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Next Up with Mark Halperin

Partisan Divide on Iran, Inside Trump’s Big Decision, with Rachael Bade, and Sage Steele Unfiltered

Next Up with Mark Halperin

MK Media

News, Daily News, Politics

4.8846 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Mark Halperin opens today’s show with his reported monologue breaking down the Left’s partisanship on an issue that should transcend politics: stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. While Democrat Senator Chris Coons praises NATO’s new funding commitments and agrees Iran must be stopped, he—like many on the Left—refuses to credit Trump’s role in those efforts. Plus, Mark explains why national unity is essential in times of war, how partisan divisions only serve America’s enemies, and how both parties are guilty parties. Then, Politico Capitol Bureau Chief Rachael Bade joins with a behind-the-scenes look at Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. She also unpacks Speaker Johnson’s careful balancing act with Trump and how J.D. Vance is winning over the GOP. Finally, Sage Steele sits down with Mark for a candid conversation about walking away from her dream job at ESPN, finding her voice in politics, and leading with kindness in the face of public criticism.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right. So you want to know what's next up. You've come to the right place.

0:05.5

I'm Mark Halper, editor-in-chief of the live video platform. Two-way, your host, to everything next up.

0:10.6

And I may begin to call you Nexters. How do you feel about that? Nexters. We're trying to find a name for what to call the people who like this program.

0:18.0

And Nexters is currently the leading candidate let me know how you

0:21.1

feel about that tell me on social media or uh anywhere on youtube wherever you're watching the program

0:26.8

if you like nexters because that is the frontrunner uh this program appears on youtube it also appears

0:32.4

as a podcast on leading podcast platforms your spotifies your, your Apple Music's, Apple Podcasts, and grateful to you for being part of the program.

0:42.9

A little later, Rachel Bade, the Capital Bureau Chief of Politico will be here.

0:47.5

We'll talk about Donald Trump and what's going on with his administration.

0:51.8

And then after that, one of my favorite Sage Steel, the host of the Sage Steel show, will be here.

0:58.8

We'll find out from her, amongst other things, how she named her show.

1:02.2

But first, we'll have my reported monologue.

1:03.9

I'm going to let you know what I think about what's going on between the United States and Iran

1:09.9

and President Trump's actions.

1:12.0

Pretty dramatic what he did.

1:13.7

Pretty dramatic.

1:15.0

And so grateful to you for being here.

1:16.6

As I said, Rachel Bade, Sage Steele will be here.

1:19.8

But first, now this, I have been amazed at how partisan the Democrats have been in reaction

1:27.2

to what President Trump did by all measures

1:29.9

a pretty exciting, pretty dramatic moves and pretty successful. Now, we don't know. Will the

1:35.5

ceasefire hold? Who knows? But what we do know is that there has been bipartisan consensus

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