Should Democrats Be The Anti-War Party?

民主党应该成为反战党吗?

What A Day

2026-04-14

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Trump’s war in Iran is now 45 days old with no end in sight — which is a problem for Republicans. Because while midterms are always tough for the party in power, an unpopular war with no exit strategy isn’t helping. So how should Democrats running for office this year – and in coming years – respond? And what should they be running for? Because recently “we aren’t Trump” hasn’t been good enough. To find out, we spoke with Mehdi Hasan. He’s the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the media company Zeteo. And in headlines, the U.S. conducts more lethal strikes against supposed drug smuggling boats in the Pacific, President Trump receives the White House’s first DoorDash delivery, and Jane and Matt unpack the showdown no one asked for: POTUS v Pope. God help us. Show Notes: Check out Mehdi's work – zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered 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 visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Tuesday, April 14th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show that has wondering.

  • How low will Vice President J.D. Vance go to bend the knee to President Donald Trump?

  • Will he, for example, pretend that Trump posting an image depicting himself as Jesus Christ was funny?

  • Here's Vance on Fox News Monday speaking to Brett Baer.

  • Well, first of all, Brett, I think the president was posting a joke.

  • And of course, he took it down because he recognized that a lot of people weren't understanding his humor in that case.

  • I think the president of the United States likes to mix it up on social media.

  • And I actually think that's one of the good things about this president is that he's not filtered.

  • He doesn't send everything through a communications professional.

  • He actually reaches out directly to the people.

  • Yes, that's kind of what I thought Vance would do.

  • On today's show, the U.S. Conducts more lethal strikes against supposed drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific,

  • and the showdown that no one asked for.

  • POTUS vs. Pope.

  • God help us.

  • But let's start with the war in Iran, and what it means at home.

  • Trump's war in Iran is now 45 days old.

  • So far, the conflict has resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen U.S. Service members and thousands of Iranians,

  • and there is no end in sight.