BREAKING: TRUMP DECLARES WAR ON IRAN

On today’s show, I broke down the US attack on Iran — and why Trump calling it “war” matters. He didn’t sell this as a limited strike. He framed it like an open-ended conflict, and if the goal is regime change (which is what his rhetoric keeps pointing to), then we’re not talking about a quick “in and out” mission. We’re talking about the Iraq playbook: toppling a government is not easy; but even then, it doesn't get easier. Everything that comes after is where you bleed money, lives, and credibility — and where “what replaces them?” can be just as bad (or worse) than what you started with.

I also dug into the contradictions and propaganda swirling around this: Trump claiming Iran’s nuclear program was already “obliterated,” while simultaneously using nukes-and-missiles talking points to justify a brand-new war; the very real risk of escalation through proxy forces and terror attacks (because Iran can’t hit the US mainland with conventional weapons, but it can absolutely try to make the world hurt in other ways); and the nightmare scenario where this spirals into an economic shock — oil, shipping lanes, the Strait of Hormuz — the kind of “consequences” everyone pretends don’t exist until your grocery bill spikes overnight.

And yes, I said the quiet part out loud: this is what it looks like when Congress (especially Republicans) refuses to use the brakes it actually has. A president gets to “declare war” on camera, and the system just shrugs. That’s not strength. That’s dysfunction — and it’s how you stumble into a bigger regional war while everyone argues over the spin.