The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts in Fury as Damning Leaks on Botching of War Hit Him Hard

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Over the weekend, Donald Trump unleashed two crazed tirades at the media over Iran. In one, he angrily accused news organizations of rooting for the United States to “lose the war.” In another, he openly urged his Federal Communications Commission chair to employ state power against media outlets that displease him. And in a weird rant to reporters, he angrily rebuked other countries for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. All this comes as a New York Times expose reveals shocking details about Trump’s failings: In internal conversations, he appeared disconnected from basic realities about the strait and unable to grasp why his alienating of our allies is working against him. He also apparently got badly played by Benjamin Netanyahu. We talked to international relations expert Molly McKew, author of a good piece on the stakes of the moment. She explains how Trump’s treatment of allies is backfiring on him, why Trump might attempt a domestic press crackdown, and what to expect next in the war. 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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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.4	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:32.7	Over the weekend, Donald Trump exploded in several tirades over media coverage of his Iran war.
0:41.3	He accused news organizations of deliberately producing false stories about the war and even said they want us to lose to Iran.
0:50.5	And then, in an angry rant to reporters, he rebuked other countries for refusing to help open the Strait of Hormuz, and things got truly weird.
0:56.5	All this comes as a new expassee about Trump's handling of the war reveals shocking new details about his incompetence and derangement, showing that we really need the free press
1:02.3	right now more than ever. Which raises a question, is Trump about to use the war to launch a
1:08.3	domestic information crackdown.
1:18.1	We're talking about all this with Molly McHugh, an international relations expert and author of a good new piece on the deeper stakes of this moment.
1:20.1	Molly, nice to have you on.
1:21.8	Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
1:28.0	So the big story right now is that Trump is trying to determine how to get the straight of Hormuz reopened,
1:34.1	with many of our allies rebuffing his demands for help, and Trump trying to decide whether to go all in for an extended commitment. Mali, can you bring us up to date real quick on where this
1:38.9	stands and why it all matters? You know, I think we're on what day 17 now of the strikes against Iran. No one is sure
1:48.0	what the strategic objective is. In any war game tabletop exercise of should we strike Iran or not,
1:55.1	one of the first questions has always been, can we keep the strait of hormones open or not? Because
1:59.9	the impact on shipping, on global transit of goods, particularly energy and oil supplies,
2:05.9	if the strait is closed, is catastrophic, as we've seen in previous interences in the 70s and otherwise,
2:12.6	the impact on the economy, on energy prices, on prices we will pay for everything on how
2:20.7	markets fluctuate will be extremely significant if there is not a solution to what Iran
2:27.2	is doing right now.
2:29.2	Well, Trump erupted in a wild fury at the media on Sunday night.
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