4/8/26: Trump Blinks On Iran Threat, Iran Ready For War To Resume, Hegseth Copes
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Ryan and Emily discuss Trump blinks on Iran threat, Iran ready for war to resume, Hegseth cope.
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| 1:14.5 | That means it's a good day. |
| 1:16.2 | It's a great day for world peace. |
| 1:17.7 | It's a great day for world peace. According to the president, Donald Trump. |
| 1:21.0 | Yes. The war is over or is it might be the theme of today's show. Overish, right. |
| 1:27.3 | That's probably the best way to put it at this |
| 1:29.1 | point. So all kinds of breaking news overnight. The president was posting on truth social, |
| 1:34.8 | so we have response to the end of the war that was declared last night, but continuing to get |
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