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The US and Iran are escalating again as Trump vows a strong response after Iranian missiles slammed into Jordan following an American strike on Larak Island. Alex breaks down the Iran showdown, a massive new Greece Israel defense pact, and Ukraine's mounting crisis as Budanov admits staggering troop losses and Kiev's supermarket shelves go empty.
Episode 2164
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:36 US Strikes Larak Island to Stop Iran Mining Hormuz
00:01:39 Iran Retaliates With Missiles Into Jordan
00:03:48 Trump Posts AI Memes of Iran Strikes
00:08:51 Greece and Israel Sign 3.6 Billion Defense Deal
00:10:58 New Middle East NATO Defense Belt Explained
00:16:19 Zelenskys 40 Day Campaign Backfires
00:17:37 Russia Ordered to Target Ukraine Energy Grid
00:19:24 Ratcliffe Pitches Trilateral Summit Peskov Rejects It
00:21:59 Budanov Admits Ukraine Needs 30000 Troops Monthly
00:29:13 Fedorov Becomes a Military Venture Capitalist
00:30:03 Venezuela Oil Deal Backlash From Both Sides
00:35:07 Clown World Estonia Sanna Marin and Lake America
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The US and Iran are escalating again as Trump vows a strong response after Iranian missiles slammed into Jordan following an American strike on Larak Island. Alex breaks down the Iran showdown, a massive new Greece Israel defense pact, and Ukraine's mounting crisis as Budanov admits staggering troop losses and Kiev's supermarket shelves go empty.
Episode 2164
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:36 US Strikes Larak Island to Stop Iran Mining Hormuz
00:01:39 Iran Retaliates With Missiles Into Jordan
00:03:48 Trump Posts AI Memes of Iran Strikes
00:08:51 Greece and Israel Sign 3.6 Billion Defense Deal
00:10:58 New Middle East NATO Defense Belt Explained
00:16:19 Zelenskys 40 Day Campaign Backfires
00:17:37 Russia Ordered to Target Ukraine Energy Grid
00:19:24 Ratcliffe Pitches Trilateral Summit Peskov Rejects It
00:21:59 Budanov Admits Ukraine Needs 30000 Troops Monthly
00:29:13 Fedorov Becomes a Military Venture Capitalist
00:30:03 Venezuela Oil Deal Backlash From Both Sides
00:35:07 Clown World Estonia Sanna Marin and Lake America
BUY ME A COFFEE: buymeacoffee.com/alexchristoforou
THE DURAN SHOP: theduranshop.com
SUBSTACK: theduran.substack.com
LOCALS: theduran.locals.com (1 Month Free Trial)
THE DURAN: youtube.com/@TheDuran
ALEXANDER: youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal
X: https://x.com/AXChristoforou
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Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown.
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