'Trump is a man with no plan': Why the president can't win the Iran war
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump said on Monday that the Iran war was “very complete, pretty much”. But Pete Hegseth, his defence secretary, has said we have seen “only just the beginning” of the assault. When asked for clarification, the president said, “in a way, it’s both”.
But with suggestions that Washington was bounced into the war by Israel, and as Iran escalates the conflict across the region, is this even Trump’s war to end anymore?
Tim and Camilla are joined by David Blair, The Telegraph’s chief foreign affairs commentator, to help understand the president’s plan (hint: he doesn’t have one). They also profile the Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader.
Later, more Jeffrey Epstein questions for the Royal family, and this time it’s Andrew’s daughters Beatrice and Eugenie who are under scrutiny. Hannah Furness joins to digest the latest royal gossip, including suggestions that Princess Kate could be dispatched to Washington to save the special relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. Donald Trump says the war in Iran is nearly over. His cabinet says it's just beginning. |
| 0:15.5 | We speak to our foreign affairs expert, David Blair, who says this is one war Trump can't win. |
| 0:21.7 | And Princesses under pressure. More Epstein questions for the royals. This time, Andrew's |
| 0:26.5 | daughters Beatrice and Eugenie are the ones under scrutiny. We're going to be joined by the |
| 0:31.2 | Telegraph's Royal Editor Hannah Furness, who says there could be more to discover about that |
| 0:35.9 | visit to New York and could Kate save the |
| 0:39.5 | special relationship from Stama's Iran fiasco. Welcome to the Daily Tea with me Tim Stanley. And me, |
| 0:45.8 | Camilla Tomini. |
| 0:59.2 | Camillo, where are we with the Iran war? |
| 0:59.6 | No idea. |
| 1:04.2 | After a conversation with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said that he thought the war was very complete, pretty much. |
| 1:06.7 | Right. |
| 1:07.6 | Pete Hexeth, his secretary of state for War, then said, it's only just beginning. |
| 1:14.1 | And then when asked for a clarification, Donald Trump said, in a way, it's both. |
| 1:19.7 | It's both over and just beginning. |
| 1:22.1 | Okay. |
| 1:23.1 | That's a bit tricky to navigate. |
| 1:24.8 | So shall we get an expert? |
| 1:26.1 | Let's speak to our chief foreign affairs |
| 1:28.2 | commentator David Blair, who joins us now. David, is the war beginning? Is it ending? Is it |
| 1:36.7 | somewhere in between? Given that the commander-in-chief himself seems unclear on that point, |
| 1:41.9 | I'm not sure that anyone really knows. But the truth is that even |
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