Paul Rieckhoff’s Media Appearances
Trump’s “Secret Agent” DHS Pick, ICE on Steroids, and Veterans vs. Forever Wars

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Trump’s “Secret Agent” DHS Pick, ICE on Steroids, and Veterans vs. Forever Wars
Former Trump DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor and Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff break down why America desperately needs allies in a “bar fight” moment in the Middle East, ...calling out the human cost of flag‑draped coffins, Trump’s collapsing poll numbers, and a panicked administration losing even its most hardcore MAGA loyalists as gas prices rise and Iran unrest grows. They dissect Senator Markwayne Mullin’s evasive and misleading stories about shadowy overseas “missions,” his lack of conscience and basic qualifications to run Homeland Security, and the terrifying prospect of ICE as Trump’s chosen hammer to intimidate voters with armed federal agents at the polls and crush free and fair elections. The conversation exposes the dangers of putting a role‑playing “fake veteran” in charge of an already unaccountable ICE culture, while Rand Paul’s own rebuke underscores the character crisis at the heart of Trump’s Washington. Taylor and Rieckhoff then unveil a new nationwide “No More Forever Wars” campaign to mobilize independent veterans, run over 100 of them for office where Democrats can’t win, and use their voices to stop endless wars in Iran, Cuba, or Mexico and defend American democracy from within. #TrumpShow More

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Tulsi Gabbard and the ‘Imminent Threat’ Trump’s Iran War, and Losing Control in the Strait of Hormuz
Former Army veteran and “Independent Americans” host Paul Rieckhoff joins NewsNation Live to break down Tulsi Gabbard’s shaky defense of President Trump’s claim of an “imminent threat,” her 180-degree shift ...on regime-change wars, and why he thinks she’s not being honest about what she really believes. He warns that Trump is closely watching Gabbard and other MAGA-aligned voices as support for the Iran war erodes, gas prices spike, and the base splinters. Rieckhoff explains how new U.S. bunker-buster strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, possible daylight between Washington and Israel over hitting a key gas field, and the deployment of Marine units to the region all raise the stakes for global energy markets and American households. Even as the U.S. and Israel rack up thousands of successful strikes on Iranian targets, he argues the real unanswered question is what comes after: who will secure a country of 90 million people, prevent chaos from spilling across the region, and avoid repeating the mistakes of Iraq. From targeted assassinations of Iranian leaders to the prospect of an internal uprising and open-ended U.S. involvement on the ground, this conversation examines whether the strategy can actually deliver regime change—or just light a fuse the White House can no longer control. #IranWarShow More

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Vets BLOWS WHISTLE on Trump ILLEGAL WAR Acts
Ken Harbaugh breaks down how Pete Hegseth's declaration of "no quarter" violates the laws of armed conflict — and what the bombing of a girls' school in Iran reveals about ...an administration willing to lie its way into another Middle East war. He's joined by Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, to discuss what this moment means for the troops fighting right now.
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