Iran War Update: Blockade

On tonight’s show, I’m covering the latest escalation with Iran after US-Iran talks broke down and the Trump administration moved ahead Monday with a naval blockade targeting traffic to and from Iranian ports.

Trump spent the weekend talking as if he might blockade the entire Strait of Hormuz, then backed off to a narrower position -- but even that still carries huge consequences for global oil markets, Chinese energy shipments, and the risk of a direct confrontation if Beijing decides to test it. I’ll also get into the confusion around Trump’s public claims about ship traffic through the strait, and what this all means for gas prices, inflation, and the broader danger of another widening war.

I’ll also cover the political earthquake in Hungary, where Viktor Orban has now lost power after 16 years, with Peter Magyar and the Tisza party pulling off a historic upset. That could have major implications for Europe’s stance on Ukraine, EU aid, and Hungary’s long role as an internal spoiler inside the bloc. And back in Washington, I’ll look at Trump’s threat to open yet another front by talking up conflict with Cuba, while JD Vance -- who has reportedly been involved in the Iran diplomacy track -- remains politically weak at home as the administration tries to sell an increasingly dangerous foreign policy agenda.

And then there’s Trump’s extraordinary fight with Pope Leo. After attacking the pope publicly, Trump posted -- and then deleted -- an AI-generated image many people saw as portraying himself like Jesus, setting off outrage not just from liberals or the Vatican, but from conservative Catholics too. I’ll talk about why that backlash matters, why even Trump allies in the Church are pushing back, and what it says about a presidency that keeps treating war, religion, and culture like props in the same rolling social media spectacle.

I’ll also touch on the administration’s agreement to restore the Pride flag at Stonewall, collapsing Trump numbers with white non-college voters, and fresh signs that higher prices and housing costs are still hammering Americans.