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Bulwark Takes

Trump’s Plan: War Abroad, Chaos at Home

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Sam Stein and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s “48-hour” threat against Iran and the risk of a wider war, with global oil markets and the global economy hanging in the balance. They also discuss the administration’s push to put ICE in security roles at airports and Sen. Mike Lee’s bizarre SAVE Act post.

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0:29.8

Hey everyone, it's me Sam Stein, managing editor to Bullwark. I'm here with Andrew Agger

0:33.7

in his Sunday best. Look at how much nicer you looked at me. You look great, Sam. Don't sell yourself short.

0:40.0

I absolutely do not. I am in desperate need of a shave. We're here to talk about serious matters.

0:45.9

This is going to be a Sunday potpourri, but we're leading off with something that happened on Saturday, which was after celebrating the death of Robert Mueller, Donald Trump went back onto a social

0:55.4

media site and decided to give a warning to the country of Iran in which he says, quote,

1:02.6

if Iran doesn't fully open without threat, I don't know why he needed without threat there,

1:07.5

the straight of Hormuz within 48 hours of this exact, from this exact point in time,

1:12.7

the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various power plants starting with the biggest

1:17.0

one first. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President Dongey Trump, that was 7.44 p.m.

1:23.3

And that was Saturday the 21st. We are recording this at 1225-ish p.m. on Sunday the 22nd.

1:30.2

So we have about, I don't know, I can't do math though, well, 30 or so hours until this deadline is done.

1:37.0

And honestly, this is all kinds of messed up.

1:39.9

What he's talking about is essentially bombing the country back into some sort of middle-aged

1:45.9

catastrophe.

1:46.9

The human toll of this will be catastrophic.

1:50.1

And then, of course, Iran already has said that they would retaliate.

1:53.7

So it's bleak.

1:55.7

And we're looking at another 30-hour window.

1:58.0

Andrew, is there any upshot to this at all? I feel like it's just

2:02.8

descending into madness. I mean, I guess the upshot would be if it worked, if it worked as a threat, right?

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