# Playing The Waiting Game

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Podcast: [This Week in Geopolitics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-geopolitics-3036912)
Published: 2026-06-01T20:35:28+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/haisean/episodes/Playing-The-Waiting-Game-e3k6t53
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Duration seconds: 7744

## Resource

In today’s episode we talk about, the obstruction within congress and Trumps gradual shift back to a domestic policy focus. Then we talk about the current signals of a potential deal both with Iran and the wider middle east. After that we go over Brook Rollins’ fertilizer production plan. All that and more!

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