Pod Save the World

Trump Threatens Genocide

April 8, 2026·1h 30mconversationalpolitics
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The hosts of *Pod Save the World*, Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes, react to a last-minute two-week extension of Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran, announced via Truth Social, which they view as a temporary reprieve but not a resolution. They analyze the moral, legal, and strategic implicati

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Donald TrumpBen RhodesTommy VietorTucker CarlsonJ.D. VanceViktor OrbánBibi NetanyahuMaggie Haberman

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