Sam Stein: The Ridiculously Unserious President
Tim Miller and Sam Stein of The Bulwark Podcast dissect the chaotic and poorly justified U.S. military incursion into Iran, driven more by Trump’s ego and Israeli interests than coherent strategy, while also lambasting the administration’s incompetence, humanitarian fallout, economic co
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