Ben Rhodes

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Okay, now let's get to Iran.

It's truly impossible to make sense of all the various statements, the threats, the backing off, the contradictions that are coming from the president and his administration on this.

So I'm going to do my best here to give you a play-by-play.

So I guess just hold on to your seat.

So as of Tuesday, which is the day that we record this show, there are reports saying that President Trump doesn't care about the Strait of Hormuz anymore.

We could just walk away from the war before the Strait gets reopened.

But as you and Tommy discussed last week, Trump initially gave Iran 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Then last Monday, he extended that deadline by five days.

Then last Thursday, he said that he was pausing the period of energy plant destruction by 10 days to Monday, April 6th.

And I have to point out, too, that all along we're getting these messages from Trump, right, that the talks are ongoing, that the talks are going very well.

At the same time, he will write on Truth Social threats to obliterate Iranian power plants.