Why Trump Abandoned America First
What A Day
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The war with Iran has already killed more than a thousand Iranians, including 175 people killed at an elementary school on February 28th. Remember America First? That swath of the MAGA movement that purportedly wanted to stay out of foreign entanglements and wars to focus on problems that Americans were facing right here at home? Today, the same GOP that called Kamala Harris a warmonger is giving the war with Iran two thumbs up. And while some notable anti-war figures on the right have been speaking out against the conflict, Trump and the Republican Party are full speed ahead despite struggling to justify their actions. Tommy Vietor, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World and former spokesperson for the National Security Council in the Obama administration, joins to discuss the American First presidency that isn't.
And in headlines, the Senate passes a housing bill with overwhelming bipartisan support but House GOP members are unlikely to get on board, Department of Homeland Security funding talks continue to stall, and the White House is keeping busy posting tasteless memes about the war.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, March 13th. |
| 0:07.0 | Ooh. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that doesn't like, where President Donald Trump, speaking at a women's history month event at the White House, is going with this. |
| 0:18.0 | I want to thank everyone for being here today. |
| 0:21.2 | It's very exciting. It's always excited to be with you. We love women. |
| 0:25.0 | Women are the whole deal. |
| 0:26.8 | Ugh. |
| 0:31.0 | What whole deal? Who's deal? |
| 0:33.3 | Trump's deal? I don't like his deal. |
| 0:35.3 | Mm-mm. |
| 0:36.3 | Mm-mm. |
| 0:53.1 | On today's show, the Senate passes a housing bill with overwhelming bipartisan support, but good luck getting the House GOPM board. |
| 0:57.7 | And as Trump's costly war of choice, with Iran drags on, the White House is keeping busy, |
| 0:59.1 | posting tasteless memes. |
| 1:01.4 | But let's start with America first. |
| 1:03.3 | Remember America first? |
| 1:07.7 | That swath of the MAGA movement that purportedly wanted to stay out of foreign entanglements and wars to focus on problems that Americans were facing right here at home? |
| 1:11.3 | Sure, that didn't exactly work out during President Trump's first term in office. |
| 1:15.7 | Like when he bombed Syria in 2017 and assassinated an Iranian general in 2020. |
| 1:20.8 | But in 2024, then vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance argued that Trump 2.0 would be different. |
| 1:27.1 | Here he is at a campaign event in |
| 1:28.8 | Michigan that August. Donald Trump and I believe that America ought to be tough and America ought to |
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