Tuesday, April 14, 2026
4/14/202628 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the naval blockade of Iran’s ports, President Trump’s post on Truth Social yesterday, the fall of Eric Swalwell, the record low fertility rates in the U.S., and our secular society’s view of children.
Part I (00:14 – 03:20)
Let’s All Watch Our Social Media Behavior: President Trump Gives More Ammunition to Political Enemies with Yesterday’s Truth Social Post
- Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate by The New York Times (Peter Baker)
Part II (03:20 – 12:42)
A Political Change in Hungary: Viktor Orbán Loses Election to Péter Magyar
Part III (12:42 – 17:05)
You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide: The Public Fall of Eric Swalwell
Part IV (17:05 – 25:40)
The Precipitous Fall of U.S. Fertility Rates: U.S. Fertility Rates Hit Record Low…Again
- U.S. Fertility Rates Drop to Another Record Low by The New York Times (Sabrina Tavernise)
Part V (25:40 – 27:36)
Marriage, Family, and Children: This is the Glory of God in Christian Faithfulness – But a Secular Society Wants You to Believe That’s the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
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[intro music] It's Tuesday, April fourteen, two thousand twenty-six. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Now, understandably, there's so many things taking place in the world these days, a lot demands our attention. The most important issue today has to do with the fact that President Trump has called for a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. And the most important thing for us to realize, building upon what we talked about yesterday on The Briefing, is that freedom of navigation is the fundamental issue. When you enforce something like a naval blockade, it is, by any estimation, an act of war. And so just defined in terms of the law of warfare, a naval blockade is a hostile action. Now, we shouldn't be all that surprised because we are engaged in hostilities against Iran, and so it does fit the larger pattern. I just wanted to point out that when you undertake a naval blockade, the most famous in terms of American history would be the blockade, uh, in terms of the United States naval forces undertaken in order to isolate Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, the, a naval blockade then. Technically, it was an act of war. Uh, when you look at this, you recognize that we are once again facing the fact that we have two implacable foes, the United States and Israel on the one hand, and then Iran on the other. We are in a situation of extreme unpredictability with the continued hostilities.