‘I’m not crying!’ Sparks fly as Sean Spicer told to ‘go serve in Iran’ after defending war

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 4, 2026 · 3m

War as a Costume, Not a CostContextSean Spicer, now a former Trump press secretary and Navy Reserve public affairs officer, went on cable to defend Trump’s war against Iran and was met with a blunt question: if this war is so righteous, why isn’t he in it? Spicer answered with anger, insults, and a retreat into biography rather than responsibility.Actual PowerThe people with real institutional power are Donald Trump and the officials who execute his war policy. Spicer is not making decisions. He is helping sell them after the fact, which is a different job and a much safer one.That…