Podcast #218 - Only the Dumbest Man in Television Believes in Trump's Deal with Iran

Podcast #218 - Only the Dumbest Man in Television Believes in Trump's Deal with Iran

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June 25, 2026 · 57 min

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The episode discusses Fox News' unusual criticism of Trump's deal with Iran and the network's response to it.

Trump’s proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the U.S. and Iran is so dreadful that even the network that helped get him elected cannot muster much enthusiasm for it. The producers at Fox & Friends trotted out several experts who said the pending agreement was worse than no deal between the two countries. Brian Kilmeade even snapped an experienced military expert who tried to downplay the agreement’s shortcomings. Sean Hannity shifted his focus to criticizing the newly opened Obama Presidential Center rather than try to promote the deeply flawed MoU. The cast of The Five spoke about it in vague terms but spent far more time and effort on what they were called the socialist revolution in the Democratic Party. The only holdout was Jesse Watters; a man so dim he once asked during an episode of The Five if seals could breathe out of water. Seals are covered in fur and have puppy-like faces - two obvious signs of mammalian traits. In the four and a half years I’ve covered Fox News I have never seen the network abandon Donald J. Trump as they did last week. Normally Fox will simply ignore stories it cannot spin as it did during the Israel-Hamas conflict, the many scandals…

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Organizations: Fox News, Fox & Friends, The Five, Obama Presidential Center

Places: U.S., Iran

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