Mark interviews political strategist Ed Rollins.

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🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Ed weighs in on President Trump’s Tuesday evening address to the nation on the war in Iran, calling the speech underwhelming and light on new details. Mark gets Ed’s take on how Trump should bring the conflict to a close. Ed sees boots on the ground as a real possibility, but warns that American casualties could have serious consequences for the President heading into the midterms.

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0:34.4	Well, let's talk to the dean himself. Ed Rollins, the greatest political analyst.
0:38.9	He's been in a lot of White Houses, run a lot of campaigns, and he's with us now.
0:43.1	Ed Rollins, how you doing?
0:45.4	Good morning.
0:45.8	How are you?
0:46.4	Very good.
0:47.5	Hey, what do you think getting rid of Pam Bondi?
0:50.5	Probably a good idea.
0:52.0	A bit of a bumbler, I think.
0:57.9	She obviously is too striding for the job she alienated a lot of people and didn't do what trump wanted uh the critical thing i think is the
1:03.4	timing uh and i worry from a communication fair perspective it's 213 days to the election uh we
1:10.4	i would not go through another fight if i was the if i was the president of president's respective. It's 213 days to the election.
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