The Daily Blast: Did Fox News Just Scam Trump into Embracing War with Iran?

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

President Trump appears dead set on joining Israel’s war with Iran. After a period of negotiations, Trump has now tweeted that he wants Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” The New York Times has a deep dive into his deliberations, and the findings are shocking. Trump is ready for war even though our own intelligence assessments don’t support the case for it. And incredibly, the Times reports, Trump was influenced on all this by what he saw on Fox News, which broadcast relentless imagery of Israel’s “genius” bombing of Iran. This led Trump to want “some credit for himself” for the attack, after which he “began hinting that he had played a bigger behind-the-scenes role in the war than people realized.” He then leaned more towards escalation. We talked to veteran national security hand Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, who has a great piece for Foreign Policy magazine on the situation. He explains why the case for war is so weak, how Trump is getting manipulated into it so easily, and what to expect as all this unfolds. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.6	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:47.9	I'm your host, Greg Sargent. President Donald Trump looks like he's all set to take us to war with Iran.
1:01.2	After a period in which he seemed to want to negotiate with Iran,
1:05.0	Trump has now tweeted that he wants Iran's unconditional surrender.
1:09.8	The New York Times has a deep dive into Trump's deliberations on this,
1:13.3	if that's the right word, and the findings are extraordinary. We're drifting into war with Iran,
1:19.1	even though our own intelligence assessments don't appear to support the case for it. And Trump was
1:24.5	influenced in his thinking on all this by what he saw on Fox News.
1:29.3	Meanwhile, some prominent MAGA figures are aggressively warning Trump against taking the plunge.
1:35.1	Today we're really fortunate to be making sense of all this with foreign policy veteran Matt Duss,
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