Thursday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 4/2/26
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is Ben on Breaking News. I'm Ben Mycelis, and this is your Breaking News. Moments before we went live, we learned that the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegsa, has fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, forcing him into immediate retirement. That's the posture that they are framing this as, as Donald Trump's disastrous and unlawful war filled with war crimes, continues to escalate in Iran.
What recent military actions did Donald Trump take in Iran?
Donald Trump is now blowing up bridges in Iran, what you're observing right there. And for those on audio, what I'm showing on the screen right now It's the B1 bridge on the Karaj northern bypass in western Tehran, one of the biggest bridges that exists in Iran. The biggest bridge, as Donald Trump says. And Trump brags about his war crime. Donald Trump posted on social media. The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again. Much more to follow. It is time for Iran to make a deal before it is too late and there is nothing left of what still could become a great country, Donald J. Trump. And again, what he's saying in those posts, I mean, that's a war crime, blowing up a bridge like this.
civilian infrastructure it is a per se war crime and it really sickens me to see him posting on social media that he took down the biggest bridge and he's going to be attacking more bridges and uh the response from iran is as follows. You have their foreign minister, Araghchi. He posts, striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender. It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray. Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. We will never recover. What we'll never recover is damage to America's standing. That's what we'll never recover. And when I read something like that, when I see something like that, what pains me is in a war between the United States and Iran,
when I'm seeing the Iranian foreign minister say that. And I try to get everything, as you know, from watching this from multiple perspectives. I mean, what the Iranian foreign minister is saying there is, like, objectively correct. Like, it does not show strength that you're blowing up civilian bridges. That's a war crime. That shows weakness, if anything. Donald Trump told Time magazine regarding Iran... Why wouldn't they call? We just blew up their three big bridges last night. And he also said, this is what Trump says, they say Trump is not negotiating with Iran. I mean, it's sort of an easy negotiation. And again, just talking about himself, they say Trump is not negotiating. Oh, Trump is negotiating.
No, you're not. No, you're not. I mean, you're engaged in these war crimes. It's pathetic. Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, expressing concern that Trump's aides are giving him a, quote, rose-colored view of how the war was being perceived domestically, telling Trump what he wanted to hear, and urged them to be more forthright with the boss about the political and economic risks. Also the military risks. You know, They're going on and pretending like we're winning this war, and we're not. We are objectively are not because objectively, the objectives that were set out were regime change, making sure Iran's ballistic missile capabilities were completely destroyed, and then ensuring that Iran can't rebuild any nuclear weapons.
which they never built in the first place but to stop them from enriching uranium to build weapons grade material for nuclear weapons which back in june the trump regime claimed they had totally obliterated all of these facilities and that iran was not capable of rebuilding any of its uh nuclear facilities totally obliterated read the headlines so those were the objectives right and And now the objective shifted apparently just to can we reopen the Strait of Hormuz, that that's the objective. And now Iran firmly controls the Strait of Hormuz with Oman. Remember, the Oman foreign minister was working as the mediator, handpicked by the United States to try to negotiate a deal back in late February before the US and Israel launched an invasion of Iran.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:32
2
What recent military actions did Donald Trump take in Iran?
0:32–6:35
3
What are the implications of Trump's social media posts about war crimes?
6:35–12:28
4
How is the Iranian government responding to U.S. military actions?
12:28–24:52
5
What are the consequences of Trump's military strategy in the Middle East?
24:52–32:08
6
What criticisms are being directed at Trump's handling of international relations?
32:08–38:45
7
How is the U.S. economy affected by the war in Iran?
38:45–43:18
8
What are the potential political ramifications of Trump's actions?
43:18–1:05:43