{"podcast":{"title":"Geopolitical Economy Report","slug":"geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","podcast_index_feed_id":5434689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:321045635/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-thxDIECcbNVGOXjL-MoyHWw-original.jpg","author":"Ben Norton","episode_count":500,"summary":"Geopolitical Economy Report is an independent new…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T08:17:26.449619+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689"},"episode":{"title":"Trump has no plan for his war on Iran. The US refuses to admit defeat.","slug":"trump-has-no-plan-for-his-war-on-iran-the-us-refuses-to-admit-defeat","published_at":"2026-08-05T14:31:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/trump-has-no-plan-for-his-war-on-iran-the-us-refuses-to-admit-defeat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","url":"https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/trump-no-plan-iran-war-us-defeat","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2375404997-geopoliticaleconomy-trump-no-plan-iran-war-us-defeat.mp3","summary":"The US government has no plan for the war that Donald Trump launched against Iran. The Pentagon is desperately asking analysts for ideas. Tehran won, but Washington refuses to admit it. Ben Norton explains what exactly is happening, and why the United States lost so badly. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25J1gdTCx_o Topics 0:00 Trump has no plan for Iran war 1:37 USA lost and Iran won 2:59 Trump threatens Iran 3:53 USA bombed schools 5:15 Trump's empty rhetoric 7:54 US allies in Persian Gulf 10:28 Yemen and Saudi Arabia 12:01 US military runs out of missiles 14:37 Iran destroys US bases 15:38 Iran expels US troops 18:20 Iran has the leverage 19:05 Trump always chickens out (TACO) 20:32 Iran strengthened, USA weakened 22:34 Outro","meta_description":"The US government has no plan for the war that Donald Trump launched against Iran. The Pentagon is desperately asking analysts for ideas. Tehran won, but…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1365,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/trump-has-no-plan-for-his-war-on-iran-the-us-refuses-to-admit-defeat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/trump-has-no-plan-for-his-war-on-iran-the-us-refuses-to-admit-defeat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}