Trump Plays Down Iran Talks | Balance of Power 7/21/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest from the Middle East. On today's show, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Rising Communications President Leslie Shedd, Republican Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Balance of Power Begins 00:02:32 - Business Flash 00:04:56 - Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall on US Striking More Iranian Targets 00:09:47 - Rising Communications' Leslie Shedd and Harvard University's Jeanne Sheehan Zaino 00:19:32 - Business Flash 00:22:11 - Rep. Byron Donalds, (R) Florida 00:32:45 - Leslie Shedd and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on Florida Gubernatorial Race 00:36:08 - Business Flash 00:39:18 - Bloomberg's Norah Mulinda on Oil Prices 00:42:45 - Dana Stroul, The Washington Institute Research Director -------- Get more on the Balance of Power Podcast On Apple: http://bit.ly/3OO8eLC On Spotify: http://bit.ly/3ILEgnW Anywhere: http://bit.ly/3qmfxQH Follow us on X:   / bloombergradio   Listen on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with the Bloomberg Business app: Apple CarPlay: https://apple.co/486mghI Android Auto: https://bit.ly/49benZy Visit our YouTube channels: Bloomberg Podcasts:    / bloombergpodcasts   Bloomberg Television:    / @markets   Bloomberg Originals:    / bloomberg   Quicktake:    / @bloombergquicktake