S8 Ep636: LIVE STREAMING THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW 3-24-2026. 1839 RHINELAND-PALATINATE
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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LIVE STREAMING THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW 3-24-2026.
1839 RHINELAND-PALATINATE
The provided transcript captures a conversation between John Batchelor and Thaddius McCotter regarding the geopolitical crisis surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and potential conflict with Iran. The participants analyze the economic impact of the strait's closure, noting its ripple effects on global oil prices, fertilizer supplies, and overall food security. They evaluate the strategy of the Trump administration, debating whether the President’s inconsistent rhetoric points to a lack of clear contingency planning. The discussion explores four primary options for the U.S. involvement: diplomatic talk, military escalation, maintaining the status quo, or a total withdrawal. McCotter expresses skepticism toward a transactional approach, arguing that the Iranian regime's core ideology makes a lasting settlement difficult. Ultimately, the dialogue reflects on historical parallels like Vietnam and Afghanistan, questioning if the current path will lead to a strategic victory or another protracted international failure. (1)
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Good day to you. This is the making of the John Batchel show, my colleague and friend of many years, |
| 0:43.7 | that is McCutter of American Greatness, former member of the House of Representatives, |
| 0:48.8 | from Detroit, is here to comment on what we can know through a glass darkly fog of war of the contact between |
| 0:57.9 | the U.S. and Iran, between the U.S. and its allies in Europe, between the U.S. and its adversaries |
| 1:04.6 | in Asia. |
| 1:06.6 | That includes the Jerusalem leadership and the Beijing leadership and the Delhi leadership |
| 1:14.5 | and the Moscow leadership. |
| 1:17.0 | All of that, we can know very little except for the headlines that come from the international news services. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm looking at the Bloomberg this morning because it's not just about violence. |
| 1:29.6 | It's also about the markets, which are surprisingly determinative globally. This is a wider war. |
| 1:37.6 | It's no regional conflict because of the Strait of Hormuz. 3,400 chips plus are trapped in the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:46.6 | They affect not only the oil prices, that's obvious. |
| 1:50.0 | But also, for example, this morning I learned in detail why it is that there's a clock ticking |
| 1:55.8 | about the fertilizer and the makings of fertilizer that are trapped in the Gulf. |
| 2:03.2 | Farmers have a choice between corn and soybeans in these next weeks. |
| 2:08.0 | Corn requires lots of extra nitrogen fertilizer. |
| 2:11.8 | Soybean is not. |
| 2:13.3 | That will very much determine the source of the fertilizer, the quantity of the fertilizer, |
| 2:21.7 | and the feed that comes from corn and not from soybean, if I understand, farming. |
| 2:27.8 | That will affect worldwide food prices and food availability. |
| 2:32.9 | In other words, food security is in one question that can be |
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