The REAL REASON Trump Called Off Iran Bombing Explained By Steve Bannon! w/ Max Blumenthal
The Jimmy Dore Show
Jimmy Dore
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy Dore and The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal respond to Steve Bannon's claim that Trump has rejected a large-scale bombing campaign on Iran and that the Iranian government is supposedly on the verge of collapse. Max argues that the opposite is true, saying sanctions have failed to topple the state, pro-government rallies are massive, and a U.S. or Israeli attack would likely unify the population around the government.
Max warns that Israel and hawkish U.S. politicians like Lindsey Graham are still pressuring Trump to escalate and draw the U.S. into a long regional war, and could succeed in those efforts. The two conclude by pointing out that regime-change fantasies ignore Iran's history, political base, and the catastrophic outcomes of similar interventions in Iraq and Syria.
Plus segments on Lindsey Graham's sadness over the lack of bombing of Iran, Trump critic Scott Ritter being debanked and an unhinged BBC talking head's theory about Iran controlling Trump.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from George Clooney!
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| 0:12.8 | Establishment media sucks. |
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| 0:18.1 | He's fomenting this. |
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| 0:29.6 | It's the Chimmy Tor Show. |
| 0:37.2 | Max Blumenthal's with us, the award-winning journalist as well as editor-in-chief of the Grey Zone. |
| 0:38.5 | He's the best-selling author of several books and including goliath 51-day war and the management of savagery welcome back to |
| 0:44.4 | this show max blumenthal hey max good to see you i'm on time too so i wanted to uh the people of a |
| 0:53.6 | i wanted to get your reaction to... |
| 0:56.0 | Apparently, we were all set for Trump to go in and start the war, and so was Lindsey Graham. |
| 1:02.0 | Lindsey Graham was saying stuff like this. |
| 1:04.0 | To the people of Iran, we stand with you tonight. |
| 1:08.0 | We stand for you taking back your country from the I. We stand for you like he's |
| 1:13.4 | about to cry. It's kind of amazing. There we go. To the people of Iran, we stand with you tonight. |
| 1:19.8 | We stand for you taking back your country from the Ayatollah, religious Nazi, who kills you and |
| 1:26.6 | terrorizes the world. |
| 1:27.9 | We pray for you. We support you. Donald J. Trump is not Barack Obama. |
| 1:33.4 | He has your back. And to the Ayatollahs, you need to understand. |
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