Trying to Rewrite the Story

Trying to Rewrite the Story

From Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

June 11, 2026 · 12 min

About this episode

The episode discusses recent inflation trends, Trump's actions regarding Iran, and political investigations in Minnesota.

June 10, 2026 Inflation in May hit its highest level since early 2023, Trump seems unconcerned - revising the story by suggesting that the hit to the economy was strategic, Trump is also rewriting the history of the war that he started in Iran, Reporters in the NY Times have brought Jeffrey Epstein back into the news, suggesting panic in the White House, JD Vance has pressed to have Tim Walz and Keith Ellison of Minnesota investigated for fraud, An Iranian drone downed a US helicopter, Tump has launched new airstrikes against Iran, Oil prices jumped with the news of the strikes, Trump is pressuring the Republicans to provide additional funding for the military and to pass the SAVE American bill. Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ- Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an…

People in this episode

Host: Heather Cox Richardson

Topics covered

  • inflation
  • Trump
  • Iran
  • military funding
  • political investigations
  • media coverage

Keywords

  • inflation
  • Trump
  • Iran
  • JD Vance
  • military funding
  • airstrikes
  • Jeffrey Epstein

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NY Times

Places: Iran, Minnesota, White House, US

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