Episode Details

Sidney Blumenthal speaks with David Smith, the Washington bureau chief of The Guardian, about Sidney’s column on how Trump lost his war on day one, his disastrous capitulation, why presidents don’t survive politically from being defeated in wars, Trump’s resemblance to the cruel Roman emperor Caligula; and on David’s article in The Guardian on Trump’s fiasco in revamping the Reflecting Pool, now covered with algae, and a metaphor for his kleptocratic and incompetent presidency.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/donald-trump-reflecting-pool-metaphor

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/23/trump-iran-victory-rationale

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