3656 - Iran Toys with Trump; ICE Detention Abuses; US vs Cuba w/ Wali Khan, Jose Luis Granados Ceja

The Majority Report with Sam Seder delivers a blistering critique of U.S. foreign policy in a volatile geopolitical moment, centering on Donald Trump's escalating brinkmanship with Iran and the looming threat of war. Seder argues that Trump's repeated false promises of imminent deals with Iran are not diplomacy but a performance to manipulate markets and distract from domestic failures, while Iran's retaliatory shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz over Israel's attacks on Lebanon underscores the absurdity of U.S. military posturing. The episode exposes the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Lebanon, where Israel's mass evacuation orders and relentless bombing have triggered a humanitarian crisis, with Seder condemning the U.S.-backed narrative that frames this as 'self-defense' while calling it a deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing. He also dismantles the myth that Israel provides security for Jews, citing the Holocaust's location in Europe and the fact that the largest anti-Jewish attack since then occurred in Israel itself. The show then turns to the U.S. siege of Cuba, revealing a coordinated strategy of economic strangulation—cutting off oil, blocking aid, and bombing ships—to force regime change. Journalist Jose Luis Granados Ceja details how the U.S. is manufacturing consent through disinformation, including a fake CIA leak about a Cuban invasion plot, while Cuba's population endures extreme hardship but remains defiant.