Steve Schmidt: A Failed Excuse
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Trump has trapped himself in an escalating war and can’t give any real answers for what will happen next. Steve Schmidt exposes the posse of clowns sending young Americans to war for Trump's ego.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Donald Trump is the Wizard of Oz. |
| 0:07.0 | And we've reached that part of the story where the curtain is being drawn back. |
| 0:11.5 | And everybody is seeing plainly. |
| 0:14.4 | Well, not everybody. |
| 0:16.2 | Trump does have his winged monkeys. |
| 0:18.1 | He still does possess his base. |
| 0:20.2 | According to his national security advisor, who for some reason |
| 0:24.3 | is talking about politics on a Sunday show, 100% of MAGA stands with him. |
| 0:31.7 | The administration hasn't convinced, we've seen it in our polling, the majority of Americans, |
| 0:36.5 | that this war was necessary. |
| 0:37.7 | 66% of Americans believe conflict with Iran's a war of choice. |
| 0:41.5 | 60% disapprove of the U.S. taking military action against Iran. |
| 0:45.9 | 57% of Americans think the conflict is going very or somewhat badly. |
| 0:51.7 | How do you tell the American people they're wrong? |
| 0:54.0 | Well, I could quote a whole |
| 0:58.1 | slew of polls that show, for example, self-described MAGA Republicans give the president a 100% approval |
| 1:04.8 | rating. His base is in there. A majority say the number one job of the commander in chief is to |
| 1:09.2 | keep Americans safe. |
| 1:11.0 | I can point here to an NBC poll, 90% of Republicans, broader Republicans, support Trump's |
| 1:18.9 | effort to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities. |
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