Carte Blanche and an Inside Strait

About this episode

Harry Litman discusses recent political developments regarding Trump and U.S. foreign policy with guests Kristy Greenberg, Jason Kander, and Jasmine Wright.

With Trump's two-week ceasefire hanging in the balance, Harry turns to Kristy Greenberg, Jason Kander, and Jasmine Wright to make sense of a week of reversals and u-turns for Donald Trump. What are the new revelations about how Trump decided to strike Iran? And if the status quo stands, will the U.S. have lost its war of choice? Can new Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche do any better than Pam Bondi at sating Trump's appetite for retribution? And what do another pair of Democratic overperformances in off-cycle elections augur for November? Mentioned in this episode: Courtside with Kristy Greenberg: https://www.youtube.com/@CourtsidewithKG Jason's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/majority-54/id1309354521 Jasmine's reporting: https://www.notus.org/jasmine-wright New York Times reporting on Trump's decision to go to war with Iran: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Harry Litman

Guests: Kristy Greenberg, Jason Kander, Jasmine Wright

Topics covered

• Trump
• Iran
• U.S. politics
• Attorney General
• elections
• government

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Attorney General
• elections
• politics
• government
• retribution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Courtside with Kristy Greenberg, Majority 54, Notus

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