Daniel Davis
Daniel L. Davis is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who served 21 years with four combat deployments, including Desert Storm, Iraq, and two tours in Afghanistan. A former senior fellow at Defense Priorities, he hosts the daily military-analysis show Daniel Davis Deep Dive, interviewing a rotating bench of officers and regional experts. His commentary argues from force-structure and readiness realities that the US has overextended itself in Iran and Ukraine.
Where they stand
A short read of where Daniel Davis lands on each front we follow, drawn from their recent appearances and refreshed whenever they turn up in a debrief.
Iran
Walk-away plan is the only viable option Trump controls, though it hands Iran a political win
as of 2026-11-04
Ukraine & Russia
War must end now: Western pressure on Russia, including refinery strikes with US targeting, risks escalation the West cannot defend against; Zelensky would use a Russian pause to push harder
as of 2026-11-02
Israel
Israel-first faction in Congress, led by Ted Cruz, fostered a war the US should never have fought
as of 2026-11-04
East Asia
China has no interest in conquering Taiwan and will sit out while the West wrecks itself, though it could take the island if it wanted
as of 2026-11-02
American power
Voters rebuked the war; Republicans must heed it or lose bigger in 2028
as of 2026-11-04
The global economy
Another round of war would bring deeper, longer-lasting economic damage the global economy cannot survive in its present form; oil near $100 versus the $50s before the war; Trump manipulates paper markets only.
as of 2026-11-02
Recent appearances
The Stunning Rebuke of Trump in Midterms /Kelley Vlahos
Daniel Davis / Deep Dive · 2026-11-04
2026-11-04 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Subpoenas, Vetoes & Iran: What a Democratic Congress Does to Trump /Robert Barnes
2026-11-03 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran War: No Deal in Sight. Diplomacy is Dead /Col Lawrence Wilkerson
2026-11-02 · Scott Horton Showwatch ↗
Ep. 6286 - Daniel Davis on the Delusional Narrative that Ukraine is Winning - 10/30/26
2026-11-02 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Any Strike on Iran Leads to Catastrophe / Lt Col Daniel Davis
2026-11-02 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Gulf Allies Told: Brace For Strikes! /Lt Col Daniel Davis
Earlier appearances (137)
2026-10-30 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran & Ukraine Wars: What Missiles Make the Most Difference /Ted Postol
2026-10-29 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
A Close Look at What's Unfolding on the Ground in Ukraine
2026-10-27 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
No Ukraine Victory. Only Endure Russia's Attacks! /Glenn Diesen
2026-10-25 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Israel’s New War Doctrine: What's America Signing Up For?
2026-10-24 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump’s Two-Front Trap: Why Winning Iran and Leaving Ukraine Will Fail
2026-10-23 · Redacted (Clayton Morris)watch ↗
Hegseth OUT After the Midterms? Trump Ready To Give Him Rumsfeld Treatment
2026-10-23 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The Dollar, Sanctions & Bombs Can't Bring it Back /Alastair Crooke
2026-10-22 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Will Americans Die to Open the Strait of Hormuz? Seyed M. Marandi
2026-10-22 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The 2014 Decisions That Set the Stage for Today’s Crisis in Ukraine
2026-10-22 · Redactedwatch ↗
Zelensky freezes the front line, UK war talk, Hegseth out after midterms, Gates in Dutch court
2026-10-21 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran's Next Strike May Not Explode. It Could Shut You Down /Col Doug Macgregor
2026-10-21 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
EXCLUSIVE: “Saudi Oil Not More Precious Than Yemeni Blood”
2026-10-20 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Netanyahu Wants More War. What Did Hegseth Promise? /Andrei Martyanov
2026-10-16 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Ukraine Wants $80 Billion for 2027. Will Europe Cough It Up?
2026-10-13 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
A NATO Army in Yemen - What Could Go Wrong? /Geoffrey Roberts
2026-10-13 · Danny Haiphongwatch ↗
Yemen LEVELS Riyadh, Iran Hits SIX Ships Then Trump DID THIS | Patrick Henningsen & Daniel Davis
2026-10-13 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Does Trump Join a War the Saudis Can't Finish? /Col Doug Macgregor
2026-10-12 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump's Wars Emptying Americans' Wallets. Voters Aren't Fooled /Robert Barnes
2026-10-12 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Saudi Arabia Can't Stop the Houthis. Guess Who Wants In? /Patrick Henningsen
2026-10-12 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Riyadh’s Airport Hit Again as Trump’s Ceasefire Runs Into Russian Fire /Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
2026-10-11 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump Declares Energy Ceasefire… Because Diesel Is Killing Him at Home
2026-10-10 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump Runs His Mouth, You Pay at the Pump /Iran War Latest
2026-10-10 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
BREAKING: Russian Refinery Strikes Put Trump and Ukraine on a Collision Course
2026-10-09 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Are Witkoff & Kushner Selling Out Ukraine? /Pascal Lottaz
2026-10-08 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Aramco's Warning: Two Years to Refill the Tank from Iran War
2026-10-08 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump's Ukraine Deal is Dying, Europe Inherits the War /Alexander Mercouris
2026-10-07 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Houthis Don’t Have to Conquer Saudi Arabia to Make It Pay
2026-10-06 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Devastating Miscalculations in the War with Ukraine /Roger Koeppel
2026-10-06 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Fairford: Real Plot or Ready-Made Pretext for Round Two?
2026-10-05 · Danny Haiphongwatch ↗
Trump's Nuclear Escalation BACKFIRES, Iran Plays DEADLY Card | Lt Col Daniel Davis
2026-10-05 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Ukraine Hitting Russian Refineries as Trump Pushes for Talks /Andrei Martyanov
2026-10-05 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Russia is Crushing Ukraine's Capacity to Fight / Iuliia Mendel
2026-10-02 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
10K More U.S. Troops Deploy as Trump Weighs New Iran Strikes /Suliaman Ahmed
2026-10-01 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Putin Refuses to Ease Up on HItting Ukraine's Energy /John Mearsheimer
2026-10-01 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Rubio Kicks Out Iran's Araghchi From New York /Col Larry Wilkerson
2026-10-01 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Can the U.S. Afford to Annihilate Iran? /Seyed M. Marandi
2026-09-30 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Pilot Tries to Crash Israel-Bound Jet — Was Iran Behind It?
2026-09-30 · Redactedwatch ↗
Something Is VERY Wrong With This Israeli Hijacking Story w Col. Dan Davis
2026-09-30 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Russia Pounds Kyiv as US Pushes Peace Talks /Patrick Henningsen
2026-09-30 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran Demands US Admit Defeat, 23 years Over in Iraq /Col Doug Macgregor
2026-09-28 · Neutrality Studieswatch ↗
Neocons in defeat denial and Trump's contradictions (w/ Pascal Lottaz)
2026-09-28 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Every path out of the Iran war is closing (w/ Sarp Sinan Hacir)
2026-09-28 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Pentagon kept the Iran missile strike on Marines concealed
2026-09-28 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran keeps digging in; Trump's victory dissolving (w/ Pascal Lottaz)
2026-09-27 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Washington corners Iran and dares it to strike; physical constraints versus the White House line on Hormuz
2026-09-26 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Washington slams the door on an Iran ceasefire; Tucker Carlson's account; yields, mortgages and record diesel
2026-09-24 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Will Trump bomb his way to a deal Iran won't sign? (w/ Daniel Davis)
2026-09-23 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump's Foreign Policy Up Against a World That Won't Bend (w/ Patrick Henningsen)
2026-09-23 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The Old World Order is Breaking - Trump Won't Let Go (w/ Alastair Crooke)
2026-09-22 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The Houthis' Red Sea offensive drawing the West toward more war
2026-09-22 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump shreds US credibility before the entire world at the UN
2026-09-21 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump Meets Zelensky as Both Sides Escalate Attacks (w/ Dave DeCamp)
2026-09-21 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump Exit Strategy Disappearing in Ukraine and the Middle East (w/ Col Lawrence Wilkerson)
2026-09-20 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran sets seven conditions for peace and warns of painful retaliation
2026-09-19 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Middle East expanding war, Trump weighs annihilating Iran, Ukraine being bled dry
2026-09-19 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The sham victory Ukraine is being promised against Russia
2026-09-18 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Ansar Allah's Red Sea advance exposes Saudi weakness (w/ Hussain Albukhaiti)
2026-09-18 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Ukraine and Iran war blowback is exploding (w/ John Mearsheimer)
2026-09-18 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Ukraine sets the stage for an incident that could pull NATO in (w/ Jim Jatras)
2026-09-17 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Middle East wars hammering the global economy (w/ Alastair Crooke)
2026-09-17 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The Iran war has collided with America First (w/ Rich Baris)
2026-09-17 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The US and the world cannot fill the gaps in oil and food (w/ Chris Martenson)
2026-09-16 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Macgregor: Iran Exposes Critical Weakness in U.S. Defenses
2026-09-15 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Russia & Ukraine Keep Bombing After Trump Said They'd Stop (w/ Robert Barnes)
2026-09-15 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The Longer Iran War Lasts, the More the World Changes for the Worse (w/ Mike Adams)
2026-09-15 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran & Its Allies Are Threatening Every Route for Saudi Oil (w/ Brian McGlinchey)
2026-09-14 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The US running out of ways to end the Iran war (w/ Mohammad Marandi)
2026-09-14 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Iran, Yemen and Saudi Arabia become one expanding conflict (w/ Richard Sakwa)
2026-09-13 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Who loses most in a world without diplomacy? (w/ Michael von der Schulenburg)
2026-09-11 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
U.S. policy is radicalizing the Middle East (w/ Joe Kent)
2026-09-11 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Houthis seize more territory as the war turns against America (w/ Patrick Henningsen)
2026-09-10 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The war that reshapes the global order (w/ Alexander Mercouris)
2026-09-09 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Trump says the Iran war ends immediately after the election
2026-09-09 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The Real Prize Lies Beyond Ukraine for Putin and Trump (w/ Scott Ritter)
2026-09-09 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
The myth of America’s military advantage is collapsing (w/ Steve Jermy)
2026-09-06 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
New dangerous phase in the Iran war, while Putin endures the US envoys
2026-08-27 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
How China flipped the script of the Iran war (w/ Wilkerson)
2026-08-27 · Daniel Davis / Deep Divewatch ↗
Russia directly threatens British military bases (w/ Steve Jermy)