Will Trump's Blockade Work?

Amanpour

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Putting the blame on failed peace talks squarely on Iran, President Trump ordered the US Navy to impose a blockade on Iranian ports, threatening to sink any Iranian ships that come near them. This move is intended to deal a devastating blow to Iran's already frail economy, but the country's top negotiator shrugged it off and warned American consumers they'd soon be "nostalgic" for lower gas prices. Joining the show to discuss all this is Danny Citrinowicz, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and former head of the Iran branch of Israeli military intelligence. Also on today's show: Former US House Republican Adam Kinzinger; Former US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman; author A. Mechele Dickerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur.
0:06.0	Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	The bad news is that we have not reached the agreement.
0:11.0	And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.
0:15.0	No deal and more escalation.
0:18.0	After marathon talks failed in Islamabad, what comes next? I ask a military
0:23.3	intelligence expert. And as Americans foot the bill for the conflict, our fractures emerging
0:29.6	within MAGA. And will it hurt Republicans at the polls? Former Republican Congressman Adam
0:35.4	Kinsinger weighs in. Also ahead.
0:39.3	A political earthquake, why Hungary turned the page on 16 years under Victor Orban's far-right
0:47.3	government.
0:48.3	Former U.S. ambassador to the country explains.
0:51.3	Plus, it is increasingly hard for young adults to be able to attain the markers of the
0:57.1	middle class. The middle class New Deal is the American dream still within reach? Author
1:03.3	Michelle Dickerson joins Walter Isaacson to discuss. Welcome to the program, everyone, I'm Beyond a Goldrigan, New York, sitting in for Christian Ammanpur.
1:28.0	Peace is off the cards for now between the U.S. and Iran, after diplomatic talks in Pakistan,
1:33.5	if anything, it seems to be slipping further away. President Trump is putting the blame squarely on
1:39.1	Iran, now ordering the U.S. Navy to impose a blockade on Iranian ports and threatening to sink any
1:44.9	Iranian ships that come near them. Speaking to reporters at the White House, he stressed that he
1:49.9	won't let Iran, quote, blackmail the world. And the president has appeared unbothered by
1:55.2	whether this could stop Iran from returning to the negotiating table.
1:59.6	I don't care if they come back or not.
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