Iran War Escalates as Lessons Are Ignored
The Mary Trump Podcast
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump hijacks a Medal of Honor ceremony to brag about White House drapes while casualties rise in his Iran war. New polls show Americans turning against the strikes fast.
Part II
As the Trump regime escalates war in Iran, analysts warn the conflict is repeating mistakes made during the Iraq War, from critically underestimated costs to long-term instability.
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| 0:00.0 | During a White House ceremony, Donald was supposed to bestow the Medal of honor on three American veterans. |
| 0:13.6 | Two of the accommodations were being awarded posthumously. |
| 0:17.7 | When he spoke to the press and the families of those being honored, there was more than the Medal of Honor recipients or the war in Iran, which he started, on his mind. |
| 0:28.6 | Because Donald, and this was one thing you should all know by now, he has his priority straight. |
| 0:35.6 | Take a look. |
| 0:36.6 | See that nice drape? When that comes down right now, |
| 0:41.0 | you see a very, very deep hole, but in about a year and a half from now, you're going to see |
| 0:45.8 | a very, very beautiful building. And there's your entrance to it right there. In fact, it looks |
| 0:50.5 | so nice, I don't think I'll even, I think I'll save money on the doors because it can't get more beautiful than that. I picked those drapes in my first term. I always like gold, but I think we can save a lot of money. I just saved, I just saved curtains. But, and it will be, it will be spectacular. It'll be the most beautiful ballroom. |
| 1:11.6 | I believe it's because I built many a ballroom. |
| 1:13.6 | I believe it's going to be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world. |
| 1:16.6 | And when you hear all that hammering out there, you know why the first lady is not thrilled exactly. |
| 1:21.6 | She said, will the pile drivers ever stop? |
| 1:24.6 | You know, they go from six in the morning till 11.30 in the evening. Can you imagine? Here? |
| 1:31.3 | You know what? To me, that's a beautiful sound. She doesn't like it. I love it. You know what? To me, other than here, because we're donating it, not a penny to the taxpayer. |
| 1:42.3 | It'll be under budget ahead of schedule. It'll be 400 million or less. |
| 1:48.2 | Most people say 400 million or more. No, it'll be less. But when I hear that sound, that beautiful |
| 1:54.6 | sound behind me, it means money, so I like it. But my wife isn't thrilled she said this is getting crazy it'll I said |
| 2:02.8 | don't worry about it we'll be all finished up in a few months but now for the reason that we're |
| 2:08.6 | gathered this morning to recognize the oh yeah yeah why are we here exactly I mean don't get me |
| 2:15.4 | wrong I'm sure that the families of those killed |
| 2:18.7 | in Iran, those Iranian citizens, those families of U.S. service members are thrilled that that |
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