Breaking Down Trump's Moronic FOX Interview
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The Bulwark
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🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Trump called into FOX News for an interview to explain the Iran war—and quickly fell apart. Will Saletan methodically breaks down how Trump contradicted himself on Iran’s nuclear program, claimed total victory while admitting ongoing threats, and shrugged off rising gas prices and the economic fallout.
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| 0:30.1 | Hey, it's Will Salatan from the bulwark. |
| 0:32.1 | So how are things going in Iran? |
| 0:35.0 | Well, the United States has the world's most powerful military and we've got the |
| 0:40.3 | world's most powerful economy, right? So we have all the advantages except one thing. We have |
| 0:49.1 | the world's dumbest president. And today, we got a really good look at just how dumb he is. So let me show you |
| 0:56.4 | what happened. Trump did a phone interview with Maria Bardo on Fox News. Now, Maria |
| 1:03.4 | Barteramo, in case you didn't know, is a total Trump suckup. So she is trying, she's trying her |
| 1:09.5 | hardest to make him look good. But he keeps exposing himself |
| 1:14.1 | as just a total fool. So let me start by showing you one of her suck up questions. Here she is. |
| 1:21.6 | Can you explain to those people why it was critical for the United States to go into Iran. Can you articulate what was behind |
| 1:31.1 | that move that was so important for the U.S. to go into Iran? Yeah, so easy. The easiest question |
| 1:37.0 | you've asked me so far, they can't have nuclear weapons. They have nuclear. They want to enrich |
| 1:43.5 | what they have. They want to enrich more. |
| 1:45.9 | As you know, we knocked out with the B2 bombers. Had we not knocked that out, they would have had a |
| 1:51.1 | nuclear weapon within one month after we knocked out. In other words, had the B2, those beautiful |
| 1:56.4 | B2 bombers totally obliterated there's three sites. |
| 2:00.1 | Wait a minute. |
| 2:10.1 | We had to attack Iran this year, a month and a half ago, to stop them from getting nuclear weapons. |
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