What Washington Isn’t Saying About War, Gas Prices, and Trump with @thewarningwithsteveschmidt ​

Political strategist and former John McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt joins Tara for a live collaboration between The Warning and The Red Letter. Steve calls the Iran war Trump's single biggest broken promise and explains why the U.S. is losing — not on the battlefield, but in the war Iran is waging against the global economy. They dig into the Iraq war parallels, why air power alone can't topple the regime, how gas prices could force Trump to blink first, and why Democratic leaders like Schumer and Jeffries are too afraid to take a real position. Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. 0:00 – Introduction 1:37 – Trump's biggest broken promise: the "no more wars" president started a war 2:38 – Jeb Bush's Iraq answer and the moment Trump broke Republican foreign policy 3:30 – Trump's war goals are unachievable — and that means we're losing 5:00 – Steve on supporting the Iraq war and what he learned 6:22 – The American myopic worldview on military power 8:36 – The limits of air power: what every Air Force officer knows 9:05 – Tulsi Gabbard's testimony: Iran is 10+ years from a real nuclear threat 12:39 – Trump contradicts his own intelligence on Iran 13:28 – Could Iran be bluffing like Saddam? 14:17 – "I don't trust the representations of the government on any of this" 15:50 – Audience question: how is Iran winning without a navy? 17:30 – Iran's real strategy: break the global economy before Trump breaks them 18:48 – The "we can't lose" argument will lead to ground troops 23:19 – Gas at $5 a gallon — how long can Trump sustain this? 28:48 – How many American lives is too many? 34:39 – The AIPAC factor in Democratic silence 36:32 – Religious extremism on all sides driving this war 37:41 – Audience question: why won't reporters stick up for each other? 38:50 – Why supporting independent media matters now more than ever Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.