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Trump Calls It a ‘Skirmish’ While Gas Hits $5: Iran, Epstein, and the Daily Wire Death Spiral

Dan and Cory discuss renewed US-Iran fighting during supposed negotiations, citing Al Jazeera and contrasting CENTCOM and Trump’s claims of self-defense success in the Strait of Hormuz with Iran’s denials, arguing it’s a familiar propaganda war and noting US public approval is far below 50% while Iran benefits from a rally-around-the-flag effect. They mock the cycle of near-deals followed by renewed bombing, speculate what pressures keep Trump in the conflict, and criticize a proposed $1.5T defense budget pitched as “fiscal responsibility.” They cover a report of $1B in taxpayer-funded White House security upgrades tied to an East Wing project previously touted as privately funded, say Spirit Airlines is gone, and claim Daily Wire’s culture-war model is fading. They praise ATF rollbacks on the pistol brace rule and private-seller/FFL enforcement, touch on a Cuba vlog detainment story, a hantavirus cruise-ship scare, and play a clip alleging Howard Lutnick shifted his Epstein story.

00:00 Show Intro and Setup

00:54 War Back On Again

03:15 Propaganda and Public Opinion

08:35 Groundhog Day Diplomacy

17:57 Trump Skirmish Clip

21:23 White House Ballroom Funding

24:51 Hegseth Defense Budget Pitch

33:36 Why Propaganda Fails Now

37:04 Markets Inflation and Insider Trades

40:52 Primaries and Daily Wire Purge

42:04 Culture War to War Fears

43:52 Daily Wire Losing Steam

47:40 ATF Rollbacks Explained

50:40 Private Sales and Gun Loopholes

54:46 Spirit Airlines Disappears

56:06 Nick Shirley Cuba Fiasco

01:03:55 JPMorgan Story Debunked

01:08:20 Epstein Lutnick Fallout

01:12:57 Massie Primary Stakes

01:17:16 Ron Paul Rand Paul Riffs

01:18:42 RBG Legacy Debate

01:19:37 Gerrymandering Court Loopholes

01:22:42 RFK Jr Rally Whiplash

01:24:38 Secret Service DEI Jokes

01:29:26 Assassination Footage Breakdown

01:32:34 Hantavirus Panic Cycle

01:33:53 COVID Credibility Fallout

01:35:53 Fauci Timeline Receipts

01:46:05 Cruise Ship Quarantine Confusion

01:50:05 Masks Then and Now

01:51:12 Graduation and Signoff