My Kingdom For A Deal

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

FDD's Jonathan Schanzer is back to discuss President Trump's terrible Iran deal and the ongoing uncertainty about its details, as well as America's position in the world in the aftermath of such a deal. Plus, the Bidens attempt a comeback, and Jay Clayton's nomination for DNI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the best.
0:07.0	Expect the worst.
0:10.0	Some drink and pain.
0:12.0	Some die of first.
0:14.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:17.0	Hope for the best.
0:19.0	Expect the worst. Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast.
0:27.1	I didn't listen to the lyrics of our theme song.
0:32.6	I hope for the best.
0:34.7	I did not expect the worst.
0:36.7	Today we are going to be talking about the worst.
0:40.3	I am John Pudhord's, the editor of Commentary with me as always executive editor,
0:44.3	Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. Washington
0:51.4	Free Beacon editor, Eleana Johnson. Hi, Eliana.
0:55.2	Hi, John.
1:00.5	And our contributing editor and Puba at the Foundation for Defense of Democracy's Jonathan Shanzer.
1:01.7	Hi, John.
1:02.6	Hi, John.
1:04.3	Well, I, like I say, the worst has happened.
1:08.4	We don't know the terms of the peace deal that has been struck or the
1:12.6	memorandum of understanding that has been struck between the United States and Iran. The
1:18.0	drafts or the leaks differ, depending on which nation you turn to. But even the best reading
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