in Oman today, attempting to bridge deep divides over Tehran's nuclear program while under the shadow of a massive U.S. and naval buildup. |
| 1:39.4 | Wait, I thought the nuclear program was over. |
| 1:41.3 | We went in, we bombed it, and then there's no nuclear program. |
| 1:44.1 | What happened? You know, forget about that. Psych. That's... the nuclear program was over. We went in, we bombed it, and then there's no nuclear program. What |
| 1:44.3 | happened? You know, forget about that. That never happened. I don't know what you're talking about. |
| 1:50.9 | That's a political turn that you might not be familiar with. Syke? Yeah. No, no. Believe me, in the Trump era, |
| 1:57.6 | that's the time I'm familiar. |
| 2:06.7 | While Tehran has signaled some flexibility regarding uranium enrichment and the potential handover of nuclear material, |
| 2:12.8 | they have flatly rejected Washington's demands to include their ballistic missile program and regional influence in the talks. |
| 2:17.7 | The Trump administration, represented by officials like Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, is maintaining a maximum pressure stance. Warning of military options of a broader deal, |
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