The Daily Blast: Trump Iran Tirades Get So Unhinged that His Own Aide Visibly Cringes

About this episode

The episode discusses Donald Trump's erratic statements on Iran and inflation, featuring a confrontation between Representative Emilia Sykes and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Donald Trump is all over the place on Iran. After insisting a deal was imminent, he’s now threatening more full-scale bombing. He just claimed that “I love the inflation” caused by the war. And in several rants, he insisted that the United States has secretly smuggled 100 million barrels of oil out of Iran and on to the world market (the whole thing appears mostly invented). In an extraordinary exchange, Representative Emilia Sykes sharply confronted Energy Secretary Chris Wright over Trump’s “love” of inflation. Wright finally blurted out: “I would prefer lower inflation.” And Wright stammered before admitting that “um, I’m unaware” of Trump’s oil smuggling scheme. We talked to former Defense Department official Ariane Tabatabai, who’s now at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She parses through what we know now, explains why Wright’s public meltdown captures the very worst of the Trump administration, and charts what’s next. (After we recorded, Trump resumed bombing.) Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The DSR Network

Guest: Ariane Tabatabai

Topics covered

• Iran
• Trump administration
• inflation
• oil smuggling
• political confrontation
• U.S. foreign policy

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• Iran
• inflation
• oil smuggling
• Emilia Sykes
• Chris Wright
• Ariane Tabatabai

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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