170. Trump Backs Down on Iran Threats - What Next?

The Rest Is Politics: US

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Did Donald Trump actually have talks with Iran? Has the president just thrown away his route to ending the war? What does the attack on Diego Garcia mean for Europe? Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more. Listen to “Becoming Trump”. Unpack how Donald Trump was made: hidden family history, New York legal battles, ruthless mentors, reality-TV reinvention, and his path to the White House. Sign up to listen here. Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Sign up to our free newsletter here⁠ Producer: Fiona Douglas, India Dunkley Video Editor: Kieron Leslie Social Producer: Charlie Johnson Senior Producer: Callum Hill Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Exec Producer: Tom Whiter Advertise with us: ⁠Partnerships@goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the rest is politics U.S. I'm Caddy Kay.
0:11.4	And I'm Anthony Scaramucci.
0:12.9	Katty, good morning.
0:13.9	Good morning.
0:14.8	Monday morning.
0:15.7	Are you trading the market like the Trump administration, Katty?
0:18.9	That is what I am doing.
0:20.3	Did you get short the market on
0:21.8	Saturday, long the market last night? I think you trade the market and of course, in the meantime,
0:26.2	you show everybody your hand, which is maybe not the best way to conduct global affairs, but there
0:31.5	we go. Today, we're recording this just as Donald Trump has postponed. His threatened strikes
0:36.8	on Iranian power plants,
0:39.0	which everybody thought could then escalate into a big major new phase of the conflict.
0:44.4	He was going to strike Iran if it didn't open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours, Anthony, 48 hours.
0:50.6	He likes a timeline, he likes a deadline.
0:52.8	But after what he called productive talks that the
0:55.0	Iranians say never actually happened, he has extended his deadline. We also want to talk about
1:00.0	the attack on Diego Garcia, the UK-US military base, what that means for Europe.
1:04.7	Before we get there, Kat, I have to interrupt you. So your experienced journalist, do you think
1:09.7	those talks happened? No. I actually don't think
1:12.7	those talks happened. Of course not. Of course the talks didn't happen. I mean, I think it's kind of
1:16.6	amazing that you would have an all-caps truth social post from the president of the United States
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