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2 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt |Sasha Ingber |Ned Price
Special thanks to of and , former senior State Department and CIA official, for joining tonight’s edition of “The Wednesday Warning” to discuss the Iranian situation. Sasha wrote a perfect summary of what we discussed, and I thank her for allowing me to share it with you below:We spoke after a leaked intelligence assessment, first reported by CNN, undermined the Trump administration’s assertions of categorical success in striking three nuclear facilities to stop Iran’s nuclear development.
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2 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
While Trump claims to have destroyed Iranian nuclear sites, his own national intelligence director has refuted the claim.
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3 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
CNN is scum, MSDNC is scum, the New York Times is scum. They’re bad people, they’re sick. — Donald Trump, June 25, 2025Donald Trump’s Iran attack was a failure. The Iranian nuclear program was not destroyed. Here is what happened.
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3 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -9:12Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. While Trump brings the US to war in the Middle East, a dangerous and powerful religious movement continues to grow in America. I look at the situation with Iran, and how people like Mike Lee are bringing religious extremism into our government:The Warning with Steve Schmidt is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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4 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
War up north and war down south. War in the east and war in the west. Much of the media coverage around Donald Trump’s Iranian strikes seem designed to match the idiocy of his bluster, decrees and boasts.
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4 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt |Don Lemon
Thanks to those of you who joined my (separate) conversations with and earlier today. For those who weren’t able to join, we covered a lot of territory from the U.S attack on Iran to Iran’s attack on an American base in Qatar to the New York City mayoral race to the launch of Terry Virt’s senatorial campaign in Texas. I hope you’ll check out both. is offering a special 20% discount on exclusively for subscribers to The Warning.
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4 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -9:30Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. After the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities, Donald Trump breaks his promise for peace, and enters the US into a war. I react to the attack, its aftermath and look at the long-term impact of joining this conflict:The Warning with Steve Schmidt is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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5 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
The United States Air Force was reported to have a total of 20 GBU-57s in the American arsenal. Twelve of them have been dropped on Iran and, according to Donald Trump, the victory is absolute and the Iranian nuclear weapons program has been “completely and fully obliterated.”Here is what Donald said on June 21, 2025:Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.
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6 days ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
Donald Trump ran for president promising no more foreign wars. It took him 152 to break his promise and bomb Iran without a strategy — or any semblance of a plan. This morning, America is at war in the Middle East. Again. Trump made the announcement official flanked by the most unfit secretaries of State and Defense in the nation’s history, with JD Vance in the mix as well.
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1 week ago | 
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt
It’s been another whirlwind week of chaos in the United States. Need to catch up on all that’s transpired? Here are just some of my commentaries from the past week: