Karoline Leavitt Explains: "Trump Had A Feeling," And That's Why We're At War
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first press briefing since Operation Epic Fury and was pressed about what the imminent threat was from Iran, that prompted the U.S. Israeli attack. Leavitt repeatedly told reporters that President Trump made his decision based on a “good feeling” that the Iranian regime was going to strike U.S. assets. When pressed, she added that Trump’s feeling was based on fact, and refused to acknowledge the shifting explanations coming from the administration over the past few days: first from the President himself, then from Pete Hegseth, to Marco Rubio, and now from Leavitt.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:14.5 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:15.5 | It is Wednesday, March 4th, and we just listened to the first White House press briefing since the war with Iran started, and a very direct question was asked. |
| 0:28.3 | What was the imminent threat from Iran? |
| 0:32.1 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. It wasn't the question, Robes. It was the answer that has |
| 0:39.4 | everybody already buzzing. And the answer is, the president just felt it. He had a feeling. |
| 0:46.8 | We're not joking, folks, and we're going to let you hear it yourself and make your own judgments. |
| 0:51.1 | But Robs, that is coming out now. And she said it not just as a slip. She said it several |
| 0:56.2 | times. She actually doubled down and slightly qualified it, but her first, like, her first way |
| 1:02.8 | of phrasing it was that the president had a good feeling that the Iranian regime was going |
| 1:08.9 | to strike U.S. assets. Now, on its own, how does that sound? |
| 1:12.0 | Sounds bad. |
| 1:12.8 | It sounds terrible. |
| 1:14.2 | You don't want anyone, especially when it comes to making a decision about war to make a |
| 1:21.9 | decision based on a feeling. |
| 1:23.7 | Now, she did qualify it later and said it was a feeling based on fact. |
| 1:28.4 | And she kept saying that over and over again, it is one of those moments where you're, |
| 1:33.6 | if you've ever been to therapy, you always hear your therapist tell you feelings are not facts. |
| 1:39.0 | And so it's interesting. |
| 1:40.5 | She didn't say anything about facts initially. |
| 1:42.5 | She just said he had a good feeling. |
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