Trump Rehashes Iran Ultimatum | Artemis II the Moon | 4/2/26

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

News, Daily News, Politics

4.9 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Aaron McIntire recaps President Trump's national address restating the goals and progress of Operation Epic Fury, honoring fallen service members while issuing a fresh ultimatum to Iran on electric infrastructure and oil targets if no deal is reached. We also cover the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, sending the first crewed spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit in over 50 years. In the Supreme Court, oral arguments heat up over Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, with pointed exchanges involving Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Additional highlights include House Republicans appearing to cave on the DHS funding bill, a White House faith leaders gathering during Holy Week, and listener reactions to the ongoing right-wing podcast debates.

The AM Update, Aaron McIntire, Trump Iran address, Operation Epic Fury, Artemis II moon mission, birthright citizenship Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, DHS funding bill, House Republicans, White House faith leaders, right wing podcast wars

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, April 2nd, 2026.
0:02.5	Trump restates his ultimatum for Iran to the moon once again,
0:06.4	and Katanji Brown Jackson Space Cadet of a different kind.
0:10.8	Next on the AM update.
0:14.8	President Trump addressed the nation last night from the White House,
0:18.8	restating the goals for Iran, providing an update and promising to get
0:24.0	the job done.
0:24.8	And now we must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives
0:30.7	at every single one of the people.
0:33.7	Their loved ones said, please, sir, please finish the job.
0:37.2	President Trump paying tribute to the 13
0:39.6	fallen service members in Operation Epic Fury. He also gave Iran an ultimatum. Really, it's not new news
0:47.0	if you've been following President Trump's threats on truth social in recent days, but he did
0:51.2	restate it for the whole world to hear. Much more reasonable. Yet if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our
0:58.3	eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their
1:04.3	electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their oil, even though that's the easiest target of
1:13.3	all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding. But we could hit
1:21.1	it, and it would be gone, and there's not a thing they could do about it. I was monitoring both
1:26.9	WTI and Brent crude oil futures during this.
1:31.1	It was just up and down and up and down and up and down.
1:33.8	And in that about minute-long space where he was talking about,
1:36.7	hey, we're going to hit the electric infrastructure.
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