Iran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments, with Damilare Sonoiki and Stepfanie Tyler | Ep. 1291
April 8, 2026
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5 min readIran Deal Risks and Fallout, with Curt Mills and Mark Halperin, Plus Jennifer Newsom's Wild Comments
The episode opens with a dizzying 38-day timeline: President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran didn't "open the fucking strait," and then announced a two-week ceasefire. Within twelve hours, the ceasefire was already fraying—Israel was bombing Lebanon, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response, and the question of what exactly was agreed to remained entirely unclear.
The Ceasefire and Its Immediate Collapse
The ceasefire announcement came after 38 days of major combat operations. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared victory, but Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Raisin Cane cautioned that a ceasefire is a pause, not an end. President Trump posted on Truth Social that "a big day for world peace" had arrived, promising to help with "traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz" and suggesting that "big money will be made."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:42) **Ceasefire Announced, But Details Unravel** - Megyn opens with the breaking news of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran after 38 days of Operation Epic Fury, but immediately flags that the details are already falling apart.
- 2 (10:29) **Kurt Mills on the Fragile Ceasefire and the Toll Booth Problem** - Megyn brings on Kurt Mills to analyze the deal, the 10-point plan, and the new reality of Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz.
- 3 (20:13) **The Neocon Backlash and the Vance Threat** - Megyn and Kurt analyze the furious reaction from Mark Levin, Lindsey Graham, and Laura Loomer, who are targeting JD Vance as the architect of the ceasefire.
- 4 (34:36) **Mark Halperin on the Politics of the War and the Midterms** - Megyn brings in Mark Halperin to discuss the political fallout for Trump and the GOP.
- 5 (48:47) **Trump's Plummeting Poll Numbers and the Midterm Map** - Megyn and Halperin review the devastating polling data for Trump across all key demographics and the implications for the 2026 midterms.
- 6 (62:57) **Special Election Results Signal Trouble for GOP** - Halperin and Megyn analyze the results from a Georgia special election, a Florida state house race, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
- 7 (68:56) **2028 Jockeying: Vance vs. Rubio and the Democratic Field** - Halperin gives his read on the 2028 primary landscape.
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Show Notes
Megyn Kelly discusses the massive implications of the risky temporary ceasefire deal between America and Iran, President Trump teasing a possible “joint venture” deal with Iran to tax the Strait of Hormuz, and more. Then Curt Mills, executive director, The American Conservative, joins to discuss whether the ceasefire deal is possible to hold if Israel keeps bombing Lebanon, the truth about what happens next in the Middle East, Mark Levin and other war hawks now sounding sad and angry about the ceasefire deal, what happens to MAGA next, and more. Then Mark Halperin, host of "Next Up," joins to discuss the fallout and infighting the Iran war is causing on the right, why JD Vance will not face Marco Rubio in the 2028 GOP primary, who the 2028 frontrunners are on the Democratic side, and more. And Damilare Sonoiki, TV writer, and Stepfanie Tyler, founder of "Westly," join to discuss Jennifer Newsom’s shocking comments about why accidentally killing her sister makes her relate to prisoners, her outlandish comments about why women should run the world, Chelsea Handler’s desperation for attention, her bizarre comments about marriage and hookups, new details about Kristi Noem's husband Bryon’s cross-dressing double life, the "bimbo" he was paying thousands speaking out now, 40-year-old single women throwing themselves "wedding" birthdays, a shocking comment from an SNL cast member, and more.
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