Check out Mike's podcast — The President's Daily Brief: https://www.youtube.com/@UCbWraa1DoXrFwX3oK1zattQ Welcome to PGX: Raw & RealPGX: Raw & Real is simple. I sit with people who've lived through something and/or made it big.This isn't meant to be inspiration or a template for life (for that, you can check out PGX Ideas). This space is different. It's their story, as they experienced it.In this episode, I spoke to Mike Baker — ex-CIA covert operations officer, 17 years in the field.Timestamps:00:00 - Intro02:08 - Who is Mojtaba Khamenei? Is the new Supreme Leader more dangerous?02:51 - How the CIA profiles world leaders07:15 - The intel leak — how did the US know before Iran that Khamenei was dead?09:27 - Was killing Khamenei an operational success?10:03 - Inside the war rooms — Tehran vs. DC11:18 - Iran's command and control was destroyed in 48 hours14:40 - What the IRGC actually cares about (it's not the Iranian people)19:23 - Why haven't Iranians risen up?23:38 - Can there be on-ground War?35:12 - Is Khamenei actually dead?38:28 - Was America dragged into this war by Israel?39:04 - The US–Israel relationship, explained44:51 - How much of this is really about China?47:48 - Greenland, Venezuela, Iran — Why?52:08 - How do you actually read Trump?53:11 - Trump as a New York deal-maker, not a politician57:08 - Has defending Trump gotten harder for people in media?01:00:01 - America's political polarization problem01:02:20 - What happens next? How does this war end?Enjoy. — Prakhar