The Daily Blast: Trump’s Iran Blunders Suddenly Look Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

For Donald Trump, the news is getting worse on his war against Iran. The New York Times reports that the Trump team badly miscalculated Iran’s response to the American invasion, leading to a developing energy fiasco. The Times also reports that some officials are pessimistic about the lack of any real strategy to end the war, adding this: “They have been careful not to express that directly to the president, who has repeatedly declared that the military operation is a complete success.” Their fear of telling Trump the truth about our fix is highly unnerving. We’re also learning that the United States was likely responsible for bombing the Iranian elementary school. We talked to Columbia political scientist Elizabeth Saunders, author of a new piece on this whole mess. We discuss Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz, why Trump can’t easily end the war even if he wants to, what it means that officials are leaking dismay about the war’s direction, and what likely lies ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:38.2	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:50.5	For Donald Trump, the news is getting worse on his war against Iran.
0:56.5	A preliminary military report finds that the U.S. was behind the bombing of an Iranian nursery school, killing scores of children. And new reporting confirms that the Trump team
1:02.3	badly miscalculated Iran's response to their invasion, leading to a developing energy fiasco,
1:08.3	with some officials growing pessimistic about the lack of a strategy
1:12.4	to finish the war. And they're afraid to tell that to the president. Trump is publicly acknowledging
1:19.5	none of this. He just urged oil companies to use the strait of Hormuz regardless of danger,
1:25.4	and he's refusing to comment on how he'll know when it's
1:28.2	time to end the war. So how do we get out of this situation if Trump's unwilling to acknowledge
1:34.0	the situation we're in? We're posing this question to Elizabeth Saunders, a political scientist
1:39.8	at Colombia, who focuses on foreign policy and has a new piece on the huge mess we're on.
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