Mission: Impossible - Catering Truck (Starring Donald J. Trump)

Mission: Impossible - Catering Truck (Starring Donald J. Trump)

From Pod Save the World by Pod Save the World

August 12, 2026 · 1h 30m · Episode 533

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's evasion of Iran, military politics at the Pentagon, and the situation in Yemen and Myanmar.

Trump evades Iran via catering truck, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon is a disaster, and Jared pays off a gangster and drug trafficker as part of his Albanian island takeover. This week Tommy and Ben cover shocking new info on how Trump hid from Iran on his way back from the NATO summit in Turkey, leaving his staff and the press behind as decoys. They shake off their déjà vu to dig into the latest developments in Iran and Israel before touching down in Yemen as the conflict between the internationally recognized Yemeni government and the Houthis heats up. In London, a brave Sudanese protester calls out the UAE’s prime minister for underwriting the war in Sudan. Over at the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth continues to try to remake the military in MAGA’s image, but still finds time to blame an underling for our dire munitions shortage and cozy up to defense contractors. They dig into the strategy behind Ukraine’s attacks on Wildberries (the Amazon.com of Russia), Jared Kushner’s payout to a gangster in his quest to steal an island from Albania, the grim news on Ebola and Trump’s inaction on the crisis, and why Claude is coming for political speechwriters. Then, Ben speaks to Richard Horsey of the…

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Hosts: Tommy, Ben

Guest: Richard Horsey

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Organizations: International Crisis Group

Places: Iran, Turkey, Yemen, Sudan, Albania

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