US Strikes Iran Again

On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the latest escalation with Iran, after a U.S. Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz by an Iranian Shahed drone. The two pilots were rescued and are safe, but Trump first vowed revenge, then said it wasn’t a big deal, while U.S. officials said they still weren’t sure whether Iran actually intended to hit the helicopter.

Then we’ll get into the fact that the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes on Iran on Tuesday — and the rather amazing timeline from Ron Filipkowski: CENTCOM says the pilots were rescued at 7:33 PM ET, within two hours of being shot down, while Trump boarded his helicopter from Bedminster to go to the Knicks game at 6:57 PM ET. In other words, he was on his way to the game after the Apache was shot down and before the pilots were rescued.

We’ll also talk about Trump claiming yet again that there’s a good chance of a peace deal with Iran in “2 to 3 days” — now supposedly the 37th time he’s claimed this in three months — while JD Vance says it could be a few days or a few months. Trump also admitted he really doesn’t want to go back to bombing Iran, because the Strait of Hormuz could be closed for months and a lot of people could be killed.

Then I’ll get into Trump claiming oil and gas prices are not very high right now and are lower than under Biden — which is not true. Gas was around $3 when Biden handed the presidency over to Trump, and now it’s around $4.12.

We’ll also cover Trump getting booed at the basketball game and then claiming there was cheering, the report that David Ellison and Paramount intend to have Bari Weiss oversee editorial at CNN if the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger goes through, and former Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino reportedly launching an exploratory committee for a 2028 presidential run.

And finally, we’ll look at growing Republican threats against Social Security and Medicare, after Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans have a plan next year to “adjust and fix” Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, because he says more than 74% of federal spending is on autopilot.

Plus, the latest from Ukraine and Russia: Ukraine appears to have set off a car bomb outside Moscow, possibly killing Col. Damir Davydov, Russia’s head of missile procurement; a major Russian gas pipeline blew up in Dagestan; and the EU is now proposing its first-ever entry ban on anyone who has served in the Russian military since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.