Trump's Speech On Iran, Reactions To Trump's Remarks, SCOTUS Birthright Case
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
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Summary
The UK is hosting talks today on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran keeps a stranglehold on the waterway and threatens U.S. tech companies in the Gulf.
And Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Supreme Court hearing, watching as his lawyers faced tough questions from even conservative justices over his challenge to birthright citizenship.
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(0:00) Introduction
(02:12) Trump's Speech On Iran
(06:04) Reactions To Trump's Remarks
(09:42) SCOTUS Birthright Case
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, we would love to hear about what you like and don't like about it first. |
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| 0:15.5 | And thanks. |
| 0:18.6 | President Trump addressed the nation and talked of ending the war against Iran eventually. |
| 0:23.1 | We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. |
| 0:27.5 | He called on other countries to grab the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:37.6 | Representatives of 35 countries meet today to discuss measures to reopen the straight. |
| 0:41.9 | Iran has threatened to strike U.S. tech headquarters in the Middle East after Trump repeated |
| 0:47.0 | his threat to strike Iran's power grid. |
| 0:49.0 | And President Trump watched as Supreme Court justices questioned his lawyers about his challenge |
| 0:53.5 | to birthright citizenship on Wednesday. |
| 0:55.4 | We're in a new world now where 8 billion people are one plane right away from having a child as a U.S. citizen. |
| 1:01.2 | Well, it's a new world. It's the same constitution. |
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| 1:19.8 | President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night, making the case for war with Iran more than a month after he ordered a tax against Iran. |
| 1:24.0 | He contended the war as a success and that it will end after another round. |
| 1:28.5 | We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. |
| 1:33.1 | We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong. |
| 1:39.3 | NPR White House correspondent, Deepa Shivaram joins us now. What was the president's message? |
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