Ben Rhodes: Trump Is Getting a Terrible Deal
4/17/20261 hr 8 min
The U.S. and Israel started dropping bombs on Iran because the regime, amid mass street protests, appeared to be in a weakened state. But the regime has now ended up with a much stronger hand: It's proven its leverage over the global economy with the Strait of Hormuz, and under Trump's offer, Iran will get a huge infusion of cash to rebuild its ballistic missiles program and fund its proxy terror groups. At the same time, Trump has made the United States look like a rogue state—while spending billions for a deal he could have got without a war. Plus, Israelis are likely not happy, the Gulf states realize America can't protect them from Iran's drones, Cuba is readying to be next, Dems should make clear they are the anti-war party now, Trump is fighting his demons from his first term, and JD has a radical and un-American world view.
Ben Rhodes joins Tim Miller for the holiday weekend pod.
show notes
- Ben's podcast, "Pod Save the World"
- Ben's forthcoming book, "All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches"
- Tickets for our Bulwark Live shows in San Diego and LA in May: TheBulwark.com/Events
- Tim's playlist
- For 30% off your order, head to BloodFlow7.com/THEBULWARK and use code THEBULWARK.
- Post jobs for free at ziprecruiter.com/BULWARK
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Tim Miller· Host0:14
All right, everybody, tickets are on sale now for everybody for our live shows in downtown San Diego and downtown Los Angeles. You can go to thebulwark.com/events to get your tickets now. I'm looking up my flights. I'm excited to be back in California. Sam Stein's gonna be there, Sarah Longwell. I think Wokeville Crystal's gonna be there. We're working on some others. We're gonna have fun. It's gonna be fun. Who knows? It's California. Maybe I'll have a gummy. I don't know. Sarah might have a gummy. Who knows? We're gonna have a great time. Come hang with us. Come hang with your fellow Bulwarkians, as our next guest called us. And, um, you know, we'll see y'all there. If you're looking for an excuse to have a vacation, fly into LA, come see the show on Thursday, spend a weekend, go to Venice. It'll be awesome. Thebulwark.com/events. May 20th in downtown San Diego, May 21st, downtown LA. Hope to see you all there. Up next, Ben Rhodes. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome