Strait Talk: Trump’s Ask to Allies

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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President Trump calls on other countries to help re-open the Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon identifies the six servicemembers who died in a refueling plane crash. And airline executives beg Congress to end its shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bowser is back.
0:02.0	Ha ha!
0:03.0	Bouser!
0:04.0	Everyone calm down!
0:08.0	The Super Mario Brothers can take care of the kingdom.
0:11.0	Let's go!
0:13.0	On April 1st, Toad, pack our things.
0:16.0	The galaxy is waiting.
0:20.0	Who is this? Who is this?
0:21.6	So some cool dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group.
0:25.6	Cool.
0:26.6	The Super Mario Galaxy movie, only in cinema's April 1st.
0:29.6	It's Monday, March 16th and people are begging the White House, give it to me straight.
0:34.6	We start here.
0:36.6	The Trump administration cracks down on the
0:41.1	Persian Gulf while promising to end the Iran war. The conflict will come to the end in the next few
0:46.5	weeks. But can you achieve both objectives at the same time? The Pentagon IDs six casualties
0:52.3	from a refueling crash.
0:56.5	He was brave. He had true courage.
0:59.7	We'll go over the risks their fellow service members are still facing.
1:03.4	And airlines would like Congress to please prepare for takeoff.
1:07.5	Travel is a, quote, political football in yet another government shutdown.
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