Did the Trump Admin Hide Full Damage from Iran Attacks? | Command Post
5/6/202645 min
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker went live to discuss the Washington Post’s reporting that Iran has hit more U.S. military assets than previously reported, the pause on Trump’s Project Freedom hours after it was announced, and whether Putin had any say about the U.S. withdrawing troops from Germany.
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Read more from the Washington Post exclusive: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/
Read more from Mark's piece on Germany:https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-last-time-we-reduced-troops-in-europe-war-germany-withdrawal-russia-ukraine-nato-trump-hegseth
Read more from Mark's piece on culture at the Pentagon: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegseth-change-military-culture-firings-diversity-general-secretary-admiral
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Ben Parker· Host0:29
Hi, I'm Ben Parker from The Bulwark.
Mark Hertling· Guest0:31
And hi, I'm Mark Hertling with The Bulwark.
Ben Parker· Host0:34
Welcome back to another episode of Command Post on The Bulwark Takes Feed. I always forget to say this at the beginning, but first of all, we are tracking possibly breaking news. Producer Matt is monitoring the situation very closely. Uh, if there is some sort of agreement or deal or concept of a deal or memorandum of, of understanding between the United States and Iran while we are recording this, while we are live, we will immediately talk about it. A bunch of different outlets are reporting that it's very close. We don't know what that means, but if it happens, we will talk about it immediately. Also, if you like what we're doing here and you're watching on YouTube, uh, like The Bulwark Takes channel. You can follow all sorts of different analysis. We do Command Post every week. Uh, we'd really appreciate it. Comment on the video, like the video, and if you're watching on Substack, become a Bulwark Plus member. You'll get all sorts of this stuff, including, uh, General Hertling's analysis that we're