Trump 2028

This week on The Necessary Conversation, Chad, Haley and Mary Lou dig into day 149 of Trump's war with Iran. 18 American soldiers dead. And the bill just keeps climbing.

💣 If you support Trump, you support the war in Iran. Thirteen consecutive nights of strikes. Four U.S. soldiers killed since July 17th. Nearly 500 injuries. Hegseth says the $37.5 billion we've already spent isn't enough and is requesting $67.1 billion more. The House passed a resolution urging Trump to end the war 214-208. The Senate killed the binding version 47-49. Trump never got congressional authorization. We ask Mom point blank: do you support this war? Do you still support Trump?

⚽ Trump crashed the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium, inserting himself onto the victory stage with Spain's team and refusing to leave — even as the FIFA president tried to nudge him out of the celebratory photo. The stadium erupted in boos that never stopped. A new poll shows Trump at 31% approval and -37 net approval, his lowest ever. We ask: how does the rest of the world see us now?

☢️ Trump signed a 30-year agreement giving Saudi Arabia — the country responsible for 9/11 — a pathway to enriching nuclear fuel. The deal is loaded with Trump family financial ties: Brookfield, which owns Westinghouse, bailed out Kushner's 666 Fifth Avenue. Kushner's firm got $2 billion from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. Kushner is currently serving as Trump's Middle East envoy. We ask: why are we helping the country that attacked us get a nuclear program?

🐾 We simmer down to talk about which pet we'd bring back from the dead.

🔗 The House passed a bill to permanently merge U.S. and Israeli defense technology — counter-drone systems, AI, cyber warfare, quantum computing — embedding Israeli tech into the U.S. defense supply chain in a way that bypasses the annual appropriations process. This as much of the world considers Netanyahu a war criminal. We ask: what does this merger say about us?

🎤 Trump returned to the White House Correspondents' Dinner three months after the original was cut short by a gunman. He gave a rambling hour-long speech attacking journalists, mocked Kaitlan Collins for winning an award, shrugged when reporters were honored for their Epstein coverage, wore a "Trump 2028" hat, and told the room: "When I'm not around, you're going to be broke."

📈 The New York Times revealed Trump Jr.'s investment firm has ballooned to over $3 billion with returns of roughly 200% — fueled by bets on companies that directly benefit from his father's government decisions, including Polymarket, which went from $300 million to $15 billion after Trump loosened regulations. Meanwhile, a watchdog report found over $50 billion in new government contracts went to corporate donors of Trump's White House ballroom. We ask: at what point is this just open corruption?

This one goes hard from the jump. Every minute counts.

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