While the country watched the Texas runoff, Barbara and Susan tracked the real story: Iran isn't an Israel war — it's the City of London's last stand. The Abraham Accords are the eviction notice. And the Fed is the same war's home front.
What can the human mind do that a machine cannot? Bruce Director's 2005 essay on Kepler, republished as a pedagogical exercise for a new golden age.
Mike explores how Trump's Middle East diplomacy, the Abraham Accords, and the rise of sovereign nation-states are reshaping the 21st century order.
Mike Steger argues media is undermining U.S.-Iran negotiations, highlights 20 hours of historic talks involving Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner, and frames U.S. pressure as a global reset aiming to stabilize Gulf oil and prevent nuclear escalation.
Host Mike Steger argues that media coverage is undermining U.S. negotiations with Iran and fueling moral outrage over a Trump Truth post, which he calls a distraction from major strategic shifts. He highlights what he describes as the first serious, high-level Iran talks in 47 years, citing 20 hours of negotiations involving JD Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner with Iranian parliamentary leader Ghalibaf, and frames Iran’s hesitation as political theater. He says U.S. pressure now includes an effective blockade and broader involvement from China, India, Japan, and regional players like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, aiming to stabilize Gulf oil flows and prevent nuclear escalation. Steger also claims fentanyl deaths have dropped sharply and credits Trump with reviving U.S. space and industrial momentum. Domestically, he cites a White House estimate of a 10 million-home building shortfall since 2008 and urges regulatory reform ahead of the midterms.
00:00 Welcome and Agenda
00:17 Iran and Media Spin
00:55 Hungary and Europe Shift
02:47 Trump Post Moral Panic
06:48 Domestic Wins and Optimism
10:00 Breakthrough Iran Talks
13:42 Regional Players and China
16:21 Blockade and Global Reset
22:32 Ukraine and Peace Legacy
23:47 Midterms and Housing Supply
27:07 Fortress America Vision
28:24 Closing Principles and Focus
Mike explores how Trump's Middle East diplomacy, the Abraham Accords, and the rise of sovereign nation-states are reshaping the 21st century order.
Barbara Boyd on Judy Shelton's MSNBC challenge to Fed Keynesianism, Kevin Warsh's "regime change," the 1944 Keynes-vs-White Bretton Woods fight, and how Trump's executive-branch credit channels and Rubio's India trip point to a Core Five alignment that bypasses the City of London.
Here's why Trump's suggestion that Iran could join the Abraham Accords reflects a foreign policy of real physical economics — and why the CFR's new "Future of American Strategy" project is a tacit admission that the British-led liberal international order is finished.
As globalization collapses, America faces a deeper crisis of culture, identity, and purpose. Mike explores Poe’s “Descent into the Maelstrom,” the rebuilding of American industry, the conflict with Iran, and the spiritual foundations needed to revive the nation.
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