Today's live show has ended. Watch the replay and join us LIVE next Thursday Morning. Empire's midterm pain machine: diesel squeeze, Iran conflict, Carney's trade war, and the London AI scare. Barbara Boyd and Susan Kokinda take your questions.
Forget the campaign ads. Susan traces two coordinated fronts against Trump’s midterms: a pain machine of diesel prices, Iran, Canada’s tariffs and bond attacks — and an AI-apocalypse panic whose paper trail runs straight to London.
Trump’s industrial revival collides with demands to restrict AI. Mike examines Fetterman, Anthropic, Effective Altruism, and the battle over America’s economic future.
Carney warned of a “global rupture” as the post–Cold War order breaks down. Susan Kokinda argues Trump just proved him right — cracking Iran after 47 years, handing Syria the Hezbollah job over Israel, and letting a broke Europe pay for its own war.
Ahead of the G7 in Evian, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned of a “global rupture” as the post–Cold War rules-based order breaks down — a claim Susan Kokinda argues was underscored by Donald Trump’s summit remarks suggesting Syria should handle Hezbollah if Israel cannot without “killing everyone else,” and criticizing Israel’s actions in Lebanon. The episode contends Trump’s approach reflects a sovereignty-based foreign policy that bypasses imperial proxies and multilateral institutions — seen in direct engagement with “the full spectrum” of the Iranian system to secure an Iran memorandum of understanding, and in prioritizing Gulf leaders over G7 counterparts. The real target, Susan argues, is dismantling the “terror premium” on oil tied to Strait of Hormuz threats. Meanwhile Europe’s Ukraine pledges look unfunded — with Britain’s defense leadership resigning over money — fueling Carney’s alarm.
00:00 The Midweek Update - Carney Calls It a Rupture. Trump Just Cracked Iran After 47 Years - June 17, 2026
01:56 On the Brink of Peace
04:57 Is Trump Replacing Israel with Syria?
07:53 Carney’s Breakdown or Trump’s Future
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Forget the campaign ads. Susan traces two coordinated fronts against Trump’s midterms: a pain machine of diesel prices, Iran, Canada’s tariffs and bond attacks — and an AI-apocalypse panic whose paper trail runs straight to London.
Trump’s industrial revival collides with demands to restrict AI. Mike examines Fetterman, Anthropic, Effective Altruism, and the battle over America’s economic future.
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland’s first ministers push independence as Labour betrays Brexit. Carney’s Canada–Ukraine 100-year pact, EU associate talk, and rate-hike “noise” target Trump’s midterms.
Today's LIVE is over, check out the replay. Susan Kokinda was on the Midterm Convention floor this week. Today she wraps the convention and the week’s board LIVE — AfD firewall, the $5k dividend, Bessent’s ovation.
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