The Trump Report

Retired Air Vice Marshal and former fighter pilot Sean Bell joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest Israel-Iran strikes, whether Trump's war has strengthened rather than weakened Tehran's negotiating position, and growing tensions between the US President and Benjamin Netanyahu as the fragile ceasefire comes under renewed pressure. 

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Hezbollah's rejection of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, mounting questions over Iran's enriched uranium stockpile, and whether Trump's strategy for ending the war is beginning to unravel.

Former National Security Council Director for Iran and Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University, Richard Nephew, joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest developments in the Iran conflict, Trump's diplomatic options moving forward, and Congress's push to limit the President's war powers.

Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump's claim that Iran has agreed not to build a nuclear weapon, whether withdrawing from the JCPOA set the US on the path to war, and reports the President was warned Iran could weaponise the Strait of Hormuz.

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to discuss the latest developments in the Iran war, Donald Trump’s medical checkup is met with questions and several artists pull out of Trump’s  Freedom 250 / Great American State Fair celebration. 

Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s comments he will “finish the job” if Iran doesn’t agree to a peace plan, the US President threatens key regional partners if they don’t sign the Abraham Accords and Vladimir Putin offers to wipe up to $140,000 worth of debt to Russians who join the army. 

Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie Hale to analyse the latest developments in US-Iran negotiations to end the war — including whether Trump is now moving toward a deal structurally similar to Obama’s 2015 agreement, why Gulf states are resisting his push for a broader anti-Iran alliance, and growing Republican tensions over the cost of the conflict and Trump’s expanding use of presidential power. 

Marianne Williamson, former Democratic presidential candidate, joins Maddie Hale to discuss the conflicting narratives over whether or not Iran has nuclear weapon capabilities and ambitions, if the US underestimated Iran’s ability to rebuild and recover and Donald Trump hints at military action against Cuba. 

General Sir Richard Shirreff, NATO’s former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, joins Maddie Hale to discuss reports Israeli planners explored reinstalling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the early Iran war, fears the US is preparing for an Epic Fury 2.0 operation and reports Trump plans to reduce US military forces across Europe.