LISTEN: Why Iran believes it won the war

Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joins the show to discuss whether Iran has won the war against the U.S. and how exactly President Trump came to the mistaken belief that the Iranian regime would collapse.

admin July 3, 2026 1 minute read

Podcast

Ben breaks down the creation of a new “drone czar” position inside the Defense Department and the latest in the ongoing legal saga over journalists’ access to the Pentagon.

Then, Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joins the show to discuss whether Iran has won the war against the U.S. and how exactly President Trump came to the mistaken belief that the Iranian regime would collapse.

Plus, the “Threat of the Week.”

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