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Today, Explained

Apocalypse Not Now

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump moved from an existential threat to a very tentative ceasefire. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. President Donald Trump mimics a Iranian protester being shot during a news conference about the war in Iran. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On Tuesday, the president more or less threatened Iran with a genocide.

0:04.0

We got a full range of reactions.

0:07.6

CNBC had questions.

0:09.0

Deadline that President Trump has sat 8 p.m.

0:11.4

Has threatened to destroy a civilization.

0:15.2

How does an investor process that?

0:18.1

Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?

0:20.2

A lady in Georgia, interviewed by MS now, had answers. It's giving war crime. We don't just annihilate people because we can. Tucker Carlson took a stand. If you work in the White House, we're in the U.S. military. Now it's time to say no, absolutely not. And Democrats, of course, said the president should be removed from office.

0:38.4

Even the American Pope weighed in.

0:40.3

Attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law,

0:45.1

but that it is also a sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction that human being is capable of.

0:53.0

But then, it it maybe worked?

0:55.8

Apocalypse, not now on Today Explained.

0:59.9

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1:01.6

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1:07.9

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1:34.8

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