This Week's News | Jon on Trump's "Art of the Deal" in Iran & Kosta on Kash Patel's Partying Problem

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Jon Stewart and Michael Kosta discuss the week's political news, focusing on Trump's strategies and controversies within his administration.

Catch up on all the news of this week, with This Week's News. Jon Stewart breaks down Trump's "Art of the Deal" strategy in Iran, Republicans celebrate the president's self-proclaimed victory, and Trump's executive order fast-tracking psychedelic drug treatments for veterans. Michael Kosta covers a wave of scandals and shakeups in the Trump administration, including bombshell reports of FBI Director Kash Patel's "excessive drinking," Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's alleged affair with a subordinate, and Pete Hegseth's firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan, who was replaced by the God-fearing (and witch-fearing) Hung Cao. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host: Jon Stewart

Guest: Michael Kosta

Topics covered

• Trump's Art of the Deal
• Iran
• Kash Patel
• Trump administration scandals
• psychedelic drug treatments
• Republicans
• political news

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Kash Patel
• scandals
• psychedelic drugs
• politics
• news

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Organizations: FBI, Comedy Central

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