Oct 12, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min · 13 segments
Trump cuts oil deal with Putin, then calls for Zelenskey's ouster. Roland in Poland joins Tony with reaction from Europe. Kamran from Iran joins Tony to discuss the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia's…
Roland FreudensteinGuestMargoGuestAdamPanelistAnd that clip was from a, a debate, I think it's the only debate, in the state of Michigan.
And this is a question that has been asked elsewhere, but this is the official debate.
And the moderator was asking: Which nation is the greater threat to America's national security, Israel or Iran? When you don't have a good answer or you're caught off guard, uh, what you do is you attack the questions.
You know, why, why would you ask that question?" You j- you try to deal with it that way.
If you're gonna take your stance, you need a better answer than that at the very least, 'cause everybody at this point should know when you take that, the position of just attacking the messenger... [laughs] And, uh, what's, what's remarkable about this is not the way that he answered the question, not even the question, not even the subject matter, but the fact that we are at war with a country like Iran, that the general consensus is Iran does a lot of state-sponsored terrorism.
Mm-hmm
... we've gotten to a point where we're at war, people are dying, including Americans.
We're at war, and this question can't be answered by a guy that wants to hold one of the most powerful political positions in the country, and I'm not so sure anybody even cares.
No.
It d- it really doesn't seem like, you know...
The news will get on there and, you know, try to make a, a, a point about it to try to get people angry, and I, I just don't think anyone cares anymore.
These are questions that you never even had to bother re-asking and asking, you know, when you're at war, [laughs] when you're at war.
Yeah.
Well, we were asking for it.
And that clip was from a, a debate, I think it's the only debate, in the state of Michigan.
And this is a question that has been asked elsewhere, but this is the official debate.
And the moderator was asking: Which nation is the greater threat to America's national security, Israel or Iran? When you don't have a good answer or you're caught off guard, uh, what you do is you attack the questions.
You know, why, why would you ask that question?" You j- you try to deal with it that way.
If you're gonna take your stance, you need a better answer than that at the very least, 'cause everybody at this point should know when you take that, the position of just attacking the messenger... [laughs] And, uh, what's, what's remarkable about this is not the way that he answered the question, not even the question, not even the subject matter, but the fact that we are at war with a country like Iran, that the general consensus is Iran does a lot of state-sponsored terrorism.
Mm-hmm
... we've gotten to a point where we're at war, people are dying, including Americans.
We're at war, and this question can't be answered by a guy that wants to hold one of the most powerful political positions in the country, and I'm not so sure anybody even cares.
No.
It d- it really doesn't seem like, you know...
The news will get on there and, you know, try to make a, a, a point about it to try to get people angry, and I, I just don't think anyone cares anymore.
These are questions that you never even had to bother re-asking and asking, you know, when you're at war, [laughs] when you're at war.
Yeah.
Well, we were asking for it.
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