The speaker says it is very likely that if Trump had stayed for a second term after 2020, the United States would have gone to war with Iran given the direction of events.
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U S WAR
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"Unfortunately, in this instance, Trump chose option three. Let's blow up the world, guys. And so, they assassinated Qasem Soleimani, okay? So, in other..."
"In exchange for the use of military equipment and personnel movies and TV program producers must comply with Pentagon entertainment policy including script changes..."
"I suspect he will blame Peter Hegseth if all of this goes sideways, as it is. Where does China fall into all of this?..."
"so i see um israel achieving something called the greater issue project and being able to control trade uh throughout the mediterranean um the..."
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Danny asks whether Jiang's Iran-war prediction is now playing out.
A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: Saudi Arabia's rivalry with Iran moved from religion and oil into proxy war, exposed the kingdom's fragile infrastructure, and made a Trump-led America the weapon Saudi...
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