Trump's Iran Gamble... What is the US president up to?

特朗普的伊朗冒险……美国总统究竟在打什么算盘?

Americast

2026-03-02

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In the biggest political gamble of his presidency so far, Donald Trump has defended his decision for the United States to bomb Iran - alongside Israel - as a “noble” mission to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and says military operations are “ahead of schedule”. The US president announced the start of the war on Saturday via an 8 minute video on his social media platform, Truth Social, from his Mar a Lago home in Florida. In this episode Sarah and Justin unpack Trump’s announcement, his justification and aims for the war, and look back at US political involvement in the Middle East. We also discuss reaction from within Trump’s MAGA base and ask whether the wider Republican party will rally behind the president, particularly with the midterm elections coming up in November, elections that could see Republicans lose control of the House and Senate. Also, how should Democrats be talking to American voters about the war - and what role does Congress have, now that the war has started? HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America Editor GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast This episode was made by Purvee Pattni, Sam Bonham and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including Newscast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Radical: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
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  • Visit learn more our objective is to defend the american people by eliminating imminent threats from the iranian regime a vicious group of very hard terrible people its menacing activities directly endanger the united states our troops our bases overseas That was Donald Trump announcing that he has just launched a massive military campaign against Iran,

  • without doubt the biggest gamble of his presidency.

  • There's so much to unpack about this.

  • Why has Donald Trump done it?

  • Why has he done it now?

  • What's it going to mean in the long term for America and for Iran?

  • What does it mean for his MAGA supporters, to whom he promised no more foreign wars?

  • And what does it mean to American voters who, remember, are going to the polls in November?

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