# Thu Episode #2288: — Americans Pay For The War, Then Pay To Rebuild Iran Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/thu-episode-2288-americans-pay-for-the-war-then-pay-to-rebuild-iran Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/thu-episode-2288-americans-pay-for-the-war-then-pay-to-rebuild-iran.md Podcast: [The David Knight Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966) Published: 2026-06-18T19:25:17+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/thu-episode-2288-americans-pay-for-the-war-then-pay-to-rebuild-iran--72586452 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72586452/dks_fs_06_18_2026.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-david-knight-show-1060966/episodes/thu-episode-2288-americans-pay-for-the-war-then-pay-to-rebuild-iran Duration seconds: 8236 ## Resource ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:56] Final MOU Green-Lights an Iran-Oman Toll Regime on the Strait 30 days for Iran and Oman to define maritime administration; Knight: buying his way out of a tar baby. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:05:58] Vance Claims Anytime-Anywhere Inspections — Not a Word of That Is in the MOU Neither the original nor final version contains inspection language. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:33] $300B Iran Fund Tops Double the Inflation-Adjusted Marshall Plan Marshall Plan: $137B in 2025 dollars across a dozen nations; this goes to Iran alone after $113B in US bombs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:20:00] Trump Denied the Fund Exists Mid-Press Conference — Then Described How It Works Called it false, then explained the funding mechanism in the same breath. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:26:12] Pentagon Budget Just Hit $1 Trillion — Hegseth Now Wants 50% More Post-Iran war request; taxpayers paid for the bombs and will pay for the rebuild. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:58:47] Knight Predicts Israel Sabotages the Deal Before 60 Days Are Up Zionist media trained on Trump; he'll fold, restart the war, and blame Iran. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:29:03] Palantir Got $1B+ in Contracts After Donating to Trump's Ballroom Thiel's Dialogue leak confirms Epstein attended; members asked if they were "looking for love." ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:30:36] Thiel's Secret Elite Network "Dialogue" Gets Hacked — Full Member Data Exposed Never had a public website; leaked: birth dates, mobiles, emergency contacts, 2031 predictions. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:14] Nvidia CEO Says America Must Adapt to AI — Society Needs New Soci… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-david-knight-show-1060966/episodes/thu-episode-2288-americans-pay-for-the-war-then-pay-to-rebuild-iran/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/thu-episode-2288-americans-pay-for-the-war-then-pay-to-rebuild-iran.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.