Trump's Erratic Truth Social Posts

-- On the Show

-- Senator Mark Warner, Democrat from Virginia, joins us to discuss why he believes the Iran conflict is a war of choice with unclear objectives and poor planning by the Trump administration

-- Senator Richard Blumenthal warns after a classified Iran briefing that the United States appears to be moving toward deploying American ground troops

-- Reporting shows that Volodymyr Zelensky offered Donald Trump battlefield-tested technology to counter Iranian-style drones but the Trump administration failed to act

-- Gasoline prices jump about 32 percent in a matter of months during Donald Trump’s presidency, creating a political problem as voters confront higher costs at the pump

-- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt struggles to answer reporters' questions about Donald Trump’s Iran claims, troop injuries, and other issues

-- Democrat Bobbi Boudman defeats Republican Dale Fincher in a New Hampshire special election, marking the tenth straight seat Democrats have flipped during Trump’s second term

-- Donald Trump posts a series of aggressive and erratic Truth Social messages threatening Iran, boasting about military strikes and attacking fellow Republican Thomas Massie

-- On the Bonus Show: A new poll shows Talarico beating Cornyn and Paxton in Texas, lawmakers advance a bill to lower housing prices, federal workers sue after being fired over James O'Keefe stings, and much more...

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(00:00) Start(01:21) Blumenthal warns on Iran troops(09:32) Zelensky offers drone tech
(19:13) Gas prices spike under Trump
(25:00) Leavitt struggles in press briefing
(33:40) Boudman wins NH special election
(40:20) Mark Warner interview
(57:12) Trump posts aggressive Truth Social messages  

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