Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
Politics has never been more chaotic, and most podcasts just add to the noise. Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes cuts through it.
Grant is an AP Award-winning journalist with over a decade of on-the-ground reporting on the biggest political stories, scandals, and elections in America. Twice a week, he takes the stories dominating the headlines and breaks them down in plain English — no jargon, no spin, no shouting.
If you care about what’s happening in this country but you’re exhausted by how it’s being covered, this is the show for you. Real reporting. Clear explanations. Actual context.
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Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
Trump Ends A War Abroad... To Start A Fake One At Home
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For days, President Donald Trump and his administration have been celebrating the bombing campaign against three Iranian nuclear sites, which effectively ended the conflict between Iran and Israel. Trump has repeatedly said the strikes "obliterated" the nuclear sites. But after an initial report about the strikes being less effective than Trump is saying, he's turned his sights on waging a war of words against the press, spearheaded by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Grant talks about the recent developments in the latest fight between the Trump administration and the press corps, what we actually know about the strikes in Iran, and why the most important answer from the Pentagon is the one they aren't giving.
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