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The Kyle Anzalone Show: Iran Achieved One of Its Core Objectives, A Political Defeat for President Trump
The midterms didn’t just bruise Republicans, they humiliated them, and I think the clearest explanation isn’t a sudden national conversion to Democratic ideology. The vote looks like a blunt punishment of Donald Trump’s second-term priorities, with one issue towering over the rest: the war with Iran and the real, immediate costs Americans feel at home.
I walk through why the “Iran is a 4% issue” talking point collapses when gas prices and cost of living spike right after escalation. We listen to Trump himself concede Iran played a role, then compare that to JD Vance’s blunt postmortem about…
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