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Hope for the best. Welcome to the Commentary daily podcast. Today is Tuesday, June 17th, 2025. I am John Podhawords, the editor of Commentary Magazine. With me, as always, executive editor, Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine.

Hi, John. Seth Mandel is supposed to be with us, but he is having connectivity problems.

So he may pop in at any moment, and then he will be joining us for the balance of the show at that point.

Things are moving way too fast with the story of Israel, Iran,

the United States. Up. And here is Seth Mandel outside. The man is outside. Hello.

Hi, John. Can you hear me, Seth? I can hear you. Can you hear me? Okay. Very exciting. Very exciting. Outdoor visual for those of you watching on YouTube, our senior editor, Seth Mendel, who is, I wouldn't say it's the best connection, but let's hope that all goes well. So I was just saying things are moving too fast for us to sort of talk about the news.

As we speak, the Trump's senior brain trust is either gathered in the situation room or has gathered or will gather in the situation room.

And the president has said that he is not interested in negotiating with Iran.

He is only interested in surrender.

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