Trump's Lonely War

特朗普的孤独之战

What A Day

2026-07-29

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Today marked the start of two days of services for the late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, with President Donald Trump joining foreign leaders at Washington National Cathedral for the funeral. Graham was arguably one of the biggest supporters of the Iran war. But now, he's gone – and the war he helped start is becoming increasingly unpopular. The Economist reported earlier this month that the war in Iran is America's least popular conflict since public poll tracking began. And thanks to a virtual Pentagon blackout on information, there's a lot we don't even know about this war in the first place. So, to talk more about the Iran war, we spoke with Tom Bowman. He's the Pentagon correspondent for NPR. And in headlines, wildfires across France and Spain have driven roughly 330,000 people from their homes and vacation sites; Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sent Kentucky Republican Senator McConnell a letter demanding that he prove that he can do his job; and a conservative activist group released audio tapes that appear to show former President Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer. Show Notes: Check out Tom's work – npr.org/people/5457129/tom-bowman Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com
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  • reporters that have been covering the Pentagon for a long time, we refused to sign this edict,

  • which basically said you can't solicit information from anyone at the Pentagon.

  • Basically, you can't go to your sources and say, hey, what's really going on with the depleted munitions, missiles?

  • How many do they have?

  • Who's worried about it?

  • And so forth.

  • What the edict said was you basically have to wait for us to release information

  • and only then can you report on it, which basically turns us into stenographers and not journalism.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day,

  • a show that wasn't really wondering what former New York City mayor and former attorney for President Donald Trump,

  • Rudy Giuliani, was up to, but now knows via Rudy Giuliani.

  • Buona sera.

  • Yes, yes, yes.

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  • We're on top of virtually a mountain.

  • It's called Marleona.

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  • This was the birthplace of my paternal grandfather, for whom I am named.

  • Take notes.