'Complete catastrophe': Trump faces widespread consequences for Iran blunder
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What are the implications of Trump's threat to Iran?
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The American people are basically telling the president that they are not okay with any of this.
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We spent, I spent, I'm sure you spent the entire day wondering if the president of the United States was about to order a genocidal attack on a country of 93 million people. I mean, just sit with that for a moment. I know that he says all sorts of crazy things, but that is what he threatened this morning. This morning, the president issued a threat to the entire population of Iran saying, quote, a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again if Iran did not meet his latest deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. tonight. Now, most of the world treated a threat to wipe out an entire civilization with the horror and the disgust that something like that deserves.
How did the media respond to Trump's Iran ultimatum?
But we also saw efforts to play into the president's desperate theatrics, treating this whole thing like it was some sort of a primetime TV reality show. Fox Business Channel and at least one Israeli news outlet even had countdown clocks. You can see them on your screen right there ticking away the seconds until the president's deadline for the indiscriminate mass murder he had threatened. Will he or won't he? That was what they were asking all day. So those clocks were ticking away. Tune in today to find out. We'll see what happens. Well, tonight, just an hour and a half before his self-imposed deadline, Trump backed down and managed to justify a form of an off-ramp for himself. In a post on his social media account, Trump said he had agreed to, quote, suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of, you guessed it, two weeks.
What does the Iran ceasefire deal entail?
And in case you weren't familiar, two weeks has long been the president's absolute favorite timeline for putting off promises that he doesn't want to deliver on.
We're going to be sending letters out in about a week and a half, two weeks. I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks, within two weeks. I could answer that question better in two weeks. I'll do this at some point over the next two weeks. I'll announce it over the next two weeks. I'll tell you about that in a month from now or two weeks from now. You can ask that question in two weeks. And we'll see. It'll be out in about less than two weeks.
How is Trump's administration perceived in terms of foreign policy?
We're going to start selling, hopefully, in about two weeks.
It's always two weeks. Always two weeks. Now, the two-week ceasefire that Trump announced tonight was brokered by the prime minister of Pakistan, who says it applies to the entire region and is effective immediately. Trump says the deal is contingent on Iran agreeing to the, quote, complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz. though it does not seem that Iran is giving up control of the Strait itself, a street it did not control before Trump started this war. In fact, Iran's foreign minister made a point of saying that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's armed forces, which definitely does not sound like going back to the way things were just over a month ago.
Now, in a separate statement quoted in Iranian media from Iran's Supreme National Security Council, they're also claiming that they forced, quote, America to accept its 10-point plan, in which, again, according to this statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council appearing in Vars Media, the United States committed in principle to, quote, continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions, and payment of compensation. It's very hard to believe that the Trump administration would agree to any of that, even the Trump administration.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the implications of Trump's threat to Iran?
0:01–1:14
2
How did the media respond to Trump's Iran ultimatum?
1:14–2:05
3
What does the Iran ceasefire deal entail?
2:05–2:45
4
How is Trump's administration perceived in terms of foreign policy?
2:45–4:14
5
What consequences does the Iran situation have for U.S. interests?
4:14–5:05
6
How do military officials view Trump's orders regarding Iran?
5:05–6:24
7
What is the significance of the 25th Amendment discussions?
6:24–7:12
8
What insights does David Remnick provide on Trump's actions?
7:12–43:04
Speakers
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