Trump Erupts in Fury at Journos over Iran—and Reveals a Big Weakness

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

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Summary

On Monday, President Donald Trump exploded in fury at reporters and news outlets for asking hard questions about whether the strikes really destroyed Iran’s nuclear program completely, as he has proclaimed. And the questions are indeed mounting: There was clearly a lack of intelligence indicating that Iran’s nuclear program posed an imminent threat. And reports have highlighted serious uncertainty about the whereabouts of Iran’s enriched uranium. Trump thought he could bluff his way through this saga and count on Republicans to prevent any hard questions from being asked, but his rage at independent truth-seeking on the matter shows he knows he has a problem here. We talked to Democratic Congressman Sean Casten, who has forcefully argued that Trump committed impeachable offenses by bombing without congressional authorization. Casten goes deep on why Trump’s unilateral action is so indefensible, why Trump is vulnerable to what the intelligence really shows, and why Congress has an urgent responsibility to step up. 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.
0:31.4	President Donald Trump is very unhappy with the way the media is covering his strikes on Iran.
0:38.5	On truth social, he exploded in fury at specific reporters for daring to suggest that the strikes might not have destroyed Iran's nuclear program completely.
0:41.7	We think this exposes potentially serious political vulnerability for Trump.
0:47.0	Questions are mounting about the lack of intelligence indicating that Iran's nuclear program
0:51.2	posed an imminent threat, and some reports have raised serious questions
0:55.5	about his initial declaration of success in destroying the program completely.
1:00.5	Trump thought he could scam his way through this by declaring absolute undiluted triumph with
1:05.8	the bombing mission, and then counting on Republicans in Congress to help him prevent any hard questions from being asked.
1:12.7	His anger at independent truth-seeking on the matter, however, calls this into serious question.
1:18.8	Today we're discussing this with Congressman Sean Kasten, Democrat of Illinois, who has been
1:23.1	making a strong case that Trump has committed impeachable offenses by bombing Iran without congressional
1:28.6	authorization. Congressman Kasten, thanks so much for joining us.
1:32.6	Pleasure to be here, Greg. So let's start with Trump's bizarre, angry eruption on truth
1:38.1	social. He said the following, quote, the sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed and
1:43.6	everyone knows it.
1:44.9	Only the fake news would say anything different in order to try and demean as much as possible.
1:51.3	And then Trump smeared Anderson Cooper as Allison Cooper, an apparent anti-gay slur,
1:57.2	and attacked ABC's John Carrel and NBC News and a couple others.
2:01.3	He called them all sleaze bags.
2:03.0	What's your immediate thought on this, Congressman?
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