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Ben Shapiro opens his weekend update with the most consequential story: two American servicemembers killed in action after Iran launched a coordinated ballistic missile and drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. According to CENTCOM, one servicemember remains missing and four were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals. Shapiro notes the widespread suspicion that Russia and China have been supplying targeting technology to Iran — using this to argue that China should no longer be described as a 'geopolitical opponent' but as an outright enemy. He frames the incident within a broader global struggle: China, Russia, and Iran form a coordinated axis of powers determined to erode American strength. The tragedy of the losses, he says, demands a clear-eyed reassessment of U.S. strategy. ^{[1] — Ben Shapiro "Two U.S. servicemembers were killed after Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones at an American base in Jordan. One servicemember rema…" 00:52 Play}

With American blood spilled, the Trump administration moved swiftly: CENTCOM confirmed new airstrikes against Iran at the president's direction, targeting Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and punish IRGC forces. President Trump, speaking to NewsNation, called the deaths 'very sad' but reaffirmed that the United States will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Shapiro maps out the broader U.S. objective: destroying Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile capacity, dismantling its military, and collapsing its economy. ^{[1] — Ben Shapiro "Iran's currency has collapsed to 2 million rial per US dollar — down from roughly 70,000 at the end of last year. Iran can no longer export…" 02:10 Play} On that last front, the numbers are staggering — Iran's currency has fallen to 2 million rial per dollar from roughly 70,000 at the end of last year. Iran can no longer freely export its oil, and the Wall Street Journal reported that the one-month ceasefire between mid-June and mid-July allowed Iran to ship 70 million barrels of oil worth $5–6 billion — a strategic misstep Shapiro implies the U.S. will not repeat. ^{[2] — Ben Shapiro "During the roughly one-month ceasefire between mid-June and mid-July, Iran exported 70 million barrels of oil worth $5–6 billion. The Wall …" 03:00 Play}

Iran's strike pattern reveals a telling asymmetry: it is hitting US bases and allies in Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Jordan — everywhere except Israel. Shapiro argues the explanation is straightforward: Israel has made it unmistakably clear that any Iranian strike will be answered not with pinprick responses but with regime-ending force. ^{[1] — Ben Shapiro "Iran is striking US bases in Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Jordan — but conspicuously not Israel. The reason is simple: Israel has made crystal …" 03:40 Play} Israel might target the South Pars gas field, key strategic resources, senior regime figures — even Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader's son, who is rumored to have already fled the country. Iran knows this calculation and acts accordingly. For Shapiro, this dynamic encapsulates the fundamental rule of the Middle East: outcomes are determined not by negotiations or strategic diplomacy but by who can generate a credible threat of force. ^{[2] — Ben Shapiro "Credible threat of force — not negotiations or strategic diplomacy — is what determines outcomes in the Middle East. Israel's deterrence ag…" 04:50 Play} Israel has done that; the United States, he implies, needs to do the same.

The weekend's second major story: Andrew and Tristan Tate, the influencer brothers long accused of sex trafficking, were arrested Saturday by federal authorities in Miami, according to CBS News and the U.S. Marshals Service. They are being extradited to the UK, where the Crown Prosecution Service announced that four additional victims have come forward with new charges — rape, sex trafficking, assault, and child or extreme pornography. ^{[1] — Ben Shapiro "Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by federal authorities in Miami and are being extradited to the UK. Four addition…" 05:30 Play} Shapiro notes that the Tates had been openly residing in Romania to exploit what they viewed as a disorganized justice system and to avoid potential arrest in Britain. The arrest, he says, is not a gigantic shock given their long legal exposure. He also notes the allegation involving a girl who was reportedly 15 years old, visible on tape in a sexual context with Andrew Tate — a fact he says was long publicly known.

Shapiro's sharpest commentary is reserved for those on the right who celebrated the Tate brothers. He describes a pattern he says he has been warning about for years: the right reflexively endorses figures who transgress leftist orthodoxies, regardless of their actual moral character — sometimes precisely because they are provocateurs. ^{[1] — Ben Shapiro "The right has a pattern of embracing morally bankrupt figures simply because they transgress leftist norms. Ben Shapiro argues this is both…" 06:56 Play} Tucker Carlson traveled to Romania to vouch for the Tates; Candace Owens did the same; members of the Trump administration posed for photos with them. Yet Andrew Tate was, by his own admission, a pornographer who built his fortune through a scheme he called the 'Pimping Hoes Degree' — a method for manipulating young women into cam work. Shapiro calls out the absurdity: a self-described pimp who sides with America's enemies and exploits dispossessed young men through a social media grift was treated as a right-wing hero. ^{[2] — Ben Shapiro "Andrew Tate openly built his wealth through a scheme he called the 'Pimping Hoes Degree' — teaching men to psychologically manipulate young…" 07:30 Play} The Tate arrest, he argues, should force a reckoning — not just because of criminal liability, but because the association is both morally indefensible and politically toxic. Shapiro closes by promising a fuller analysis the next day, including what the arrests mean for the internet and the broader right.