Week 70 - Trump's War of Choice Goes Off Track, and the Impact of HIs Regime's Incompetence Hits Americans

Episode 70 of the The Weekly List podcast, hosted by Amy Siskind, titled "Week 70 - Trump's War of Choice Goes Off Track, and the Impact of HIs Regime's Incompetence Hits Americans " was published on March 12, 2026 and runs 26 minutes.

March 12, 2026 ·26m · The Weekly List

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Summary

This week started with Trump firing Kristi Noem from her role leading Homeland Security, after a disastrous performance in her Congressional testimony, as well as on the job. Before we get to Trump’s war of choice, it is worth pointing out that this week’s list is full of examples of the gross incompetence of the loyalists picked by Trump for senior roles, from Health and Human Services, to Energy, to the Justice Department, to Voice of America — the American people are now suffering first-hand from the consequences. Even temporary parts of the second Trump regime, like DOGE, are producing horrendous outcomes for the American people months later, including a Social Security breach.Trump has gotten our country into quite a mess with his war on Iran. In addition to the seven U.S. soldiers killed, and more than 150 injured so far, as the week came to a close, U.S. military intelligence finally admitted that the U.S. was behind a tragic bombing of a girls’ school in Iran. This, after Trump spent the week deflecting and lying, for what may be the most devastating military error in decades. Reporting this week also indicates that Trump and his regime miscalculated Iran’s response, had little in the way of a plan to help U.S. citizens evacuate, or to deal with the ensuing spike in the price of oil. Trump and his regime spent the week changing stories on goals, objectives, and the end game, at times changing facts in less than an hour’s span. It was clear by week’s end that Trump is not in control here, and as Congress once again abdicated its role, the U.S. finds itself and the world economy in the hands of one man, surrounded by incompetent sycophants — a nightmare scenario. The CEO of Aramco warned, “There would be catastrophic consequences for the world’s oil markets and the longer the disruption goes on, the more drastic the consequences for the global economy.”Trump’s solution to all this mess of his creation is to try to steal the midterm election. He threatened not to sign any legislation into law unless Congress passed his so-called SAVE America Act, to which he added the end of mail-in voting. Perhaps the most honest thing Trump said this week was in a speech to House Republicans, that passing the Act “will guarantee the midterms,” and “If you don’t get it, big trouble, my opinion.” Notably, he made this pronouncement from his Doral golf resort, where he hosted Republicans and events over the weekend, during a war, and at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. His hosting at taxpayers’ expense would have been a broken norm during his first regime, but this time, it was not even picked up as such by our media — yet another example of how far down the rabbit hole we have fallen.

Episode Description

Trump has gotten our country into quite a mess with his war on Iran. In addition to the seven U.S. soldiers killed, and more than 150 injured so far, as the week came to a close, U.S. military intelligence finally admitted that the U.S. was behind a tragic bombing of a girls’ school in Iran. This, after Trump spent the week deflecting and lying, for what may be the most devastating military error in decades. Reporting this week also indicates that Trump and his regime miscalculated Iran’s response, had little in the way of a plan to help U.S. citizens evacuate, or to deal with the ensuing spike in the price of oil. Trump and his regime spent the week changing stories on goals, objectives, and the end game, at times changing facts in less than an hour’s span. It was clear by week’s end that Trump is not in control here, and as Congress once again abdicated its role, the U.S. finds itself and the world economy in the hands of one man, surrounded by incompetent sycophants — a nightmare scenario. The CEO of Aramco warned, “There would be catastrophic consequences for the world’s oil markets and the longer the disruption goes on, the more drastic the consequences for the global economy.”

Trump’s solution to all this mess of his creation is to try to steal the midterm election. He threatened not to sign any legislation into law unless Congress passed his so-called SAVE America Act, to which he added the end of mail-in voting. Perhaps the most honest thing Trump said this week was in a speech to House Republicans, that passing the Act “will guarantee the midterms,” and “If you don’t get it, big trouble, my opinion.” Notably, he made this pronouncement from his Doral golf resort, where he hosted Republicans and events over the weekend, during a war, and at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. His hosting at taxpayers’ expense would have been a broken norm during his first regime, but this time, it was not even picked up as such by our media — yet another example of how far down the rabbit hole we have fallen.