Trump Taps U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for Top Intelligence Post

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's claims about a new Iran deal and the ongoing World Cup.

President Trump claims, yet again, that a new deal with Iran is just days away. Did two nights of strikes actually lead to a breakthrough? Plus, the World Cup is officially underway and CNN takes you to the action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jake Tapper

Topics covered

• U.S. politics
• Iran deal
• World Cup
• intelligence
• military strikes

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• World Cup
• Jay Clayton
• intelligence

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Organizations: CNN, Iran

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