Donald Trump dozes at the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, Washington D.C., July 27, 2026


EA-Byline Times VideoCast: US-Iran — “Uncontained War” Spreads Across Middle East


In our hour-long That Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand), Times Radio’s Maddie Hale and I navigate through lots of failure and a bit of success.

The failure begins with a long look at the dangerous muddle in the War on Iran. The Trump camp has swung from attacks to pause to attacks but with no appearance of tactics, let alone a strategy. Meanwhile, the conflict is overgrowing the Trumpists with consequences from Saudi Arabia to Iraq to Egypt.

We take a break for success with the Trump Administration’s shift towards Ukraine’s resistance of Russia’s invasion.

But it’s back to failure with Donald Trump’s sinking numbers in the polls before November’s Congressional elections.

Just before that, our Comedy Moment of the Week is Senator and Trump lickspittle Ted Cruz criticizing billionaires — apparently forgetting the guy in the White House who made around $2 billion from cryptocurrency since he took office.