Trump's Iran charade, Colbert attacks, and the VA visits that never happened
Fourteen American troops are recovering at Walter Reed from wounds taken in Iran. The commander-in-chief was in the building this weekend for his own checkup — and didn't visit a single one. In this fierce and fast Friday solo briefing, Paul Rieckhoff connects the dots between Trump's bogus Iran ceasefire, Pete Hegseth's politicization of West Point, Putin's drone strike on NATO territory in Romania, and a rigged New York primary where 45% of voters have no real say.
It's episode 535 and Paul Rieckhoff is flying solo on a Friday — no guest, just a no-BS rapid-fire briefing on a week where the wheels…
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episodeWhy the Iran ceasefire is the worst ceasefire ever. regime intact, nukes unsecured, Strait of Hormuz still closed
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