The week the world holds its breath
The Two Matts
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4.4 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
As missiles fly between Israel and Iran, the Matts explore the long backstory to a conflict that has the capacity to spark a truly global conflict. Why has Netanyahu chosen now to attack? What can Iranians hope for? How will Keir Starmer handle the fact he is caught between a rock and hard place. And the biggest question of all: What will Trump do now. Ok - so not even Trump knows that - but the Matts explore the options. One note of light relief - MAGA is in a mess over it. It’s a small silver lining to a dark cloud overshadowing the planet this week.
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| 1:03.6 | M-A-T-T-S. Hello and happy Thursday. |
| 1:14.3 | Happy Thursday, one and all. |
| 1:15.7 | Hope you're all having a wonderful Thursday. |
| 1:17.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:18.3 | It's getting hot out there, Matt, and I'm not talking about the weather. |
| 1:21.2 | No, in the Middle East, sane and rational President Trump, always reliable and predictable, |
| 1:26.9 | as promised, completely changed |
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