EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 8 MIN
Topic: Trump not understanding the Iranians
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
During the first segment of Hour 2 on Monday, June 8, 2026, guest host Heidi Harris continued filling in on The Charlie James Show by tackling the complex foreign policy dynamics surrounding Donald Trump's approach to the Middle East. Harris focused the segment's commentary on the argument that Trump does not fully understand the Iranians, analyzing how his administration's past strategies and current political rhetoric align—or conflict—with Iran's long-term geopolitical motivations.
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00:00 Good afternoon, always a privilege sitting in for Charlie James. Stacey's working with me today. How fun is that? Just a fun, fun day. Just talked to Robert Spencer from jihawatch.org and I was glad he took the time. It's important to realize that we are not winning this war in Iran. And the reality is Trump doesn't understand who we're dealing with. Who decides when you win a war? Our enemy decides. That's who decides. And I don't think he gets it. Let me get to some text on this because... 00:28 It's important folks, and I voted for Trump three times. I support him. I support what he's trying to do. But I just don't think he understands the people he's dealing with. When I say that, I'm talking about the Iranian people who want to live free. I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about the mullahs and all the crazies or people running around in pajamas over there who are difficult to deal with and who have a different vision of how the world should be than we do. You can't, what can you do? Bomb all their stuff? They don't care. Bomb them back to the stone age. They never left. How are you going to do that? 00:59 and it breaks my heart. How long is this going to go on? I don't know. I just don't think he understands it. You don't make deals with people. You know, it's like when people want to talk about Palestinians and Israel and you want to make a deal with the Palestinians, it's like dealing with your neighbors. You've got a neighbor. I'm going to bring it down to simple terms because I'm a simple girl. This is how I understand things. If you've got a fence in your backyard and you're going to argue about the fence and maybe it's a wood fence and it's kind of falling apart and you want to see who's going to pay for it or whatever, right? If your neighbor says, 01:28 You don't even have a right to be there at all next door to me. How can you have a negotiation? How can you even deal with these people? You can't. And that's what Israel's been dealing with forever. People who just flat out hate him. You're not gonna be able to deal with people who don't think you have a right to exist at all. We're not dealing with those kinds of people. That's what makes it so difficult. By the way, text lines open. W-O-R-D talk line and the Common Sense Retirement Planning text line, which is the same number, 800-905-0989. 800. 01:58 9050989 texture says, thanks Heidi for that interview. He's so right. Trump has some knowledge gap in waging this war. Freaking disappointment. Right? He does. And I'm not here to bash Trump. I mean, I am a supporter of Trump. I want, I'm thrilled he's the president, not Biden. Of course. And I know that a lot of things he's trying to accomplish are beaten back by the courts every single day. I must've seen three or four stories just this morning. Getting ready for the show about things that Trump's trying to do that the courts are trying to beat him back on. 02:26 Which listen, I understand that's the way this country set up and aren't you glad? Can you imagine if Obama had won? Frog in my throat. Hey, can you imagine if Obama had wanted to accomplish everything he accomplished and had been able to do it without being stopped through court or the constitution or anything else? I mean, we want that kind of a country where you don't have that much power. You have some, but you still have the different branches of government that supposedly are supposed to keep us free. 02:53 Texter, hey HH, until a paper is signed, Trump has the upper hand worldwide because nobody knows what he's gonna do. Well yeah, we're America, people still need what we have. They need our products, they need to be able to sell their products to us. I get all that. But remember, you're not talking about those kind of people, you're talking about the folks who are not business people. These are guys running around in their pajamas, all they know is trying to wage war on what they consider to be infidels. 03:21 T ...
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