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Richard Goodstein

Richard Goodstein

Democratic political strategist and principal of Goodstein & Associates, former Clinton advisor with 30+ years in campaigns and government relations.

Jul 10, 2026

36:10
I mean, I don't know what value there would be if they said what the president's demanding they say, right? Doesn't mean anything.
36:17
Right.
36:17
Look, um, c- can we talk just for one second about the original objectives? No nuclear, no missiles, no regime ch- I mean, have a regime change, and no support for proxies.
36:29
He's nowhere close, and he's not gonna bomb his way into accomplishing those things.
36:34
And everybody in Iran knows it, uh, and w- Iran knows now something that they didn't know on February 27th, which is they can, uh, create a stranglehold over the world economy with the Strait of Hormuz that they didn't actually know they could do before this war started, and they do now.
36:50
And that's the reason why I think Trump will be lucky.
36:53
He will thank his lucky stars if he can get a deal half as good as what Obama got in the JCPOA.

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56:38
Uh, Richard, you first either question for Dritan or comment on the poll, please.

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