About this episode

The episode discusses the economic pressures facing Iran and the evolving nature of the Democratic Party in the United States.

Iran is facing mounting economic pressure as new sanctions target the regime’s finances, trade, and access to foreign markets. With its currency collapsing, critical supplies running short, and economic pressure continuing to build, a popular uprising against the regime could have major consequences for Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Lebanon, Syria, and the wider Middle East. Mark Carney’s confrontation with Donald Trump comes as Canada struggles with slow economic growth, mass immigration, heavy regulation, and its dependence on the United States for trade and defense. In the United States, the consequences of open-border policies are becoming harder to ignore, while democratic socialism continues to move closer to the center of the Democratic Party. The modern Democratic Party increasingly bears little resemblance to the party of earlier generations as its politics move further toward the activist left. My Patriot Supply - Visit WWW.PREPAREWITHVDH.COM to learn how you can receive over $1,000 in shelf-stable food and preparedness gear FREE! Hydralift - Visit pureance.com to shop and save. Right now, you can try HydraLift Volumizing Shampoo risk-free and save 35% by using discount…

People in this episode

Host: Victor Davis Hanson

Topics covered

• Iran sanctions
• economic pressure
• open-border policies
• Democratic Party
• democratic socialism
• Canada's economy
• Middle East politics

Keywords

• Iran
• sanctions
• Democratic Party
• economic pressure
• Mark Carney
• Donald Trump
• open-border policies
• democratic socialism

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Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, Canada, United States, Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Houthi, Democratic Party

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