David E. Sanger

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The Daily · Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Keeps Crumbling · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

When he couldn't do that and oil prices went so high, he called for a ceasefire and then eventually turned to diplomacy.

And it's that diplomacy that has now fallen apart, perhaps because it was rushed.

And now he's looking for plan C or D, depending on where you think we are.

I think we're in the phase of the war where we're trying again things that didn't work the first time.

You know, when he did the blockade for the first time, he said this is going to cause the Iranian economy to collapse within days.

They won't have any place to pump their oil.

Their tanks are full and so forth.

And then three weeks ago, when he did the agreement, he essentially allowed the Iranians to go ship that oil around the world and get dollars for it.

Now he's trying that whole process all over again.

But the administration has not made an argument to us yet that this is going to be any more effective the second time than it was the first.

Rachel, it's the most fascinating question because I think until...

A week or two ago, I would have said no.

But in recent days, I've heard the doubts voice sort of in smaller voices, in unanswered questions.

And I think they now recognize that a war that they initially told Americans would be over in four to six weeks is

a war where the president said repeatedly, oh, I just need another week or so to clean this up and the forces will begin withdrawing.

I think they now realize that they are stuck there for some time, that if the Iranians are going to claim sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, that there is no way to withdraw a significant American naval force if you are determined to keep that commerce open.

You may remember that when we were closing in on this 14-point plan, the president called me.

I was in London.

I think you and I talked the same night, right?

And what he said was, I'm going to try this agreement, but if it doesn't work, I'm going to patrol the entire Mideast, basically ad infinitum, and charge...

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