About this episode

The episode discusses congressional obstruction, Trump's shift to domestic policy, potential deals with Iran and the Middle East, and Brook Rollins' fertilizer production plan.

In today’s episode we talk about, the obstruction within congress and Trumps gradual shift back to a domestic policy focus. Then we talk about the current signals of a potential deal both with Iran and the wider middle east. After that we go over Brook Rollins’ fertilizer production plan. All that and more!

People in this episode

Host: Haisean Wade

Topics covered

• congress obstruction
• domestic policy
• Iran deal
• Middle East
• fertilizer production

Keywords

• congress
• Trump
• Iran
• Middle East
• fertilizer production
• domestic policy
• obstruction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brook Rollins, Congress

Places: Iran, Middle East

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