Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org, I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with Trump's blowout victory in Iowa, making it all but certain he will be

the Republican nominee, short of an unforeseen circumstance, and now that he appears to be

taking the weight loss drug, Ozympic, Trump is likely to be a fighting fit candidate to take on Biden.

Joining us is a recovering Republican, Jeffrey Khabaservice, the Vice President of Political

Studies at the Niscanen Center in Washington, D.C., as well as the author of several books,

including Rule and Ruin, the Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party from Eisenhower to the Tea Party.

He is a contributor to an analysis at The Guardian.

Trump's Iowa win marks a comeback for him and a step backwards for the country.

Then with only 32% of Iowa Republicans unwilling to vote for a candidate who is likely to be in jail in November,

we will assess how much the Magan movement accepts, if not celebrates, Trump's lawlessness,

and whether the rule of law itself in America is on trial in this election.

Joining us to discuss the mental state of much of the country

who fervently back a mentally unstable and criminally inclined narcissist is Dr. Alan Francis,

a professor emeritus and former chair of psychiatry and behavioral science at Duke University.

He's the author of the award-winning international bestseller Saving Normal

and the reference work essentials of psychiatric diagnosis.

And his latest book is Twilight of American C sanity.

A psychiatrist analyzes the age of Trump, now out in an updated paperback version.

Then finally we'll go to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan,

which is the site of an Iranian ballistic missile attack on what the Iranian Revolutionary

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