Iran War Update: Lies & Chaos

On tonight’s show, I’m going to walk through the total clusterf--- of this weekend on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump’s constantly changing claims about what is and isn’t happening.

Trump announced on Friday that the strait was open and that most things were agreed to, but the strait wasn’t really open, very few ships were moving, Iran reportedly had to approve transit, vessels were being charged millions, and the US was still blockading ships going to and from Iran. Then Iran said the strait wasn’t opening either, the US fired on an Iranian tanker, and now we’re somehow supposed to believe there are more talks on Wednesday even as Trump keeps insisting a deal is basically done and ready to be signed.

I’m also going to get into the growing signs that Iran itself is split, with a real internal power struggle underway and reports that the IRGC is actively blocking efforts by the civilian leadership to cut a deal.

I’m also going to talk about Trump himself completely losing it. He posted multiple unhinged, rambling screeds, claimed Israel didn’t talk him into the war, started relitigating the 2020 election, bragged about forcing regime change in Iran, and generally sounded like someone spinning out while events kept getting worse.

Meanwhile, there’s new reporting that after an American fighter jet was shot down over Iran, Trump was screaming at aides for hours, obsessing over hostage crisis imagery, and had to be kept out of the room so people could do their jobs without him interrupting.

And on top of that, the administration is no longer pretending high gas prices will be some brief little blip -- now even Trump’s own energy secretary is admitting nobody knows when prices are going back down.

And then beyond Iran, I’m going to hit the bigger pattern of dysfunction and instability spreading everywhere. We’ve got reports that the US is holding up weapons deliveries purchased by European countries, Canada’s prime minister openly warning that America has become a source of disruption and weakness, Kash Patel filing a massive defamation suit while simultaneously promising arrests tied to election conspiracy claims, and new analysis suggesting Democrats now actually have a real shot at taking the Senate.

I’ll also touch on Russia allegedly manipulating economic data to fool the West, Zelensky expanding long-term defense deals, and Bulgaria’s election putting a Kremlin-friendly political force in a much stronger position.

So the through-line tonight is pretty simple: chaos abroad, chaos at home, and an American presidency that looks less in control by the day.