Trump Tries to Rein in Netanyahu on Iran – The Friday AM Quickie 3/20/26
At this point in the transition to spring, I'm not sure where my allergies end and my body begins. Anyway, I'm on duty every day again next week, so I'll see you Monday. Peace! - Corey
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THE BIG NEWS
US and Israel Diverge on Iran War Aims
How much daylight is there between Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they wage a joint war on Iran? If you listen to leaders of the Trump regime, there's more all the time.
"The objectives that have been laid out by the president are different from the objectives that have been laid out by the Israelis," Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified to the House yesterday. CIA Director John Ratcliffe concurred, testifying that Trump's "objectives with respect to Operation Epic Fury did not include regime change. That may be different from what Israel's objectives were."
The comments followed a wild Truth Social post by Trump in which he claimed the US "knew nothing" about Israel's attack on a massive Iranian natural gas field and said "NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field." Trump repeated those comments at the White House yesterday, and Netanyahu subsequently confirmed that Israel "acted alone."
The Israeli attack prompted a wave of strikes by Iran on energy facilities across the region. The escalation sent oil prices spiraling upward again as analysts fear an economic "nightmare scenario."
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres tells Politico the attacks on civilian infrastructure suggest war crimes may have been committed on both sides. "The war needs to stop," he added, "and I believe that it is in the hands of the US to make it stop."
About that: Trump claimed again yesterday that he won't involve US ground troops in the war, but he also told the reporter who asked about it that "if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you." Despite Trump's assurances, Reuters reports that the Pentagon may send additional troops to join the 50,000 already deployed to the Middle East. With Trump flailing for lack of a strategy, Netanyahu may indeed be the decider when it comes to the course of this war.
MORE STORIES TO WATCH
Japan's New Far-Right Prime Minister Promises Trump Help with Iran War
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a chummy appearance with Donald Trump at the White House yesterday and pledged vague help for US efforts to reopen the Straight of Hormuz, the vital oil shipping waterway under Iranian control. "They are really stepping up to the plate," Trump said, "unlike NATO." As Politico reports, six US allies led by the UK and including Japan "issued a carefully calibrated statement" that "short of committing to any specific allocation of military resources" and seem to be "largely an attempt to placate Trump."
The meeting generated an entirely different set of headlines thanks to a racist "joke" from Trump. A Japanese reporter asked, "Why didn't you tell US allies in Europe and Asia and Japan about the war before attacking Iran?" Trump replied: "Because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? OK, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?" Takaichi's eyes widened as she shifted in her seat, took a deep breath, and said nothing.
ICE Out!: Markwayne Mullin's DHS Nomination Advances Thanks to Sen. John Fetterman
- Former DHS Shadow Secretary Corey Lewandowski Shook Down Contractors for 'a Success Fee' "GEO Group and several other companies in government contracting have complained to officials in Trump's inner circle that Lewandowski, as a special government employee, has directly or indirectly stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process." via NBC News.
- Mexican 19-Year-Old Held in Florida Becomes Youngest Known Person to Die in ICE Detention Royer Perez-Jimenez "is the second person to die in ICE custody this week," and the 46th reported since the start of Donald Trump's second term. via the Associated Press, the Minnesota Star-Tribune, and the New York Times.
- Trump's Base Deflated After He Steps Back from 'Mass Deportation' Promises "Trump's advisers have shown him polling that finds the 'mass deportation' term is less popular, and he has repeatedly emphasized to aides in Oval Office meetings and in phone calls that they should use the word 'criminals' to describe who their targets are." via the Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, and the Guardian.
- Washington State Mask Ban for Law Enforcement Becomes Law "ICE is hiding from public accountability," says Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson. "Washingtonians must know they are interacting with legitimate law enforcement officers." via Politico and the Washington State Standard.
QUICKEST QUICKIES
- FCC Approves Merger That Could MAGA-fy Local TV in 44 States Eight Democratic attorneys general have sued to block Nexstar's $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna. via the New York Times, Politico, and NBC News.
- Georgia Woman Charged with Murder After Taking Abortion Pills "She told medical workers that she had taken misoprostol, a drug used in medication abortions, and the opioid painkiller oxycodone." via the Associated Press and HuffPost.
- Regime Lackeys Plan to Mint 3 Coins with Trump's Face, Including a New $1 Coin and a $250 Gold Collectible "Monarchs and dictators put their faces on coins, not leaders of a democracy," says Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley, who's supporting legislation to block the Trump coins, which are already illegal under an 1866 law. via the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the AP.
- California Democrats Move to Rename Cesar Chavez Day 'Farmworkers Day' in the Wake of Abuse Revelations "Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers, said the union wants to be supportive of the victims who came forward to reveal they were sexually abused by Chavez decades ago." via the New York Times, NBC News, and the Los Angeles Times.
SOME NUMBER
24
That's the number of hours that home health care workers in New York City put in in a single shift, despite being paid for only 13 hours, the New York Times reports. Workers are lobbying the City Council for a law ending the "inhumane" 24-hour shifts and staging a daily sit-in outside City Hall that will continue through next week.
ON THE SHOW TODAY
3/20: Sam will be hosting solo; the guests will be Perry Bacon, Jr., staff writer at The New Republic and host of the TNR show Right Now With Perry Bacon, and Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, discussing his proposed tax plan and the war in Iran.
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PARTING WORDS
"What I heard through tears, through hugs, through strength and through unbreakable resolve was the same from family after family. They said, 'Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done.'"
-- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, turning the grief of dead veterans' families into war propaganda at a Pentagon press briefing. Charles Simmons, who met Hegseth following the death of his 28-year-old son, Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, tells NBC News that "When he spoke to me, that was not something we talked about," adding, "Who wants war?"
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