Trump Begs Allies to Clean Up Iran Mess
From Pod Save the World by Pod Save the World
April 1, 2026 · 1h 42m · Episode 513
About this episode
Ben and guest cohost Alyona Minkovski discuss President Trump's contradictory statements on Iran and their implications, along with various political issues including military promotions and elections in Slovenia.
Ben and guest cohost Alyona Minkovski, PSTW's senior producer, try to make sense of the many contradictions and threats coming from President Trump and his administration on Iran, like reports that he wants to make the Strait of Hormuz everyone else’s problem to solve, and claims that regime change has already happened. Then they juxtapose the incoherence with the very real consequences of the war on people's lives, from American troops being deployed to the Middle East, to the normalization of targeting civilian infrastructure. They also defend spring breakers featured in a Fox News segment, call out Pete Hegseth for personally interfering in the military promotions of women and Black soldiers, ask how the increasingly spotty internet connection in Moscow could affect support for Putin, question the US policy towards Cuba, and do a special reading from former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. At the end of the show, Ben speaks with Nika Kovač, Slovenian activist and founding director of My Voice My Choice , about private intelligence agency Blackcube’s interference in Slovenia’s election, the outlook for the government following very close results, and what she’s learned from…
People in this episode
Host: Ben
Guests: Alyona Minkovski, Nika Kovač
Topics covered
- Iran policy
- US military
- authoritarianism
- civilian infrastructure
- international relations
- Slovenia elections
Keywords
- Trump
- Iran
- military
- Slovenia
- Blackcube
- Cuba
- authoritarianism
- civilian infrastructure
- Nicolas Sarkozy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: My Voice My Choice, Blackcube, Fox News, Crooked Media
Places: Iran, Moscow, Cuba, Slovenia, Middle East
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