Terry Gross

David Sanger, welcome to Fresh Air.

So...

I'm sure you were waiting to hear more about Iran.

So first of all, were you surprised at how buried it was within the speech and how little he had to say about it, considering we might be on the brink of war with Iran?

And then tell us what you made of what he did say.

Of course, that doesn't mean you can believe them on it.

Let me play what Trump said on June 21st in 2025 after bombing three major nuclear facilities in Iran.

And Israel had attacked Iran in June in a war that lasted around 12 days.

And the Trump administration moved forward with bombing those three nuclear facilities.

So here's what Trump had to say June 21st.

military for their roles in the strike, Trump said this.

OK, so Trump seems to be contradicting himself because Steve Woodcock made it seem that Trump's negotiators on this, Woodcock made it seem like the bomb is imminent.

You know, we got to move now.

And Trump was saying that, you know, their ability was obliterated.

So how do you make sense of this?

So what is this about?

Why are we possibly on the brink of war with Iran?

Especially without the consent of Congress.

Well, when you have so many like ships and missiles and weapons in striking distance of Iran, Iran would have every reason to perceive that as a threat.

The deal that Trump called the worst deal ever, and he pulled out of it right after he was elected.