About this episode

The episode discusses political brinkmanship involving the President, Democrats, and Iran, along with media reactions.

Can you say Brinkmanship?  The President  threatens, the Democrats and mainstream media panic, and  Iran capitulates. There is a history lesson in this week's "did they really just say that" cuts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• brinkmanship
• politics
• media
• Iran
• Democrats
• history

Keywords

• brinkmanship
• politics
• Iran
• Democrats
• media
• history
• capitulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democrats, mainstream media

Places: Iran

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