TheDupreeReport.com https://www.thedupreereport.com The Wayne Dupree Show Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:02:15+0000 en-us hourly 1 China Edges Toward Iran Arms Transfers as Ceasefire Talks Begin https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/china-iran-arms-ceasefire/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32662 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree U.S. intelligence finds Beijing preparing to ship air defense systems and shoulder-fired missiles to Tehran — even as China publicly backs the Islamabad peace process NATO Punishment Plan: The Tool Available to Trump May Cost the U.S. Most https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/nato-punishment-troop-cost/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32658 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree The White House is exploring troop repositioning as leverage against NATO holdouts — but analysts warn pulling forces from Germany and Spain weakens U.S. deterrence against Russia more than it punishes European governments Iran’s Arsenal: U.S. Intel Contradicts White House Victory Claims https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/iran-missile-intel-white-house-gap/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32655 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree New assessments say Iran retains thousands of missiles and could retrieve launchers — undercutting the administration's case that airstrikes left Iran too weak to threaten the region Epstein Survivors Split on Melania’s Hearing Call: Justice or Burden? https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/epstein-survivor-hearing-divide/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32651 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Comer pledges public testimony after first lady's surprise plea — but the victims the hearings would serve are divided on whether Congress can deliver anything meaningful Iran Talks Open With Both Sides Claiming Victory, Neither Trusting the Other https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/islamabad-talks-credibility-gap/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32647 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree U.S. and Iranian delegations arrive in Islamabad for the highest-level engagement since 1979 — but the gap between public posture and negotiating reality may be the biggest obstacle in the room Trump’s Weekend Deadline Cycle Tests Iran Talks Credibility https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/trump-deadline-pattern-iran-talks/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32639 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree As Vance lands in Islamabad, a pattern of Friday threats and Monday walk-backs raises a harder question White House Dismisses Mass Pardon Promise as “Just a Joke”; But Aides Aren’t Laughing https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/trump-mass-pardons-white-house-joke/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32636 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Trump promises to pardon "everyone within 200 feet of the Oval" as he quietly grants 1,600 clemency acts — six times his first-term total Trump Formally Unveils Design for His 250-Foot Triumphal Arch in Washington. Taxpayers May Foot the Bill https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/trump-arch-taxpayer-funded/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32632 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Trump unveiled a 250-foot gilded arch for Washington — taller than the Arc de Triomphe — while taxpayers are set to fund $15 million of it MAGA Inc. Has $300M for Midterms — and a History of Not Spending It https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/maga-inc-2022-ghost-midterms/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32616 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Republicans are counting on Trump's war chest to stop a Democratic wave — but his 2022 playbook offers a cautionary tale Pentagon Met the Vatican in Secret. No One Agrees What Was Said https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/trump-pope-leo-vatican-rift/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32613 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree The Iran war cracked open a months-long standoff between the White House and the first American pope Fed Study: Trump Tariffs Fully Explain Goods Inflation Surge https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/fed-tariffs-goods-inflation-complete/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32608 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Board of Governors economists confirm dollar-for-dollar consumer price pass-through through February 2026 Economy Entered 2026 Already Wounded — Now a War Is Testing the Stitches https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/q4-gdp-iran-war-economy/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32590 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Q4 2025 GDP hit 0.5 percent in its final estimate — a shutdown-scarred number that the Iran war is making harder to recover from Soldiers Who Survived Kuwait Attack Say Pentagon’s Account Is a “Falsehood” https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/kuwait-survivors-hegseth/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32584 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Survivors say their unit had no defenses. Hegseth called it a fortified position hit by a "squirter." The two accounts cannot both be true. Iran Confirms Mines in Hormuz — and Says the Strait Will “Never Return to Previous Status” https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/irgc-hormuz-mines-confirmed-map/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32569 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree The IRGC's mine map is the first official confirmation that the waterway is mined, not just threatened. Ships without authorization will be "targeted and destroyed." Spain Reopens Tehran Embassy, Calls Israel’s Lebanon Strikes “A Disgrace” https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/spain-tehran-embassy-israel-condemnation/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32566 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 TDR Staff Madrid is the first Western government to reopen a diplomatic mission in Iran since the ceasefire — and the loudest to condemn Israel's Lebanon campaign DHS Insists on Liberia for Abrego Garcia — Even With Costa Rica Willing to Take Him https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/abrego-garcia-dhs-liberia-costa-rica/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32554 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree A federal judge called the DOJ's alternative suggestion a "fantasy." The government's Liberia rationale: sunk costs. Netanyahu Issues Uranium Ultimatum: Leave Iran or Face Renewed War https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/netanyahu-uranium-ultimatum-iran-ceasefire/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32551 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree In a ceasefire-day speech, Israel's PM laid out three non-negotiable demands and warned his finger is "on the trigger" Alex Jones Calls Iran War a “Fiasco” as Ceasefire Wobbles https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/alex-jones-iran-war-fiasco/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32548 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Trump's most famous superfan spent a week demanding intervention, invoking the 25th Amendment, and watching the deal fall apart NATO’s Rutte Leaves White House Without a Win — or a Crisis https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/nato-rutte-trump-iran-war-meeting/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32545 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 Wayne Dupree Trump declared the alliance "tested and failed." Rutte acknowledged it. Neither man closed the door. White House Can’t Agree on What Iran Agreed To — And Iran Is Counting On It https://www.thedupreereport.com/2026/04/iran-violations-leavitt-trump-contradiction/ https://www.thedupreereport.com/?p=32541 2026-04-11T14:58:26+00:00 TDR Staff Trump called Iran's 10-point plan "workable." Leavitt said it was thrown "in the garbage." Iran is citing both.