Watch now (18 mins) | Fresh from a briefing with Secretaries Hegseth and Rubio, Rep. Smith dropped by to update us on Trump's escalating war in the Middle East

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more   Watch now   Rep. Adam Smith On Trump's Dangerous New War In The Middle East Fresh from a briefing with Secretaries Hegseth and Rubio, Rep. Smith dropped by to update us on Trump's escalating war in the Middle East Simon Rosenberg Mar 3   READ IN APP   Evening all. Sending along an interview I just completed with Hopium friend Rep. Adam Smith, the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Smith had just finished up a classified briefing with Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs Head Dan Caine. I am grateful that he took the time in such a momentous day to come update our community on the Mad King’s new, illegal, and incredibly dangerous war in the Middle East. Rather than summarizing his remarks I am rushing this interview out and encourage you to watch and share with others. The recording and transcript are above. Rep. Smith does confirm what we discussed this morning, and what are seeing with our own eyes - there is immense confusion about the strategy and mission, things are escalating in ways they did not count on, and yes there is no possible legal justification for this war that Trump promised, repeatedly, again and again, would never ever happen. I pulled together a thread on Bluesky today with the latest polling on Trump’s new war. All show little support. The latest - a new CNN poll showing remarkable levels of opposition in these early days: Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social In new CNN poll opposition to Trump's new war is all the way up to 59%, already. Ruh-roh Donnie. 5/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:21:04 GMT View on Bluesky Our friend Stuart Stevens will be joining us live tomorrow at 10am EST from Ukraine to talk about all this. Click here to join us. Looking forward to this one……. Keep fighting all. More, tomorrow - Simon Upgrade to paid Leave a comment Share You're currently a free subscriber to Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid   Like Comment Restack   © 2026 Simon Rosenberg 5185 MacArthur Blvd, NW #600, Washington, DC 20016 Unsubscribe