The Daily Blast: Trump Rages Wildly at Journo—and Accidentally Exposes Big Iran Blunder

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Donald Trump desperately wants the world to recognize his world-historical defeat of Iran. In an extended tirade, Trump raged wildly at a New York Times reporter, insisting his victory is absolute. He claimed the Times is failing, accusing the journalist of being a “fake guy” and declaring his coverage betrays America: “I actually think it’s treason.” This is revealing: His insistence on having won reveals that Trump doesn’t get that military force alone can’t force open the Strait of Hormuz—meaning he doesn’t grasp the situation at the most fundamental level, perhaps his biggest failing of all. We talked to political scientist David Faris, who’s been writing well on this fiasco. We discuss how Trump got little out of China, why his failures abroad mean more authoritarianism at home, why that combination will do severe long-term damage to America, and how Trump suffers from “dictator envy.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:23.6	Donald Trump doesn't understand why the world won't admit that he's won a world historical victory over Iran. In one of his angriest rants ever, he berated a reporter at great
1:29.9	length for questioning his success, even accusing the reporter of treason. It's no accident that
1:36.4	this eruption occurred on his flight home from China. The media coverage has been quite
1:41.1	harsh, brutally revealing that he failed to make any real headway with
1:45.0	China on Iran, among other things. We think there's a throughline connecting Trump's
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