The Daily Blast: Trump Blurts Out Damning Admission of War Blunders as GOP Angst Grows
5/4/202619 min
Donald Trump has declared the war “terminated,” but he’s still rejecting Iran’s peace proposals while again threatening it with massive war crimes. And in an interview, Trump declared that he would never have approved an offer that was made to Iran by his negotiator, Steve Witkoff. This is a damning admission: He seemed to blurt out that he has no idea what his own representatives are offering—showing deep disengagement from the details of the talks—while demonstrating that anything his negotiators offer should not be believed. Meanwhile, Republicans are beginning to break with Trump: Politico reports that he “could soon face far more resistance.” We talked to MS NOW’s Steve Benen. He explains why Trump’s admission was so self-incriminating, why it reveals something much bigger about our crisis, why we may see more GOP defections soon, and what to look for next. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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[upbeat rock music] This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your host, Greg Sargent. As of this recording, Donald Trump has declared the war with Iran terminated, but it's unclear what's supposed to happen next. He's left the military in place there, yet he says he's unsatisfied with Iran's latest offer. Now what? We don't know.