March 3rd, 2026: Trump Lays Out His 4 Objectives For Operation Epic Fury & Tehran Replaces Its Supreme Leader

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up — six Americans are now dead as Operation Epic Fury enters day four. President Trump lays out the clearest explanation yet of the war’s objectives: dismantle Iran’s missile industry, annihilate its navy, permanently block its path to a nuclear weapon, and sever its terrorist proxy networks. But what may be most telling is what’s not on that list. Later in the show — following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Tehran moves quickly to stabilize power. We break down the three-man interim council now in charge and what it signals about the regime’s future. Plus, U.S. embassies face violent unrest across multiple countries as anger over the strikes spills into the streets. And in today’s Back of the Brief — France announces a major shift in European nuclear posture, offering to expand its nuclear deterrent footprint across allied territory for the first time. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief QUO: Make this the season where no opportunity slips away. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://Quo.com/PDB Acre Gold: Start building physical gold with simple monthly payments and enter to win two Ancient Collection gold bars at https://GetAcreGold.com/PDB Goldbelly: Discover iconic meals from legendary restaurants delivered nationwide with Goldbelly—get 20% off your first order at https://Goldbelly.comusing promo code PDB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, six Americans
0:23.5	are now dead as Operation Epic Fury enters day four, and President Trump lays out the
0:29.7	clearest statement yet of what this war is meant to achieve, but what may be most telling
0:35.1	is what's not on that list of objectives.
0:38.7	Later in the show, following the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran is already moving to fill the leadership void.
0:46.5	We'll take a look at the three-man council that supposedly now is in charge.
0:51.6	Plus, U.S. embassies are under siege in multiple countries as pro-Iranian regime
0:55.8	Islamists take to the streets. And in today's back of the brief, we'll turn our attention to Europe,
1:01.2	where France has just made a major announcement regarding its nuclear program and the EU. But first,
1:08.4	today's PDB spotlight. It's day four of Operation Epic Fury. U.S. Central Command
1:14.8	confirmed last night that six American service members have now been killed since the start of the
1:20.2	operation. All six fatalities stem from the same incident in Kuwait over the weekend when the
1:26.3	Iranians struck Camp Arrafjan, and we reported
1:29.7	on that yesterday. It was a number of others remained seriously wounded from that incident.
1:35.0	Meanwhile, CENTCOM says American forces have struck more than 1,250 targets inside Iran
1:40.4	since Saturday morning's opening strikes.
1:43.6	Now, one thing worth focusing on today is something that President Trump said during an address
1:47.7	yesterday, where he outlined the U.S. objectives more clearly than at any point since this
1:53.0	conflict started.
1:54.4	According to Trump, the first goal is to destroy Iran's missile stockpiles and eliminate their
1:59.7	missile industry.
2:00.8	That doesn't simply mean taking out launcherspiles and eliminate their missile industry.
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