“The strain of war at home”
4/24/202642 min
April 24, 2026; As a permanent end to the war in Iran continues to allude President Donald Trump, new reporting reveals that the draining of munition stockpiles could take the U.S. military years to reverse, leaving us and our allies vulnerable in the interim. Nicolle Wallace discusses with Randy Manner, Tom Nichols and Amy McGrath. Also in the hour, the latest on the possible insider trading on the prediction markets and the Supreme Court’s shadow docket with Jodi Kantor.
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[dramatic music] I'm not under any pressure whatsoever. We've never had so much ammunition. Our, our ships are loaded. I call them locked and loaded. They're locked and loaded. They're ready to go. Uh, we have much higher quality, uh, equipment than we did when we first started the war.
Nicolle Wallace· Host1:10
Hi again, everybody. It's 5:00 in New York. While Donald Trump and his administration tie themselves into knots trying to diminish the impact of the war in Iran on the American people, on our military, on our relationship with our allies, an alarming picture is coming into focus. Contrary to Trump's claim there that America stands,