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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Donald Trump Makes His Iran Case to the Nation

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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How effective was the President's primetime address on the U.S. military operation in Iran? Plus, Republicans agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security with the exception of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, bringing an end to the long lines and chaos at TSA checkpoints in U.S. airports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:25.6

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:31.8

Donald Trump makes his case for the war in Iran in a speech to the nation. How effective was it in persuading the American

0:41.1

public and sending messages that he wanted to send to various audiences around the world?

0:46.8

Plus, Republicans agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security, with the exception of

0:52.6

immigration and customs enforcement,

0:55.3

ending the TSA screening chaos at airports. How do the Republicans plan to avoid a similar

1:02.4

meltdown and mess in this coming year's budget? Those are our subject today on Potomac Watch.

1:09.6

I'm Paul Gigi go here for Wall Street Journal Opinion. I'm Paul Giego here for Wall Street Journal opinion. I'm

1:12.6

with Kim Strassel and Joe Sternberg today. So let's start with the president's speech.

1:18.8

Let's listen to him talk about what was a major theme of the address, which is the necessity of

1:25.7

denying Iran a nuclear weapon. Iran's strategy was so obvious. They wanted to produce

1:32.6

as many missiles as possible, and they did with the longest range possible, and they had some

1:39.5

weapons that nobody believed they had. We just learned that out. We took them out. We took them all out

1:44.5

so that no one would really dare stop them. And they're raised for a nuclear bomb, a nuclear

1:50.6

weapon, a nuclear weapon like nobody's ever seen before. They were right at the doorstep.

1:56.8

For years, everyone has said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons, but in the end, those are

2:03.3

just words if you're not willing to take action when the time comes.

2:08.1

Kim, how effective do you think the speech was by the president on Wednesday night?

2:13.2

I thought it was very important, Paul. It's a speech I would have loved to have seen him

2:16.7

given more at the beginning of this conflict because he has been needing to lay this out. But he

2:22.6

finally did. And important, he gave a status report, noting the successes that we have had so

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