Has Trump lost it?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump's Oval Office ramblings are nothing new. But last night was off the scale. He thrashed out at allies. Castigated his friends. Contradicted himself. Lied about former presidents in a way that was painfully easy to disprove and sounded like a man who’d missed his meds.
More significant than any of this is how the rest of the world received it: with a shrug - and very little anxiety or action. Has Trump lost the room? And the war?
And, as the first resignation comes in from his director of counter terrorism centre, could we be reaching a turning point where Trump is no longer scaring people in the way he once did?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.3 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.6 | But I always said, you know, the problem with NATO is we'll always be there for them, |
| 0:15.9 | but they'll never be there for us. |
| 0:17.2 | And when I hear the UK, which was sort of considered the Rolls-Royce of allies, right, |
| 0:24.5 | wouldn't you say? They were the oldest, and they were going to be there. And I say it would |
| 0:29.7 | be really helpful if you'd send over a couple of ships, and if you have some mine sweepers, |
| 0:34.4 | which they do, be very helpful. And the prime minister is a nice man. I think he's a very nice guy. He says, well, I'd like to ask my team. I said, you don't have to worry about a team. You don't have a team. You're the prime minister. You can make a decision. Well, I have to speak to my people. I said, you don't have to speak to anybody. So it's very disappointing. And then |
| 0:54.7 | after we obliterated them and destroyed their military, the whole thing, and it became a much |
| 1:02.8 | safer zone, he said, we're going to send over two aircraft carriers. I said, I don't want them |
| 1:09.3 | anymore. I don't want them after we I don't want them after we win. |
| 1:11.6 | I want it before we start. |
| 1:13.6 | Donald Trump is sounding like an angry man with no friends. |
| 1:17.6 | He's looking for help in his war with Iran, but so far none has been offered. |
| 1:23.6 | Yes, he's called for assistance. |
| 1:26.6 | No one wants to go near the Strait of Hormuz as it currently stands. |
| 1:31.6 | This operation in Iran is called Epic Fury, but given his isolation, is Epic Fury a better description of |
| 1:40.4 | Donald Trump himself? Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:49.0 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:50.7 | It's John. |
| 1:51.6 | It's Emily. |
| 1:52.3 | It's Lewis. |
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