TRUMP POSTPONED IRAN TO USE IT LATER, AROUND THE MIDTERMS - 4.9.26

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's political maneuvers regarding Iran and the implications for the upcoming midterm elections.

SEASON 4 EPISODE 77: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Did Trump lose to Iran because the war was escalating too quickly for him? Firstly, great cease fire, Trump. Oh did we mention it doesn’t include Lebanon but it DOES include Iran closing the strait of Hormuz on Day 1. CEASEFIRE? This is way more FIRE than CEASE. How do you LOSE a cease fire, El Presidente? But the bigger question: did Trump really call off his genocide because he didn’t need the missiles flying THIS week? Because this is way too early to precipitate a crisis HERE, in AMERICA? Did he give the Iranians control of Hormuz and let them keep their uranium and get out from under the sanctions because while the FIRST reason for this pointless brinksmanship was a distraction from the Epstein Files, the SECOND reason was to have a reason in late summer and early autumn to declare a domestic emergency HERE, and mess with the elections? To extrapolate from the cynical but entirely logical and disturbing writings of the great historian Professor Tim Snyder, is all this because Trump didn’t need retaliation from Iran and maybe the threat of Iranian terrorism (real or…

People in this episode

Host: Keith Olbermann

Topics covered

• Trump
• Iran
• midterms
• political strategy
• ceasefire
• domestic emergency

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• ceasefire
• midterms
• domestic emergency
• politics
• strategy

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Places: Iran, Hormuz

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