Iran Threatens Retaliation as US Considers Ground Operations
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
The war with Iran could soon enter its next phase. President Donald Trump is threatening crippling strikes against the country’s critical infrastructure, including its energy sectors. The Iranian regime says that if this happens, it will retaliate. And as this unfolds, Trump is also not ruling out the possibility of sending in ground forces.
We’ll discuss these topics and others in this episode of Crossroads.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Crossroads. The war with Iran could soon enter the next phase. Trump is actually saying by tonight, |
| 0:06.8 | if nothing changes, we could see crippling strikes against critical infrastructure in the country. |
| 0:11.8 | He's talking about this as the death of a civilization, the end of a civilization. He's suggesting maybe there's going to be some kind of revolutionary action, I suppose, based |
| 0:23.5 | of my reading of that, he's talking about possible regime change. |
| 0:27.4 | If that doesn't happen, if the leaders of the country don't do something, Trump's saying it's |
| 0:32.6 | over tonight. |
| 0:33.4 | We'll see what happens with this. |
| 0:35.5 | Iran on their side, they're also not folding, and they're saying that if Trump moves forward with any of these attacks, the regime is going to retaliate. |
| 0:42.6 | And on this point also, Trump said he's not ruling out the possibility of sending in ground forces. |
| 0:47.8 | Also, another big topic right now. We're seeing a partial government shutdown still. |
| 0:53.0 | And as TSA is struggling with very long security lines |
| 0:56.2 | at airports, there's also discussion on whether airport security should be privatized. And |
| 1:01.6 | on another topic, speaking of enemies of the nation, the Chinese Communist Party has been waging |
| 1:06.5 | a form of cognitive warfare against the United States, as we've been talking about on the show. |
| 1:11.6 | And the Pentagon is now working on ways to respond to this. |
| 1:14.8 | Big updates on this. |
| 1:16.0 | I'll be talking about these topics, a lot more today. |
| 1:19.4 | So make sure to hit the like button, leave a comment. |
| 1:21.9 | Let's get started. |
| 1:23.5 | All right, first off on Iran, Trump, while speaking next to the Easter bunny on Easter, made some |
| 1:30.3 | pretty strong statements against Iran. The Easter bunny stood there and listened. |
| 1:34.3 | The Iranian regime, if Trump does in fact overthrow them, is threatening to retaliate somehow. |
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