Why Trump Might Send Ground Troops to Iran
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben unpack the latest twists in Donald Trump’s chaotic regime-change war with Iran, which eleven days in is still plagued by shifting goals, contradictory messaging, and rising regional consequences. They break down the White House’s confusing claims of victory despite unresolved threats—from the hundreds of pounds of highly enriched uranium still loose inside Iran to signs that Tehran may be mining the Strait of Hormuz. The guys discuss the war’s mounting casualties, environmental devastation from Israeli strikes on Iranian fuel depots, and the dangerous escalation of attacks on desalination plants across the Gulf. They also dig into what we know about Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, explain why sending troops into Iran to secure its nuclear materials—or seize the oil hub of Kharg Island—would be a massive and risky military mission, and why Democrats in Congress must refuse to authorize more funding for the war. Plus: Israel’s widening war in Lebanon, the U.S. military’s new role in Ecuador’s fight against drug cartels, and the election of a GenZ rapper-turned-politician in Nepal. Then Tommy speaks to Michael C. Horowitz, Senior Fellow for Tech & Innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic and how AI is being used by the military.
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| 1:14.7 | The country feels like it's falling apart right before our eyes, |
| 1:18.3 | and the people inside it are being silenced. |
| 1:20.5 | So we're going to East 26th Street and Nicolet Avenue, |
| 1:24.3 | which is where Alex Pready was executed by ICE and Border Patrol. |
| 1:32.2 | That is not a headline. That is a human life. And it is all happening right now. |
| 1:37.5 | Do you worry about your own safety being involved in all this? |
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| 2:03.3 | And they've been told that in nothing they do, will they ever be held accountable for? |
| 2:08.5 | On my show, Runaway Country, we go where the headlines hit home, from communities under threat |
| 2:13.4 | to the people fighting to be heard. |
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