Reality calls Trump's bluff as reassurances on Iran effects fall flat

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Donald Trump has trained his acolytes in politics and media to echo his reassuring buzz phrases about weathering the short term effects of his war on Iran on the energy markets and global economy, but catchy slogans aren't changing the facts of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and the sudden energy crisis that everyone in the world can see happening in front of their own eyes.

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0:00.0	Okay, clearly throughout the course of the day today, we have been digesting a lot of news.
0:05.3	We are going to get to all of it tonight.
0:07.2	We're following, of course, the attack in West Bloomfield, Michigan, where a man with a car full of explosives rammed his vehicle into a synagogue, as well as the attack at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
0:18.2	Where a gunman, who was previously convicted of supporting ISIS,
0:21.4	killed one person, and injured two others. Tonight, Governor Abigail Spanberger has identified
0:26.0	the victim as Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shaw. He's right there, a picture of him right there
0:30.8	on your screen, an ROTC instructor who was killed in his classroom. And we're going to bring you
0:35.5	the latest on both of those attacks, a little bit later in the show, and of course what they indicate about the threat level in
0:40.7	our country, which, as I know, on so many people's minds right now. And just a moment, and Chris
0:45.2	referenced this as well. I'm also going to speak to Texas Democratic Senate candidate James
0:49.3	Telerico for his first cable interview since winning his party's nomination. We're going to be talking about
0:54.9	the insanity brewing between two men vying to be his opponent in the Republican primary, and it is
1:00.8	insane. I will show you one of the ads, as well as what Texas voters think about Trump's war
1:06.0	of choice in Iran. And Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries is also going to join me here this hour to talk
1:11.5	about Congress's response to the war, as well as a surprising bipartisan effort to tackle a part of the
1:17.4	affordability crisis that Donald Trump reportedly has zero interest in. But I want to start tonight with
1:24.0	the ripple effects of Trump's war in Iran that are already being felt right here at home.
1:28.8	Every single person, every one of you, I'm sure, are watching right now, is probably feeling them.
1:34.1	Because today the stock market took another nosedive as Trump's war continues to push the price of oil higher.
1:39.4	And most importantly, gas prices have already jumped nearly 60 cents a gallon since Trump started
1:46.4	this war less than two weeks ago.
1:48.3	And there is every indication they will climb higher still.
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