War, Trump, and the Culture War: Paul Rieckhoff on Deadline White House and the Fight for America’s Future

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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War reveals who people are—the best of us and the worst of us. In this special episode, Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff takes you inside his fiery appearance on MSNBC’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace, sounding the alarm about Trump’s reckless march toward war with Iran, the extremism driving today’s culture wars, and the urgent need for real leadership and accountability. Fresh off hits on NewsNation and Stephen Colbert, he explains why this could actually be one of the most unifying moments in recent American history—even as the drumbeats of war grow louder in the Middle East and chaos spreads at home, with opposition to a new war in Iran rising from NFL legends like Ray Lewis and Ed Reed to conservatives like Newt Gingrich and unlikely critics like Megyn Kelly and Steve Bannon.

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0:00.0	War reveals who people are, the best of you or the worst of you.
0:03.7	And it's revealing how terrible Donald Trump is, how despicable he is, and how shameless
0:08.5	he is.
0:08.9	I mean, he wouldn't accept responsibility today.
0:10.7	In that moment when they asked him, you know, will you take responsibility?
0:14.1	He didn't do it.
0:15.2	And a leader is supposed to be responsible for everything we do and everything we fail to do.
0:18.2	And the buck stops with him and everybody can see it.
0:42.3	All right, more overflowing tension in the Middle East. The drum beats of war continue to expand. And the VA has decided they want to snatch up homeless vets and put them under guardianship.
0:48.2	There's a lot of crazy shit happening in the world right now. I just left News Nation.
0:52.5	And now I'm headed over to MS Now with Nicole Wallet.
0:57.1	And there's a dude with a Ferrari that's way too loud. Tune in and check out the brand new
1:01.6	Independent Americans coming soon with Dan Lamath and all our recent shows. I'll help you
1:06.9	try to make sense of this chaos no matter where you are. And hello from Times Square, where I am, staying vigilant.
1:18.2	I had off a fantastic turn on Stephen Colbert's program.
1:24.9	Paul Reichoff is here.
1:26.0	He's the host of the Independent Americans
1:27.5	Podcast and the founder and CEO of Independent Veterans of America. I want to ask you what you
1:34.7	think of these condemnations of the efforts to market the war. It's really important.
1:40.0	It's a breaking point, I think, and it might be even something better. In every crisis, there's an
1:45.7	opportunity. This might be the most unifying moment that we can remember in America.
1:50.6	You are never positive. You're blowing my mind right now. This is not what I thought you were going to say.
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