# “No one is willing to trade lower gas prices for Iran becoming a nuclear state.”

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Podcast: [Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté](https://stenobird.com/podcast/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mat-847776)
Published: 2026-04-13T16:29:43+00:00
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