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Today on Squawk Pod.

There's no way that President Trump's going to back down until he sees us through to the end.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on the President's resolve in the Iran War and the outlook.

The timeline that President Trump has stated over and over is that it's a four to six week

war and that we're ahead of schedule.

Then Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, as chair of the Homeland Security Committee, he is gearing up

for the new DHS Secretary confirmation hearing, and he's speaking out against the war in Iran.

Often people say, oh, this war is in our national security interests.

Well, that's a conclusion, not a debate.

The debate is really why do you think this war is in our national security interests?

And I think there's a lot of negative for the war, not a whole lot of upside for America. Plus, the Property Brothers addressed the affordable housing crisis, Jonathan Scott, on the red tape and the upside to development.

If I was going to do an affordable housing project today, if I was just going to build a building that cost 20 million,

just to build it as an affordable housing project, using government

funds, it's about 40% more expensive. And Drew Scott on the other issue in housing, supply.

It's not a rate issue. Like, the rates are one thing. When rates come down, everybody gets

excited to buy. It's a supply issue. 80% of people have mortgages under 6%. So nobody wants to do

anything with it. They're holding on to it. So all these people looking to buy, you just don't have

inventory. It is Tuesday, March 17th, 2026. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Squawk Pod begins right now.

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