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Pakistan — with China behind the scenes — has emerged as the broker that ended the US–Israel war on Iran, and in this special edition Pepe Escobar and Larry Johnson join Zulfiqar Ali to explain what it means for the Strait of Hormuz, the petrodollar, and the new security order taking shape from Islamabad to Riyadh. The guests lay out how Iranian oil is now moving to China settled in yuan through CIPS, why Iran's president made Islamabad his first stop abroad, and what to watch when Pakistan's leadership meets MBS in Riyadh this week.
The conversation also covers the guests' most sensitive claim: that a Pakistani-Chinese technological breakthrough helped Iran halt the assassination campaign against its leadership after the March 17 killing ofAli Larijani. We flag clearly where claims are sourcebased or developing versus publicly confirmed.
Guests: Pepe Escobar (veteran geopolitical correspondent) and Larry Johnson (former CIA/State counterterrorism). Transition Protocol delivers serious, source-drivengeopolitical analysis of the multipolar shift.
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Former UN Weapons Inspector & US Marine Corps Intel Officer Scott Ritter discusses being targeted by drones on recent travel to Russia, the state of the two biggest wars in the world at this moment, and why defeat in both is irreversable for Trump & Washington.
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Max Blumenthal discusses how the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran is impacting American politics and creating shocks throughout Israel.
Blumenthal is the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including Killing Gaza.
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You know, Palantir, right? And you know Alex Karp, Palantir's deranged CEO? Have you read his manifesto? Well, I have! Do you want to know what he says? Then gather around for today's episode of The Corbett Report!
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BREAKING: In the fullest on-camera breakdown yet, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali reveal how Pakistan — not Washington — quietly brokered the Iran–US Memorandum of Understanding at Bürgenstock, Switzerland, and how Saudi Arabia is now signaling a historic move away from the US security umbrella toward a Pakistan-coordinated, China-backed order.
Sources close to the talks describe a 60-day MOU framework, $12 billion (and a possible $24 billion) in frozen Iranian funds underwritten by Riyadh and Doha, and zero face-to-face US–Iran contact — every word passing through Pakistani and Qatari mediators.
We connect the Bürgenstock talks to the bigger story: a Saudi–Pakistan military doctrine, an unsigned nuclear umbrella over the Gulf, Iran's ~440 kg of 60% enriched uranium as the central 60-day question, and the deep-background roles of China and Russia. President Pezeshkian's first foreign trip since the February 28 war is to Islamabad — confirmed — and Sharif and Field Marshal Munir head to Riyadh this week.
Pepe Escobar is a veteran geopolitical analyst on Eurasia and the multipolar world; Zulfiqar Ali brings deep Iran–Pakistan sourcing. Transition Protocol / Power Shift is a serious, source-driven channel delivering evidence-based, high-signal breakdowns of global power shifts — with developing claims clearly labeled. Some details below are source-based and not yet independently verified.
Timeline:
00:00 — Breaking: The Iran–US Deal the West Got Wrong
00:45 — Bürgenstock: Pakistan Secured the Whole Site
03:00 — Shock: They Never Spoke Face-to-Face
05:15 — Why Pakistan — Not Qatar — Runs the Deal
07:30 — The Vance–Munir–Sharif Back-Channel
09:00 — Iran Walked Out Three Times on Trump
11:00 — Saudi Arabia Will Pay Iran's $12 Billion
13:00 — The Big One: Riyadh Leaving Washington
19:00 — Pakistan's Nuclear Umbrella, Backed by China
22:15 — 440 kg of Uranium: The 60-Day Clock
24:45 — Pezeshkian's First Trip — and the Secret Letter
29:00 — Riyadh Summit This Week: A New Doctrine
31:00 — The Man the West Ignores: Mohsin Naqvi
33:00 — What Comes Next
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Tom was asked what would you like your next life experience and avatar to be? His mission has always been the same, but would he divert from it and still be able to spread the message?
Trump promised no new wars. He gave them three. He promised to drain the swamp. He filled it with Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Israeli lobby. Patrick Henningsen breaks down the collapse of MAGA in real time.
Donald Trump's second term was supposed to be different. The populist outsider. The anti-war candidate. The drain-the-swamp president. Political analyst Patrick Henningsen, of 21st Century Wire, argues it has become the opposite — a presidency increasingly captured by financial elites, the energy sector, and, most critically, a foreign lobby that now effectively directs US military strategy across the Middle East.
In this episode, Henningsen delivers a forensic verdict on Trump's first months back in office: the broken border wall promise, the declaration of war against Yemen and Iran, the abandonment of working-class and independent voters, and the systematic removal of any MAGA figure — Matt Gaetz being the clearest case study — who showed signs of genuine anti-interventionism. His conclusion: the founding fathers would have recognised this moment as their worst nightmare, and the only question left is who in American politics has the credibility to challenge it.
In This Episode:
• Trump's report card: immigration, economy & the "no new wars" promise — all assessed
• "Complete failure" — the US declaration of war against Yemen and Iran
• Who really is Trump's base now: Wall Street, Big Oil & the Israeli lobby
• The Matt Gaetz takedown — how Jared Kushner & Howard Lutnick removed a real MAGA voice
• The Israeli lobby (AIPAC) — how a foreign government primaries US congresspeople
• "A little country the size of New Jersey is controlling the US armed forces"
• Five presidential terms of executive order escalation — the death of checks & balances
• Why the founding fathers would recognise this as their worst nightmare
• Mumdani (NYC Mayor) & Dan Bilzerian — the disruptors who could reshape US politics
• Why every anti-war candidate eventually becomes a warmonger once in office
• The collapse of the MAGA coalition — Hispanics, Blacks, independents all walking away
• Midterm projections: Republican defeat, Democratic comeback & possible impeachment
🕐 TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Introduction: Patrick Henningsen on Trump's Second Term
02:15 – Trump's Report Card: Immigration & the Border Wall
04:00 – "Complete Failure" — No Wars Promise: Yemen, Iran & Beyond
07:30 – Trump's New Base: Wall Street, Big Oil & the Israeli Lobby
09:00 – The MAGA Coalition Collapses — Who's Left?
11:20 – The Matt Gaetz Takedown: A Case Study in Deep State Maneuvering
15:00 – The Founding Fathers' Nightmare: Executive Overreach & Broken Checks
17:40 – Israel Commandeers the US Armed Forces — The Evidence
21:00 – AIPAC: How a Foreign Lobby Primaries American Congresspeople
25:00 – "Two Real Estate Agents Running Foreign Policy"
28:30 – The American Public vs. The DC Swamp — An Unbridgeable Gap?
32:00 – Mumdani: The Disruptor the Establishment Didn't See Coming
36:00 – Dan Bilzerian: Funding a Congressional Seat to Challenge Zionist Influence
39:00 – Midterms, Impeachment & the Republican Party's Coming Crisis
44:00 – Can America Be Fixed? Henningsen's Closing Assessment
👤 GUESTPatrick Henningsen — Geopolitical Analyst, Founder & Editor of 21st Century Wire
Patrick Henningsen is one of the most analytically rigorous independent commentators on US and global politics. Based between the US and UK, he has spent years reporting on American domestic politics from the outside — giving him the rare vantage point of seeing Washington's dysfunction as an outsider while maintaining deep contacts inside the system. His work at 21st Century Wire has made him a go-to source for independent analysis on US foreign policy, media manipulation, and the architecture of political power. A returning Deep Dive Perspective guest with a dedicated following of his own.
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Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran break down the 18 hours of US-Iran negotiations in Geneva, where JD Vance and Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi and Ghalibaf in talks mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, producing a cautious framework agreement while leaving the deepest questions entirely unresolved.
With neocon fury building in Washington, a contentious four and a half hour Trump-Graham meeting suggesting major behind-the-scenes pressure, and Iran maintaining its red line on Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz, Alex and Alexander argue that the ceasefire is merely a pause before a far larger confrontation.
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00:00:00 Iran Talks Update: Switzerland and the Key Players
00:01:20 What the Talks Are and Are Not Covering
00:02:52 American Defeat and Neocon Fury
00:04:12 Bolton, Graham, Israeli Media and the Betrayal Narrative
00:05:21 Why Trump Cannot Resume the Conflict Now
00:06:22 The Neocon Timeline and Kurdish Militia Spin
00:07:13 Will Trump Hold Off the Neocons Until the Midterms
00:08:55 Trump Always Folds: The Pattern Explained
00:10:26 Petroleum Reserves and the Two to Three Year Rearm Timeline
00:13:41 Neocon Political Logic: Why They Can Never Accept Limits
00:16:52 The Kurdish Militia Story: What Actually Happened
00:18:12 How Trump Handles Israel and Lebanon
00:20:01 Hezbollah, Southern Lebanon and the Root Conflict
00:22:08 GCC Gulf States: Breaking from Washington and Israel
00:25:43 Can Iran Actually Prevent the Next Round
00:28:38 The Big War Is Still to Come
00:30:38 The Broken Taboo: Neocons Got Their Attack on Iran
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Dr. Setareh Sadeqi joins the show for the first time to discuss Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz and tensions rising as Tehran sends a delegation to Switzerland for delayed talks.
Is Iran abandoning Lebanon and the resistance or is there something else going on? Why has Israel suddenly stopped attacking Lebanon following numerous MoU ceasefire violations? We discuss all this and more in this must watch show.
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As Iran and the United States begin a new round of negotiations in Switzerland, major questions remain about the future of West Asia, Israel's regional position, and America's long-term strategy.
In this special discussion, Professor Mohammad Marandi and former US diplomat Ambassador Chas Freeman examine:
• What is really at stake in the Iran-US talks?
• Has the Iran war changed the regional balance of power?
• Why public opinion toward Israel is shifting inside the United States after Gaza and the Al-Aqsa Flood.
• The debate within Iran's leadership over negotiations with Washington.
• The rise of a new generation of Iranian leaders shaped by decades of sanctions, pressure and conflict.
• The role of the military-industrial complex in sustaining American intervention abroad.
• Whether West Asian countries can build new forms of cooperation independent of Western dominance.
• The future of US military bases and trillion-dollar military spending.
This conversation explores the geopolitical consequences of the Iran war, the future of the US-Israel relationship, regional diplomacy, and the emerging multipolar world order.
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Zelensky secured fresh weapons licensing pledges and Macron declared Ukraine is advancing, Mercouris and Alex Christoforou break down why the West's deterrence against Russia may be collapsing even as Moscow continues grinding toward victory on the front line.
The Duran unpacks the G7 outcomes, the truth behind Russia's drone war, and whether Putin's red lines still mean anything, so what does it really take to shake a country that refuses to panic?
Timeline:
00:00:00 G7 Summit Recap and Project Ukraine
00:00:33 Zelensky Begging Tour and Weapons Licensing Deal
00:02:10 Macron Claims Trump Aligned With Europe on Ukraine
00:04:02 Mercouris Returns From Russia Quiet US Russia Dialogue
00:06:43 Will Licensed Weapons Production Ever Actually Happen
00:08:08 Drone Attacks on Moscow and Civilian Casualties
00:10:39 Putins Red Line on Long Range Missiles
00:11:26 Mercouris Reports From Pskov Near the Front
00:12:40 Russia Today Is a Country at Peace
00:16:12 Comparing Drone Mood to 1970s IRA Bombings in London
00:19:02 The Pre 2014 Russia Red Line Explained
00:22:05 Why Russia Has Not Conscripted Its Population
00:25:33 Putins Advice to Trump Dont Trust the Europeans
00:32:30 Has Russia Lost Its Deterrence Against the West
00:38:11 The Real Goal Is Regime Change in Russia
00:43:06 Closing Thoughts and Channel Links
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Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses the temptation of empire that has become a curse for the US. Can China resist the temptation of empire?
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