Okay, there is a lot of breaking news tonight, and specifically there is breaking news that Donald

Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran,

and that's brand new reporting from the NBC news, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S.

official, and another person with knowledge of the conversations. That is a lot of people

providing this information to NBC. Trump has apparently discussed the idea of troops on the ground with

both AIDS and Republican officials outside of the White House. And I just want you to think about

that incredibly sobering news in the context of what we are seeing and hearing from this president

publicly right now.

Because today the president who just launched the United States into a war with Iran just seven days ago,

and who is now apparently expressing interest in sending U.S. ground troops into that war,

which is, of course, the fear that millions of Americans, people with children, people

with grandchildren have around the country. Even as that's going on, he hosted a roundtable

for college sports official today where he seemed, well, laser focused on how to fix what he

called the mess of how college athletes are paid.

And even to Fox News reporter Peter Ducey, my old buddy Peter Ducey, the issue of how college athletes are paid did seem, well, kind of secondary to the all-out regional war

Donald Trump started. And so Ducey asked Trump a question about reports that Russia is

helping Iran target Americans,

something that was in the newspapers this morning.

And here's how that one.

It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans now.

That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here.

But can I be honest? It's just, I have a lot of respect for you.

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