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Trump will unleash ‘biggest show of force in a generation’ on Iran

Season 2, Ep. 26

On this episode of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee speaks to former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon to discuss the huge build up of US military force in the Middle East. Hamish says he thinks the President is planning regime change and the amount of force included indicates this may be a prolonged campaign.

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