Ted Cruz & Tucker Carlson Battle Over Iran While Trump Enters His Decorating Era | Matt Berninger

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Jordan Klepper covers the latest on a potential war with Iran, including the fight between Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz that was heard across the MAGA-verse and Trump’s big decision to ignore the problem and focus on erecting flagpoles.

Jordan Klepper and Desi Lydic go head-to-head over the latest sports news: DeMarcus Cousins's outburst in Puerto Rico, Aaron Rodgers's surprise wedding, and Caitlin Clark's return to the WNBA.

Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and frontman of the band The National, Matt Berninger, sits down with Jordan to discuss traveling back to his Midwest roots in his new solo album “Get Sunk.” They talk about burning down the idea of who you are to find your authentic self, how he started writing songs on baseballs, connecting to Taylor Swift’s honest songwriting, and how the song “Inland Ocean” is a prologue for the album.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:11.0	From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only sorts for news.
0:18.2	This is The Daily Show with your host, Jordan Klepper.
0:22.6	I'm George Kleber. I'm George Klepper. We got so much to talk about tonight. Donald Trump. Welcome to Daily Show.
0:38.7	I'm George Clap, and we got so much to talk about tonight.
0:41.2	Donald Trump takes a mental health day.
0:43.3	We go balls deep on sports stories about balls,
0:46.8	and Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz have a douche off.
0:50.4	So, let's get into headlines.
0:57.0	For two days now, the world has been waiting for Donald Trump to decide whether to accept Israel's
1:02.5	Evite to go to war with Iran.
1:06.0	We know he's viewed it, but he still has an RSVP.
1:09.7	I hate it when that happens.
1:11.4	Now, in the meantime, the question has started
1:13.4	a separate war inside his MAGA base.
1:16.6	And today, it exploded into a heated debate
1:19.2	between the two most likable and charming voices on the right.
1:24.4	On the one side is Ted Cruz, who wants war with Iran.
1:28.4	And on the other is Tucker Carlson, who thinks Ted Cruz doesn't know shit about Iran.
1:34.5	How many people living around, by the way?
1:36.5	I don't know the population.
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