{"podcast":{"title":"The David Knight Show","slug":"the-david-knight-show-1060966","podcast_index_feed_id":1060966,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2653468/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://thedavidknightshow.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/870cf2904cf34b2ea31d2b094bf63e30.jpg","author":"David Knight","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Join the journey with David Knight, a true veteran in the realm of news and analysis, and become part of a community that values historical context, critical think, and spiritual insight in navigating the challenges of our era. LIVE every weekday morning at 9am Eastern where you'll find an honest, fresh perspective, not partisan cheerleading. WIth a background as an electrical engineer, David is focused on the interplay of technology & liberty from a Christian perspective. David has had decades of experience in the trenches of politics as an activist, organizer, candidate, reporter, analyst, and news anchor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T08:17:49.505243+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966"},"episode":{"title":"Tue Episode #2258: War by Lie, Policy by Deception","slug":"tue-episode-2258-war-by-lie-policy-by-deception","published_at":"2026-05-05T17:48:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/tue-episode-2258-war-by-lie-policy-by-deception","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tue-episode-2258-war-by-lie-policy-by-deception--71879173","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71879173/dks_fs_05_05_2026.mp3","summary":"──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:34] Trump Denied Saying \"Maybe We're Better Off Not Making a Deal\" — CNN Played the Clip From One Day Earlier CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checked Trump live — he had said on camera the day before that \"maybe we're better off not making a deal at all.\" Knight: he doesn't even try to be consistent. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:15:34] Trump Admits the US Attacked Iran to Protect Israel — Rubio Said It Too, Mark Levin Says Neither Said It Trump went on Israeli outlet Kan News and said the attack was because Iran was about to attack Israel — Rubio said the same. Knight: Mark Levin says Trump acts alone, but he says it himself. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:24:12] Mike Johnson Says the US Is Not at War — Just \"Policing the Strait of Hormuz\" Johnson called the Iran conflict a police action, not a war — Knight: Truman called the Korean War a police action too, and nobody has ever called it the Korean Police Action. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:35:42] Chef José Andrés: The Iran War Is Going to Cause a Multi-Year World Famine by 2026–2027 Andrés warns the world is sleepwalking into a multi-year famine from the silent collapse of the global fertilizer trade. Knight: stop looking at oil tickers and start looking at the soil. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:41:50] Trump Renames the Iran War \"Project Freedom\" After Declaring It Over — Then Restarts Attacks Trump declared hostilities terminated on May 1st, launched Project Freedom as a humanitarian operation on May 3rd, and on Monday the US Navy resumed escorting ships through the Strait. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:55:30] Trump Raised EU Auto Tariffs Back to 25% — Weeks After Agreeing to 15% in the Turnberry Deal T…","meta_description":"──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:34] Trump Denied Saying \"Maybe We're Better Off Not Making a Deal\" — CNN Played the Clip From One Day Earl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7354,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-david-knight-show-1060966/episodes/tue-episode-2258-war-by-lie-policy-by-deception/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/tue-episode-2258-war-by-lie-policy-by-deception.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}