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The Mark Simone Show

FULL SHOW: SCOTUS Shut Down Tariffs; Clock Is Ticking For Iran.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

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4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has given Iran 10 to 15 days to reach an agreement with the United States, warning of serious consequences if they do not comply. Meanwhile, Trump's ballroom project has received the latest approvals and is likely to proceed, with construction expected to be completed by fall 2026. There are no new updates on Nancy Guthrie's case. Mark interviews writer and producer Alan Zweibel. Alan shares why the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY, is one of his favorite places. He also discusses the recent Mel Brooks documentary, offering his thoughts on its unique approach and the current landscape of documentaries. Plus, Alan provides an update on the upcoming Rodney Dangerfield Broadway show. The Supreme Court ruled this morning, in a 6-3 decision, that President Trump’s tariffs are illegal. A key question now is whether the money collected under those tariffs must be returned to affected countries and companies. Meanwhile, California is proposing a one-time 5% tax on billionaires, prompting many wealthy residents to consider leaving the state. Mark interviews Republican candidate for NY Governor Bruce Blakeman. Bruce addresses the challenges posed by potentially higher taxes in NYC, outlines his own tax plans, and contrasts them with those of his opponent, Hochul. He also explains why New York’s state budget is larger than Florida’s and describes how he would balance it as governor, offering insights on the latest developments in NYC politics.

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0:00.0

Now, this is the Mark Simone Show on 710 W.O.R.

0:12.2

Well, hey, it's Friday already.

0:14.0

Well, remember, it's just a four-day week, but we got a lot to get to today.

0:18.2

And it looks like it's going to rain all day. Then it'll stop raining tonight. No rain

0:24.1

tonight. And then tomorrow will be okay. Sunday, there is a possibility of snow, but it looks like

0:29.1

it's just one to three inches, maybe one inch. And that storm could change direction. So we'll keep

0:34.2

an eye on that. President Trump has said Iran has 10 to 15 days, 10 to 15 days to come to the bargaining table, work out a deal or else.

0:45.7

Now, remember, he loves that 10 to 15 days.

0:49.1

He's done that a number of times in other situations, 10 to 15 days, and then 48 hours later he attacks. So don't count on

0:57.3

that 10 to 15 days. A lot of people, and this is his Washington rumor at this point, say

1:02.5

Saturday's the day for the attack. But who knows, who knows? And then some say, well, he wouldn't do it

1:07.6

before the State of the Union. You never know. You never know with him. They may have an attack figured out that's so precise, so clever, can't miss, that they would do it before the State of the Union. Here's President Trump. Now is the time for Iran to join us on a path that will complete what we're doing. And if they join us, that'll be great. If they don't join us, that'll be great too. But it would be a very different path. Yeah. Now, sometimes he does a little strike, just a little something to motivate you. If you're not quite at the table, a little strike first. So that could happen Saturday. The war in Gaza is over. That's another war. We'll get to that a little later. 10 to 15 days. State of the Union is Tuesday night and he's got a lot to talk about.

1:53.0

You know, they've created this whole affordability myth. I mean, there has been an affordability

1:57.6

crisis caused by Joe Biden where he had inflation up to 9% a staggering

2:03.3

amount and things a mess. The president has brought it down. You got inflation hovering around

2:08.8

two and a half percent now and slowly but surely dropping latest report up a little but

2:15.3

overall overall down. So he's got to explain that to the american

2:19.5

people that this affordability crisis that's been there is getting much better now he's got to be

2:25.1

careful advisors have been telling this don't say it's solved don't say you fixed it because people

2:31.4

still feel it so you've got to say here's what we've gotten done.

2:35.2

Here's the improvement. We're not done yet. Here's what's coming. So you've got to do it that way. They'll talk about it Tuesday night. They would say affordable and everybody would say, oh, Trump's cause, no, they caused, they caused the affordability problem and we've solved it. and we're going still lower,

2:51.1

but we've solved it.

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