Trump’s Iran Deadline: Will They Call His Bluff?
4/6/202645 min
Is Donald Trump’s deadline all for show? Will Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz? And, can the President get out of this war without escalating?
Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more.
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First 90 secondsKatty Kay· Host0:00
[upbeat music] "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the [beep] Strait you crazy bastards or you'll be living in hell. Just watch. Praise be to Allah." President Donald J. Trump. Happy Easter, Anthony.
Anthony Scaramucci· Host0:28
[laughs] Okay. Happy Easter. So you're in Virginia, you're going to Easter mass, you're in a MAGA area.
Katty Kay· Host0:36
MAGA-ish. There's definitely some Trump supporters.
Anthony Scaramucci· Host0:39
They're not upset with the tweet, they're just upset with the timing, right?
Katty Kay· Host0:43
With the language on Easter Sunday. So yeah, I spent the weekend out in Virginia. I sat in church listening to a sermon all about love and sacrifice and resurrection, um, on this holiest of Christian days. And in the back of my mind was Donald Trump with a profanity-laden tweet that he put out on Sunday morning with this new deadline. And it's interesting because the reaction that I've heard has been less about the actual tweet, because I think people realize that Donald Trump sends out posts like this now. We have... And changes his mind, and now they have to open the strait again. But the timing of it, putting it out on Easter Sunday as people are getting ready, uh,