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WHY INDEPENDENCE DAY? America Is GREAT Because God Is GOOD | 5/26/26

Steve Deace Show

Blaze Podcast Network

News, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary

4.810.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Steve and the crew discuss Anthropic's co-founder going to the Vatican to discuss "mysterious" tendencies of artificial intelligence and why Steve believes AI isn't inherently evil. Then, Steve reads his new children's book, "Why Independence Day? America Is Great Because God Is Good." In Hour Two, Steve recaps his recent inspiring trip to Washington, D.C. TODAY'S SPONSORS: FAST GROWING TREES: https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=Steve+Deace+Show code DEACE VANMAN: https://vanman.shop/?discount=DEACE and use code “DEACE” POCKET HOSE: Text DEACE to 64000 KEKSI: https://www.keksi.com/ use promo code DEACE15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Steve Day Show, and here's what happened while we were away.

0:03.8

Brought to you by another week, another would-be deal with Iran.

0:07.3

Rumors swirled all weekend about a supposed framework to a memorandum of understanding

0:11.1

about a potential deal and principle regarding a gentleman's agreement on an expression of

0:15.2

intention for non-binding pact regarding Iran, the nuclear weapons program, and the Strait of Hormuz.

0:21.0

Finally, on Monday morning, President Trump unleashed this wall of text on his truth social page,

0:26.0

basically updating the nation as to where things stand without reading the entire text wall.

0:30.7

Here are some of the top line points.

0:32.3

Trump says the Iran nuclear negotiations are going well, but Trump demands a great deal or nothing.

0:37.7

Warning a failure could mean a larger conflict as a condition of any deal, Trump says,

0:42.4

he's requiring Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan to simultaneously join

0:48.2

the Abraham Accords, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar needing to sign first.

0:52.7

He also floated the idea of Iran itself,

0:54.9

eventually joining the Accords if it signs an agreement. All joking aside, the pressure Trump seems

0:59.5

to be applying to Saudi Arabia and Qatar specifically is notable. Right on Q, IRGC forces once

1:05.5

again started causing trouble in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. According to Sentcom,

1:09.4

the U.S. military struck missile sites and Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. According to CENTCOM, the U.S. military struck missile sites and Iranian vessels in the

1:13.0

Strait of Hormuz, citing self-defense after Iran was caught laying mines in the strait

1:17.0

and a missile battery targeted American warplanes.

1:19.9

Back at home, pulls open in Texas today in some crucial runoff races.

1:24.0

Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton takes on incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the U.S.

1:29.0

Senate runoff. Meanwhile, in the Texas Attorney General GOP runoff, Congressman Chip Roy is running against

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