Trump: Iran Will Turn Over “Nuclear Dust”
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 88 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The lead starts right now. What will he say? We're standing by to hear from President Trump. |
| 0:08.7 | He sets us to take the stage in Arizona any moment now at a turning point USA event. |
| 0:14.3 | And Trump's grievance list, still top of mind at the Justice Department. Today's target, |
| 0:19.4 | a prosecutor was pulled from the case |
| 0:21.5 | after he resisted pressure to charge one of Trump's perceived political enemies. We'll bring you more |
| 0:26.8 | on that in a second. Plus, World Cup excitement turned to World Cup outrage as the busy New York |
| 0:33.8 | area gets ready to host games. Transit riders are sounding off about train fares. |
| 0:38.6 | They're about to go from $13 up to a jaw-dropping $150. |
| 0:47.5 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 0:51.4 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 0:52.9 | We're going to start with breaking news. |
| 0:54.0 | President Trump is just moments away from taking the stage in Arizona. He is attending a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix. This will be his first since the assassination of the group's founder, Charlie Kirk. Will the president make more news today in the world lead where a couple of big questions are looming |
| 1:12.0 | regarding the Iran war is an end to the conflict in sight is the Strait of Hormuz |
| 1:18.0 | open for business or not it has been a whirlwind day starting this morning with Iran |
| 1:23.0 | announcing that it had reopened this straight to commercial traffic thanks to yesterday's |
| 1:27.2 | new ceasefire |
| 1:27.8 | between Israel and Lebanon. Then President Trump claimed on truth social that Iran agreed to, |
| 1:34.5 | quote, never closed the Strait of Hormuz again. He wrote in all caps, quote, |
| 1:39.0 | the Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for business and full passage, but the naval |
| 1:43.6 | blockade by the U.S. |
| 1:45.5 | will remain in full force, in effect, as it pertains to Iran only until such time as our |
| 1:50.9 | transaction with Iran is 100% complete, unquote. So, okay, Iran state media apparently didn't like |
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