# Trump v Iran: what MAGA and the military are saying Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying.md Podcast: [The General & The Journalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304) Published: 2026-02-01T12:29:20+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/times-war/episodes/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/e/697f43fadb08d05cf6bebabc/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying Duration seconds: 1770 ## Resource Our colleagues at The Times this week launched an American edition of their superb UK politics pod, The State of It . We thought you might want to hear the fabulous first episode. Welcome to the first ever episode of  The State of It: USA . An attack on Iran looks imminent: we reveal what senior military and political figures are saying about it. Also, is Donald Trump taking a softer line on immigration after the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis? And get ready for  Melania , the movie. Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal Producer: Euan Dawtrey Executive producer: Molly Guinness Email us:  thestateofit@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/episodes/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-general-the-journalist-7337304/trump-v-iran-what-maga-and-the-military-are-saying.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.