On Topic With Renato Mariotti

Americans woke up on Saturday morning to news that Trump and Israel had bombed Iran, killing Ayatollah Khamenei along with top Iranian military leaders. Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases and allies in the region. Asha and Renato analyze Trump’s inarticulate and circular reasons for launching the attack, what triggers the War Powers Resolution and how a president has “first-mover advantage” when it comes to taking the country to war. Then, Renato and Asha turn to the Trump administration’s latest retaliatory moves at home: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the company refused to let its AI model be used for autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the Justice Department’s clumsy moves against four law firms that successfully challenged Trump’s executive orders against them. Listen up!Ask Asha: War Powers Who Has the Final Say?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3MvJrHNf0Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/Su