Episode Details

At 2 p.m. this afternoon, the President of the United States sat down, clasped his hands, leaned forward, and with a weak voice, he told the reporter seated right in front of him that "there are no limits" to his power. After a long night of travel from the G7 summit, a visibly worn-down Donald Trump sat for an interview with Marc Caputo for Axios. And in a clip shared tonight, he offered a troubling glimpse into how he views the limits of his presidential power at a moment when his party risks losing control of Congress in the midterms.

Based on the events of 6-18-2026

The Breakdown:

• Asked what he learned about the limits on his power, Trump answered immediately: "There are no limits"
• Within seconds, he contradicted himself: "I know there are, but you know, there are no limits"
• The theme of everything he says now: absolute declarations followed by reversals
• Trump called the Iran memorandum of understanding "unconditional surrender," then admitted "Well, it really probably is" when pressed
• Trump admitted why he took the deal: "We wouldn't have oil for months," and warned it "could cause a worldwide depression"
• Why that is not unconditional surrender by Iran, but a retreat by a president who ran out of options
• Senator Bill Cassidy called the MOU "the worst foreign policy blunder in decades"
• Senator Roger Wicker said the deal "negotiates away the victories of Operation Epic Fury"
• Senator Rick Scott said he could not imagine supporting $300 billion for Iran
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted Republican leaders were not read in on the deal before it was signed
• The MAGA base fracturing: "Stunned MAGA turns on 'warmonger' Trump over 'humiliating' Iran deal"
• Why a president who sees no limits is a president who will not stop on his own
• Why criticism without action is pointless, and why we need to remind Republicans the midterms are coming
• Why the answer is not to look away, but to know every single thing happening and find your piece of the resistance
• The economic protest: subscribing to independent journalists, media outlets, and investigative reporters
• A new podcast called Rational Response, co-hosted with her husband
• Supporting artists who speak out, including Bruce Springsteen, Green Day, and the Spin Doctors
• Why right now is the slow time, and why August and September are when things get very real
• What the World Cup fans in the streets remind us about our shared humanity

A president who sees no limits is telling us exactly what he believes about his own authority. But the United States of America is more than Trump. The world knows that. They know the people on the wrong side of history are the few, not the many. We do not have to keep living like this. We can build something else. We can remind people who we are. And I know we are going to do it.

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