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The Brian Lehrer Show

How Hegseth is Reshaping the Department of War

The Brian Lehrer Show

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Atlantic's Sarah Fitzpatrick discusses the latest news from the U.S. military.

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

0:13.2

Good Monday morning, everyone.

0:14.7

Heading into this week, we have at least two major reversals from President Trump.

0:19.6

One, going back on his Iran war speech timeline

0:22.3

of two weeks to make a deal. Now it's tomorrow with his post that included the F word that you've

0:28.3

probably been hearing about and a sarcastic praise Allah on Easter Sunday with a threat to hit many

0:35.5

bridges and power plants, which are civilian infrastructure,

0:39.8

not just military, and all while Iran, which was supposed to be pretty much defanged, shoots

0:47.0

down two U.S. fighter planes and send more missiles, which they're supposed to be running out of,

0:52.8

into Israel and Gulf Arab states.

0:54.8

Four people were killed in Haifa, for example, yesterday.

0:58.3

Here's Trump from the Iran war speech last Wednesday.

1:02.9

We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.

1:07.8

And a few lines later.

1:09.8

Yet if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our

1:13.0

eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their

1:19.0

electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. So two to three weeks,

1:26.2

and he called the new leaders more reasonable and less radical than the old ones.

1:31.3

Now tomorrow is what he calls power plant and bridge day.

1:35.3

And there's this other reversal.

1:37.2

Remember this from Trump's campaigns for president?

1:39.9

Here's an example from the first one in 2016.

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