Jim Talent breaks down Trump's Iran negotiation leverage, why the SAVE Act can't pass the Senate, and the real midterm strategy the GOP base needs to hear. Plus: Trump on Kudlow, and Haviv Rettig Gur stands up to anti-Semites.

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• (00:00) - Part I
• (02:10) - Iran tensions: Khamenei's absence & the simmer
• (08:45) - Trump on Kudlow: carriers, leverage & the deal
• (10:05) - Jim Talent's case for and against a strike
• (17:20) - Midterm anxiety & the base panic problem
• (19:34) - The SAVE Act, the filibuster, and defending Thune
• (35:13) - GOP messaging: best communicators, worst narrative
• (41:00) - Part II: Trump-Kudlow highlights & 80-20 issues
• (56:00) - Haviv Rettig Gur vs. anti-Semites at Haverford College