David Sanger
speaker
478 appearances
12 recordings
4 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 22 Jun
David Sanger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 12 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 10.
Appearances
to end the blockade of Iran and to begin a serious conversation about the nuclear program.
And in the end, the United States and the Iranians all determined it was in their interest to do that, to end the fighting and get back to the talking.
I did, Rachel.
It was a little bit of an unexpected call.
I'm here in London, as you said, and around 4.30 in Washington, about 9.30 here, the president called to talk about the deal that he'd put together and to celebrate it, to argue that it was much better than what President Trump
Obama had negotiated in 2015, a negotiation that I followed closely at the time.
Ripped up in his first term, criticized harshly, and has criticized again even on Sunday because he's very sensitive about this.
the argument that some Democrats have made, and many nuclear experts have made, that he hasn't gotten as much yet from the Iranians as President Obama did.
And of course, President Obama did not resort to war.
So the call was mostly to make the argument that he'd gotten something big here, something that had remade the Middle East, and something that will
make the entire region and Israel safe from an Iranian bomb in the future.
Yeah, well, Rachel, what can I tell you?
It's a hazard of White House reporting.
He reacted badly to a series of news analyses that made the point that he had not yet accomplished his political objectives, you know, including ending the Iranian nuclear program.
And he still hasn't.
But I think he wanted to try to make the case, because I think he cares about what the Times reports, that he was on the road to something that he believes will be better than the Obama deal.
It'll be a while before we know whether that's the case.
He sounded celebratory, and he clearly thinks that he has found his off-ramp.
Now, let's remember, Rachel, that when he went into this war, the Strait of Hormuz was open, and it was running toll-free.
One of the things he wanted to tell me was that he believes under this agreement, Iran will never impose tolls again.
Showing 61–80 of 478 · page 4 of 24
← Previous
Next →