Donald Trump in the White House (Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI)


Just before Donald Trump halted US strikes inside Iran, I predicted the veto in a conversation with talkRADIO’s Paul Ross early Friday morning.

Listen from 6:37 in 0100-0130 Segment

We begin our 15-minute Week in Review with the race to become UK Prime Minister, as the Conservative Party selects two candidates — former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt — to go before party members.

Bottom line: whether front-runner Johnson or underdog Hunt triumph, neither offers any way out of the Brexit quagmire over the UK’s departure from the European Union.

Then, even as media were looking towards US military action after the downing of an American drone near or in Iran earlier in the day, we explain why Trump could overrule his advisors pressing for action.

See also EA on talkRADIO: UK Arms to Saudi Arabia Suspended; Trump and US-Iran Confrontation
Iran Daily: Trump Vetoes Military Response After US Drone Downed