Tonight, the White House makes a new military move in Iran and makes a new economic prediction

here in the United States.

Plus, Trump's not letting it go.

He's out with a new Jesus meme and a new attack against the Pope.

Enter Vice President Janie Vance.

And later, the former Trump White House insider

turned Trump critic, turned candidate for Congress.

Olivia Troy is my guest tonight on Laura Coates Live.

My opening statement tonight, look, the longer the war with Iran drags on, the more it undercuts the economic story President Trump is trying to sell.

Because with each passing day, it becomes harder to contain the costs and harder to climb back out of them. It's still not clear when or really how this conflict ends.

The ceasefire appears to be largely holding, and the White House is optimistic about a potential

deal, but at the same time, you see headlines like this.

Reporting from the Washington Post saying the Pentagon is surging about 6,000 more troops in the Middle East.

That's on top of the 4200 set to arrive at the end of the month.

And the 50,000 already there.

It's a massive show of force, especially when the U.S. is now blockading Iranian ports around the trade of Hormuz.

No doubt, no doubt.

Trump wants to force Iran to make a deal on his terms.

And even some of the president's critics are saying, you know what?

The blockade could pay off.

I may surprise you, but I think that the decision to sort of blockade the ports and have an impact on them is probably a smart decision. At least certainly it's one of the options that would be viable.

But not unless you are prepared to have a compromise of some kind on the far ends that both sides are demanding.

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