Trump Keeps Promising Peace
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🗓️ 11 June 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
President Donald Trump has changed a lot about American foreign policy – and to many, America itself. But a lot of the issues facing this country were around long before he became president. Ben Rhodes’ new book, All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches, tells the story of this country through speeches by figures like Ben Franklin, Martin Luther King, and yes, Donald Trump. We spoke with Ben about what those speeches reveal about being American, and what Trump’s actions in Iran can tell us about his presidency and our country.
And in headlines, President Trump continues to whiplash in Iran talks, we have a new pick for the Director of National Intelligence, and Kash Patel prepares the FBI for the World Cup.
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| 0:00.0 | the line that jumps out to me that you may remember from that speech is when he said, |
| 0:04.1 | referring to Butler, I was saved by God to make America great again. And that is someone |
| 0:09.8 | announcing to the country that he doesn't have to play by rules. |
| 0:30.4 | I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show wondering if we will ever see the limits of Republican subservience to President Donald Trump. |
| 0:34.2 | Here's Texas Republican Representative Troy Neels, for example. |
| 0:40.6 | Donald Trump is the best thing to happen in this country in 100 years. He was born, |
| 0:47.0 | he was born a very special baby. This is for a president who has an approval rating of 34% according to USA today. 34%. On today's show, we talk to Ben Rhodes about Iran, Trump, and Ben's new book on how famous speeches show us how America has progressed since its founding. |
| 1:00.7 | Before we get into all that, here's what we're following today, Thursday, June 11th. |
| 1:06.5 | Will it be more bombing tonight? |
| 1:09.6 | Yeah, there will be more bombing tonight. |
| 1:11.6 | It'll be a bigger, bigger, more powerful. |
| 1:16.4 | President Trump called into Fox and Friends this morning |
| 1:18.7 | a threatened more military action against Iran. |
| 1:21.4 | But by the afternoon, maybe after taking a little nap and cooling off, |
| 1:25.5 | came to his census. |
| 1:26.9 | And he posted on true social, Trump wrote in part |
| 1:28.9 | quote, I have as president of the United States of America canceled the scheduled strikes and bombings |
| 1:34.1 | against Iran this evening. Someone get this man a bike because he's backpedaling. Trump added that, |
| 1:40.7 | quote, discussions and final points have been in both concept and great detail approved by all parties involved. |
| 1:46.4 | That includes the U.S., Israel, and other countries. |
| 1:49.6 | But I won't hold my breath. |
| 1:51.2 | We'll talk more about why with Ben Rhodes later on the show. |
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