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Hurricane Season 2026. Trump hits the UNGA. Cuba, Iran, the media—all in the path of the storm.

Podcast: Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
Published: Sep 23, 2026
Duration seconds: 1356
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Summary

Hurricane season is here, and the biggest storm making landfall this week is Hurricane Trump. Paul Rieckhoff opens episode 630 from New York City as the UN General Assembly turns into a global stage for threats, propaganda, and pressure campaigns. From the UNGA lectern, Trump floated annihilating the Islamic Republic, telegraphed Cuba as the next target, mocked the very concept of artificial intelligence, and kept pushing the rigged two-party system further into authoritarian territory. Then he banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House and rolled out Trump TV "a predictable next step in the MAGA machine's propaganda buildout.