Trump Deal or No Deal on Iran? New Names Same War.
They renamed the war. Operation Epic Fury is now Project Freedom — same bombs, same body count, same Congress that never authorized any of it. Paul Rieckhoff cuts through the spin in a no-BS solo briefing on Trump's Iran mess, the skyrocketing debt, extrajudicial boat strikes, and why 45% of Americans are done with both broken parties.
They're playing name games to dodge accountability. Operation Epic Fury became Project Freedom overnight — and Congress still…
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→ Four things from today’s episodeWhy "Project Freedom" is the same unauthorized war as "Operation Epic Fury". and why the rename matters
The four Iran objectives Trump claimed and the scoreboard so far. regime in place, uranium in country, Hormuz unsecured
The U.S. debt now exceeding the entire economy. and a $1.5 trillion defense ask on top of $30 billion for Iran
180+ killed in extrajudicial boat strikes since they began,. 180+ killed in extrajudicial boat strikes since they began, with Senators Reed and Kaine calling them illegal
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