Hour 1: Camp David is off the table for now.

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Mark opened the show by explaining why President Trump moved the scheduled Camp David Cabinet meeting to the White House. The shift comes as the administration prepares for critical talks with Iran. Mark noted that if these negotiations fall through, the U.S. could respond with significant military action against Iran. President Trump’s recent physical exam reportedly showed excellent health. In the Texas Republican primary, Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Senator John Cornyn, signaling a major victory for the party’s conservative wing. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Boston radio host Howie Carr. Both agreed that President Trump’s performance in his second term appears stronger than his first. They discussed the escalating tensions with Iran, calling this moment potentially decisive. In Texas, Rep. Al Green lost the Democratic primary to Christian Menefee, the current Harris County Attorney. Mark and Howie speculated whether Rep Al Green’s initial electoral success was influenced by sharing a name with the famed soul singer.

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0:00.0	Live from Midtown Manhattan, here comes the Mark Simone show on 710 W.O.R.
0:11.0	Hey, it's going to be a summer day today, bright sunshine, 85 degrees. It's going to be beautiful all week.
0:21.1	We've got a lot to get to.
0:22.1	Why was the Camp David's cabinet meeting cancel?
0:25.7	We'll get to that.
0:26.3	We'll get to President Trump's physical.
0:28.1	We'll get to the Don Jr. wedding.
0:30.7	Joe Biden is suing the Trump administration.
0:32.8	We'll get to that.
0:33.4	We'll get to Crazy Mom Donnie and all of his latest schemes.
0:36.6	We'll get to Colbert's latest venture that just got announced and a whole lot more coming up today.
0:46.3	So, a big cabinet meeting today, very big, important cabinet meeting today.
0:51.4	I think this is the 22nd cabinet meeting, and that's in two years.
0:55.2	Joe Biden had, I think, one and a half in four years, which he basically was just sat there
1:02.3	like a vegetable. Twenty-two cabinet meetings, but this one's important. This is a big one.
1:08.7	It was to be held at Camp David. Now, that's very unusual. Very unusual. You know, it's a logistical headache to get everybody to Camp David. President Trump hates Camp David. They didn't hate it. It's not for him. It's very beautiful. It's a beautiful, very elegant log cabin. But as you can
1:30.2	imagine, Donald Trump, not the log cabin type. It's not his kind of setting. But the last time
1:37.7	they did a cabinet meeting there was last year. Now, why was that cabinet meeting at Camp David?
1:43.6	Well, it was also very important
1:46.6	and very top secret about Iran. It was at that cabinet meeting that they decided on the
1:54.3	mission to blow up Iran's nuclear reactors. Remember, that was quite a mission last year.
2:01.1	Kept totally secret. All of a sudden it happened. It was decided at that cabinet meeting
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