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Iran, Cuba, World Cup and What Comes Next with Admiral James Stavridis.

Podcast: Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
Published: Jul 7, 2026
Duration seconds: 3241
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Summary

America just turned 250, Team USA just got bounced from the World Cup, and the MAGA machine is running all gas, no brakes on everything from Iran to the ranks of our own military. Paul sits down with Admiral James Stavridis — former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, former Southcom commander, and author of the new novel 2084 — for a morning briefing on where the country actually stands. Stavridis lays out what the administration is trying to land in Venezuela and Cuba, why he believes this time really is different in Havana, and why the Iran war has gone very badly for a White House that never should have started it.