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Today's topics:1) Are We Getting Closure To A Deal With Iran? This week Iran's Foreign Minister is meeting with Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to discuss outlines of a 'deal'. What exactly is that deal, and will Iran accept it? If not, what do you think will happen? 2) Starving Cuba Into Submission?: Trump just announced new secondary tariffs on any country daring to sell oil to Cuba. This almost amounts to an oil embargo on Cuba. What does Trump hope to achieve by this move? Is he justified in doing this? Could Russia become an alternative supplier of oil to Cuba? 3) End of the START Treaty?: The New START Treaty signed in 2010 between US and Russia, and limiting their total number of nuclear weapons, ends tomorrow, February 5th. What are the possible ramifications of the treaty ending? What are the prospects for another START Treaty being signed? 4) The Magnanimous Trump? "Grossmutige" is a German word from the Latin roots magnus ("great") and animus ("soul," "mind," or "spirit"). Is Donald Trump magnanimous, ie a Great soul? It that what he means by making America ''Great''? Can you be both magnanimous and a 'man's man'? Support the show
