Angry Trump Erupts at Media as GOPers Quietly Start to Break over War

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

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4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is now facing tough questions about his threats to bomb Iranian power plants and bridges, which are growing more and more unhinged. On Monday he seethed at a reporter who asked pointed questions about this, attacking his news outlet and ranting that his colleagues seem to want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, Punchbowl News reports that Republicans may be at a “breaking point” with Trump over the war. All of which raises a question: If Trump seems ready to go through with massive war crimes, will Republicans be willing to rein him in at that point? We talked to Columbia political scientist Elizabeth Saunders, who had a hair-raising thread on Bluesky about where we are. She explains why Trump’s lashing out at the media should be taken seriously and why she sees this moment as uniquely dangerous. She also discusses how Trump boxed himself into a position of maximum destructiveness, what to expect from Republicans in response, and how to think about what’s 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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1:03.0	Donald Trump is now facing tough questions about his threats to bomb Iranian power plants and bridges.
1:08.5	Speaking to reporters Monday, he lost it at one of them who asked about this,
1:11.9	attacking his news outlet and ranting that his colleagues seem to want Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
1:15.7	This comes as another report says that Republicans may be reaching a breaking point with
1:20.9	Trump over the war, which raises a question, if Trump seems ready to go through with his
1:25.9	threat to carry out massive war crimes, will
1:28.4	Republicans be willing to rein him in at that point? Probably not. And what would it mean if
1:34.2	Trump can get away with war crimes without Congress raising a peep about it? We're talking about
1:39.6	this with one of our favorite analysts of this kind of thing, Colombia political scientist
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