Trump Can’t Escape the Backlash
Laura Coates Live
CNN
3.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coach. My opening statement tonight, this isn't going how President Trump wanted to go. |
| 0:12.8 | Talks with Iran. They were supposed to start today in Switzerland. They did not. |
| 0:18.7 | Vice President J.D. Vance postponed his trip at the last minute. |
| 0:22.9 | Around the time that this was happening in Lebanon, Israel and Hezbollah trading fire overnight. |
| 0:29.1 | It threatened to derail completely the negotiations, and both sides have since agreed to renew a ceasefire. |
| 0:40.6 | And now someone's traveling. It's Steve Wittkoff, |
| 0:45.7 | Jared Kushner. They're on their way in Switzerland. No word on whether Vice President J.D. Vance will join them. But this is the problem for Trump. He isn't only negotiating with Iran. He also |
| 0:52.3 | has to keep the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah from blowing up the |
| 0:56.9 | agreement. And today, the president offered praise for Benjamin Netanyahu. But just yesterday, |
| 1:03.2 | he suggested he needs to keep Israel's prime minister in check. |
| 1:09.1 | We've had a great relationship with Israel. |
| 1:11.8 | We were very formidable. |
| 1:13.9 | And B.B. Netanyahu, he's a warrior, prime minister. |
| 1:16.7 | If it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been eviscerated. |
| 1:22.6 | It's a relationship with Netanyahu's... |
| 1:24.4 | It's good, but we have to keep them a little bit sane. |
| 1:29.4 | Are you going to be able to control Israel from attacking Lebanon? |
| 1:34.3 | Yeah, I will be. |
| 1:37.0 | The man asking those questions, he's on the show tonight. |
| 1:40.5 | And let's not forget what's happening at home. |
| 1:43.3 | The president has to contend with angry members of his own party. |
| 1:46.8 | Iran Hawks, who say this deal gives Iran way too much, including the possibility of a $300 billion |
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