'A Disaster of Epic Proportions': Veteran Amy McGrath on Trump's Iran War & Flipping Kentucky Blue

About this episode

Amy McGrath discusses the implications of Trump's Iran War and her Senate campaign in Kentucky.

It’s been a month since Donald Trump unilaterally and illegally launched the United States into a war with Iran. And what has the United States gotten out of this war, which was apparently so important that it had to happen without Congressional approval or notification? To put it simply: Nothing. Today’s guest on The Siren Podcast, Amy McGrath, called this war “the worst strategic defeat in my lifetime.” McGrath knows a thing or two about the military and armed conflict. Over her 20 years of service in the military, Amy flew 89 combat missions, led Marines in some of the toughest places on earth, and served at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, working to shape America’s national security. McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps and the first woman to pilot the F/A-18 in a combat mission. She’s now running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Kentucky. Through an endless barrage of incomprehensible statements from Trump, Leavitt, Hegseth, and Rubio, which on any given day contain a novel’s worth of different statements explaining the state of the war and our goals, the effects of the war have actually hurt the United States. We have not destroyed…

People in this episode

Guest: Amy McGrath

Topics covered

• Iran War
• U.S. Senate
• military service
• politics
• national security
• Trump administration

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• Amy McGrath
• military
• Kentucky
• Senate
• national security
• combat missions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marine Corps, The Siren Podcast

Places: Kentucky, United States

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