Trump’s War: A Conversation with Ken Harbaugh

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On February 28th, 2026 the US and Isreal attacked Iran in an an operation that killed the top of Iran’s power structure, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The problem is the American people don’t have a clear answer as to why we did this as the president and his administration didn’t go through congress - the constitutionally legal way to declare war. The Trump administration is now throwing every possible reason to explain their actions at the wall to see what sticks - Iran’s nuclear capabilities, terrorism, freeing the Iranian people from their oppressive leader, a reaction to intelligence that indicated Iran plan to strike US bases, or that Iran interfered in the 2020 and 2024 elections. They can’t get their story straight and they seem to be unable to explain what our intentions are in the middle east. We know the mainstream media has let us down, so independent work like mine needs your support more than ever. The extremists have been able to shape the minds of too many people in this nation because the far right invested in their voice. Please give us a chance to fight back. If you find worth in the work we do, please SUBSCRIBE to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with the rants, directly to your inbox so even if I’m off social media you will still get access to my work. I truly can’t continue to do this without your help. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: Substack: https://substack.com/@thekenharbaughshow Valor Media: https://valormedianetwork.com/ As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://CookUnity.com/politicsgirl code: politicsgirl https://leesa.com code: politicsgirl https://3DayBlinds.com/politicsgirl https://JonesRoadBeauty.com code: politicsgirl iQBar TEXT PG to 64000

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0:00.0	This is a ruse to involve the federal government in state and local election matters, and it
0:06.8	won't be everywhere. It'll just be in those strategic swing districts to protect the polls,
0:11.8	to deploy ICE agents around polling places in minority neighborhoods. And this memo apparently
0:18.0	already has an executive order number attached to it, and it lays out the entire strategy for claiming that foreign election interference gives the executive the right, the excuse, the legal authority to intervene in elections.
0:31.4	This is, well, the nightmare scenario is Americans dying over Iran and Iranians dying for a pointless war. But long term,
0:40.9	the nightmare scenario for Americans is the loss of our democracy in a classic wag the dog
0:46.2	situation where you have this foreign conflict that not only serves as a distraction for domestic
0:53.7	problems, but serves as an excuse, ultimately, for
0:57.6	season control.
1:08.6	Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
1:13.5	On February 28th, 26, the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in an operation that killed the top of Iran's
1:19.9	power structure, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Kameni. The problem is the American people don't have a
1:25.6	clear answer as to why we did this, as the
1:28.4	president and his administration didn't go through Congress the constitutionally legal way to declare war.
1:34.2	The Trump administration is now throwing every possible reason to explain their actions at the wall
1:38.8	to see what sticks. Iran's nuclear capabilities, terrorism, freeing the Iranian people from their oppressive leader,
1:45.4	a reaction to intelligence that indicated Iran's plan to strike U.S. bases, or that Iran interfered
1:51.0	in the 2020 and 2024 elections. They cannot get their story straight, and they seem to be
1:56.0	unable to explain what our intentions are in the Middle East moving forward. Now, I am not a Middle East
2:01.5	expert by any means, and I am certainly not an Iranian expert. But today I want to give you some
2:05.8	context so you can better understand what you are reading and hearing about this unfolding story
2:09.9	that as we record has already cost our country billions of dollars for American and countless
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