A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk Israel
Aug 3, 2026 ¡ 59 min ¡ 11 segments
Donald Trump has unveiled a new 15-Point Gaza Plan that seems to undermine many of the agreed provisions of last yearâs 20-Point Plan. The revisions all favor Hamas and Israel is expected to agree orâŚ
Andrew FoxHostShana MeyersonHostBut he literally, the rest of it, I could have said, okay, this is normal bluster.
But he listed that his polling numbers are way up in part due to the... quote unquote, denuclearization of Iran.

Look, if you just frame this, again this is why i studied psychology if you just frame this and take it back to the psychology like the guy is it is an ego wound for him to have lost and he is just flailing around trying to find something that he can claim as a win here
like i think we can quite

categorically and conclusively say at this point that america lost this war they haven't achieved a single one of their strategic goals and they're flailing around for for an escape plan um and actually i think now that the war has brought us closer to an iranian nuclear missile i think that's how badly it's gone because the logical the logical end state if you're iran as soon as this all draws down is to rush for a bomb to make sure this can't happen again um so i think the the ways in which this war is a complete catastrophe i think are yet to be fully unveiled but donald trump is flailing around looking for an exit strategy looking for a way out that he can plausibly claim to be some kind of victory that's more victorious than any victor ever victory And yeah, it's just exhausting to watch.

And the only thing, the only silver lining here is that the Iranian regime are idiots who overreach every single time.

So the one silver lining that might lead to this having a decent outcome is the fact that the regime are idiots and they always, always, always overreach when they're in a strong position.
Let me stack on that one silver lining because I think there's actually two silver linings.
And the second silver lining that literally would be right outside of that silver lining is the fact that It may look like Iran has won, but the war actually isn't over, as implied by your last statement.
But he literally, the rest of it, I could have said, okay, this is normal bluster.
But he listed that his polling numbers are way up in part due to the... quote unquote, denuclearization of Iran.

Look, if you just frame this, again this is why i studied psychology if you just frame this and take it back to the psychology like the guy is it is an ego wound for him to have lost and he is just flailing around trying to find something that he can claim as a win here
like i think we can quite

categorically and conclusively say at this point that america lost this war they haven't achieved a single one of their strategic goals and they're flailing around for for an escape plan um and actually i think now that the war has brought us closer to an iranian nuclear missile i think that's how badly it's gone because the logical the logical end state if you're iran as soon as this all draws down is to rush for a bomb to make sure this can't happen again um so i think the the ways in which this war is a complete catastrophe i think are yet to be fully unveiled but donald trump is flailing around looking for an exit strategy looking for a way out that he can plausibly claim to be some kind of victory that's more victorious than any victor ever victory And yeah, it's just exhausting to watch.

And the only thing, the only silver lining here is that the Iranian regime are idiots who overreach every single time.

So the one silver lining that might lead to this having a decent outcome is the fact that the regime are idiots and they always, always, always overreach when they're in a strong position.
Let me stack on that one silver lining because I think there's actually two silver linings.
And the second silver lining that literally would be right outside of that silver lining is the fact that It may look like Iran has won, but the war actually isn't over, as implied by your last statement.
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