Trump vs NATO: Traders Dumping Cash on a U.S. Pullout | 3/18/26

Pat Gray Unleashed

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis, President Trump has voiced frustration with NATO allies for declining to provide naval or other support, repeatedly calling their position disappointing and suggesting it could damage the alliance long-term. He reiterated that the U.S. does not require their assistance in confronting Iran but questioned whether NATO would ever truly be there for America in a crisis. Such statements have kept the topic of a potential U.S. pullout alive in political discourse. With tensions rising, even low-probability bets on Polymarket reflect the uncertainty. This comes alongside the high-profile resignation of Joe Kent from his role leading the National Counterterrorism Center, where he protested the administration's decision to engage in the Iran war. WE ALSO COVER: Is Benjamin Netanyahu alive? Kalshi $1 billion perfect bracket. Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un wins election AGAIN! James Talarico is vegan now? Radical Islam or MAGA: Who do you support? 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:13 U.S. Loses World Baseball Classic 02:36 Ali Larijani Killed 02:54 BREAKING NEWS: Esmaeil Khatib Killed 04:10 USS Gerald R. Ford Fire 05:48 Is Benjamin Netanyahu ALIVE?! 07:28 U.S. Laser Weapons 08:45 Germany & Great Britain 10:29 Oil Prices 13:27 BREAKING NEWS: Disappointed Gayatollah 14:21 Where is the Gayatollah? 17:06 Armed Man at Klein Elementary School 22:47 John Thune Playing Dumb 24:55 John Cornyn on the SAVE Act 27:18 Trump on Joe Kent Resignation 29:13 Joe Kent Tweet from 2020 35:06 Chewing the Fat 52:16 Trump on NATO Membership 54:24 Trump on Being in Iran 56:16 Mike Johnson on Joe Kent Resignation 58:56 IDF Intercepts Iranian Missile 59:39 Mike Huckabee & Benjamin Netanyahu 1:04:24 Kim Jong Un Wins North Korea Election 1:12:10 Evidence of Chinese Influence Back in 2020 1:17:24 Radical Islam VS. MAGA 1:24:26 TSA Troubles 1:25:43 James Talarico is Vegan??? 1:28:54 'God is Non-Binary' Hymn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
0:09.0	What are you for?
0:10.0	Welcome to McDonald's.
0:11.0	Have you get the six minutes, please?
0:12.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
0:19.0	How's your night?
0:20.0	Like George here, who keeps things running during a Friday rush.
0:23.6	Resilience, making it happen at McDonald's.
0:28.6	Pant Gray is here on the Blaze Radio Network.
0:43.7	I really hate this, but the United States lost.
0:46.9	I was really bummed.
0:48.2	In the championship game, the World Baseball Classic.
0:52.5	To Venezuela.
0:56.7	That's what we get for saving them.
0:58.6	From the evils of communism.
1:02.0	Right.
1:02.3	Look how they repay us.
1:03.5	Three to two.
1:05.0	They were behind the whole game until Bryce Harper tied it with a home run.
1:09.8	Was that the eighth?
1:11.2	Two run home or bottomed home. Yeah. Went to the ninth. And went to the ninth and they scored a run and we couldn't. And we lost. And it was over. Three to two. I fell asleep. After Bryce hit the home run, I was like, well, I remember him hitting the home run. I was like, okay, good. We're going to win. Man. And I woke up and they were talking to a Venezuelan baseball player.
1:31.0	I just saw his jersey, and I thought we didn't win. Yeah. I shut it off. Unbelievable. I thought we were going to have a walk off after that home. I know. It had to be the greatest lineup ever assembled in the history of baseball. And they couldn't hit the whole tournament.
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