NOW BROADCASTING. 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.
Trump's 5-year plan demolishes London's Iran oil scam. Barbara Boyd exposes the Iran Terror Premium — $10 trillion drained over 25 years — and the nuclear century Trump and the Gulf States are building to replace it.
President Trump announces U.S. forces bombed military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island while leaving oil infrastructure intact, which Barbara Boyd argues reflects a doctrine and long-term strategy rather than instinct. She disputes claims of an imminent oil crisis, citing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the Strait of Hormuz has not been mined, and says price spikes are driven by London’s insurance and spot markets, noting Lloyd’s of London negotiating after the U.S. created a vessel-insurance mechanism. Boyd frames the conflict as an effort to dismantle a 50-year financial empire tied to the petrodollar, oil speculation, and the “Iran Terror Premium,” which Peter Navarro estimates added $5–$15 per barrel and drained about $10 trillion over 25 years. She highlights preparations including energy independence, Russian oil positioning, the Abraham Accords, and a U.S.–Saudi civil nuclear cooperation agreement as part of a broader nuclear-focused development agenda.
00:00 The Saturday Wrap-Up - CONTROLLED: Trump’s Kharg Island Strike Ends Iran’s Oil Terror Premium - March 14, 2026
02:25 Debunking the “No Plan” Narrative
05:42 The Iran “Terror Premium”
07:54 Trump’s Mideast “Nuclear Century”
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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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