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“Netanyahu just drew a line in the sand. His target? The Iranian regime itself. And President Trump is standing right behind him.”
on Netanyahu targeting the Iranian regime, with Trump's backing, during the Israeli election
On the record · Updated October 21, 2026
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“the world's attention really has been on the kinetic war, right? The missiles, the drones, the airstrikes, but now perhaps I'm I'm seeing a shift, or at least another front that is more effective in this war, and that's the economic one”
on economic pressure becoming a bigger front than missile strikes in the Iran conflict
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