The U.S. Just Pulled B-1 Bombers Out of the UK. Why? | A Navy SEAL Reacts

Mike Drop

The host reviews major headlines, beginning with the U.S. withdrawing B-1 bombers from the UK due to security threats from Iranian proxies in Northern Europe. He then critiques President Trump's proposal to

Key takeaways

• U.S. is relocating B-1 bombers from the UK to Royal Air Force Base due to security concerns regarding Iranian proxy threats in Northern Europe.
• Investigators found that authorities in three countries missed multiple opportunities and red flags that allowed a FlyDubai pilot attacker to reach the cockpit.

Main topics

• U.S. military withdrawal from the UK
• FlyDubai cockpit attack investigation

Notable quotes

I don't know how that's even legal. But I'd love to get your guys' take.

Conclusion

The episode provides a critical breakdown of current geopolitical shifts, domestic policy

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Want more Mic Drop? Join us on Patreon for early ad-free episodes, exclusive content, behind-the-scenes access, and more. Support the show and become part of the Mic Drop community today at patreon.com slash mic drop. When hunting isn't about hunting at all, Team Dog features comprehensive and customizable meal plans with dry and raw food options to meet your dog's unique nutritional needs, including digestive sensitivities, allergies, or selective eating. Did you know combining 75 % dry food with 25 % raw food delivers robust, nutrient-dense meals for your dog? Be your dog's hero with Team Dog. Speaker 1 (0:50) Mic Drop Newsroom, where the front page gets a second opinion. Well, good morning and happy Monday everyone. Yesterday I shared a longer video. Man, I don't know what was going on with the internet and upload and when it took all day, the video quality was super poor, like 480 poor. I'm not sure what happened, so I apologize for the late video and the crappy video quality. I did manage to get the audio feed figured out. Which, you know, when I do these solo videos, it's a one-man band, so to speak. This isn't my... Speaker 1 (1:32) best skill set in terms of trying to do all this kind of on my own so bear with me as I figure the Or work the bugs or kinks out, what have you. But yeah, I don't know. Maybe I can re-upload or try to re-upload plugged into an Ethernet and maybe it'll work better. But at any rate, I shared it yesterday. It didn't get out until last night. So feel free to check that out. I've also had a number of comments asking if I've lost a bunch of weight or if I'm okay. I don't know if it's the angle. It's a straight-on view and it's a little higher. Closer up, I don't know what it is, but I weigh the same 200 pounds that I have for 10 years plus. Health is fantastic. Not lost any weight. I don't feel, I'm not sick. I don't feel sick. I guess maybe that's a heads up that I look like crap, but at any rate, I'm fine. Thank you for the concern and driving on. All right, so the morning headlines got another fairly big disparity between the Journal and the Times. I got to give it to the Times today. in terms of the quality and caliber of stories. I'll knock the Wall Street Journal out first due to that. A big part of it is that the top story for the journal is Brazilians vote in closely fought presidential race. Now, I don't or can't fathom why that's the top story on the Wall Street Journal on this Monday, but it is. Right below that, is the U.S. brings B-1 bombers back from the U.K. on security concerns. We talked about this a few times in the last week where... You know, there's this Royal Air Force Base and a threat of attack from Iranian proxies, etc. So it looks like they're bringing the B-1 bombers back from the UK due to that security concern, which, again, is alarming. And if you think about the... The implications from a financial standpoint of what it costs, kind of risk versus reward for the United States to decide and pull the trigger on executing moving all of those airframes back to the United States, they're not going to do that unless it's a legitimate security threat and worth doing. Which begs the question, how does Iran still have the capability of of reaching our our interests in a place like the uk you know it's one thing if it's bahrain or you know some somewhere that's close or in the region um in this case it's you know northern europe it's our arguably our closest or one of our closest allies And so that's a concern, a huge concern. I've pitched this question to you guys a couple of times. I would ask again, you know, what is going to prevent that in terms of our dealings with Iran and how do we prevent that? Speaker 1 (4:38) You know, that's a huge deal. Speaker 1 (4:42) doesn't give me a lot of confidence or us a lot of confidence. In our ability to continue to stifle and thwart these attacks, you could argue that it's emboldened them and made them more motivated, for sure more motivated to attack any interests that we have in the region or really globally. So that's a story worth checking out. Another one is a series of missteps put the pilot on the flight to Israel. You know, this Air Dubai. or fly-do-by flight that went haywire with the pilot attacking