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Why Democrats Must Oppose Trump's Iran War

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News, Politics

4.587.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration struggles to justify its new war with Iran, while Democrats struggle to effectively explain why Americans should oppose it. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett react to Trump's first live remarks following the killing of six American soldiers and dissect the administration's conflicting comments about the war's rationale, objectives, and timeline. Then, they discuss how Democrats are talking about it, why not even all of MAGA is on board, the Department of War declaring Anthropic a "supply chain risk," and the Ellison family's impending takeover of CNN. Then, Lovett talks to Senator Ruben Gallego about Iran and the Democratic Party's Senate primaries in Maine and Texas.

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On today's show, where at war with Iran, violence is spreading all over the Middle East.

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American soldiers are losing their lives. The administration is struggling to explain why it's happening,

1:45.3

and Democrats are struggling to explain why it shouldn't be happening. We'll talk about what we know

1:49.6

and don't know and where we are on all of it. We'll also hear from Senator Rubin Gallego

1:53.2

on how Democrats are responding and how he's thinking about the midterms. Also, beyond this show,

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we'll be covering all the developments around the war in Iran and the political fallout across the crooked network.

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