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Iran's Red Sea Threat Raises Stakes for Trump

Explore episode Jul 15, 2026

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Trump's Emergency Situation Room Meeting Leaked

At 4:15 · chapter starts 3:20

Within hours of Trump's Fox News threats, the president convened an emergency Situation Room meeting Tuesday night to discuss a dramatic expansion of military operations against Iran. Rather than remaining classified, the details were swiftly leaked to Axios journalist Barak Ravid — whom Ben Meiselas dismisses as 'the Trump regime's personal stenographer.' The leak described plans for 'devastating strikes on strategic targets' wider in scope than the current Strait of Hormuz campaign. Ben Meiselas contextualizes this within Trump's Fox News interview, in which Trump specified the targets: power plants, bridges, desalination plants, and other civilian infrastructure. The contrast between the Situation Room's supposed secrecy and the speed of the leak raises the question of whether this was a genuine military briefing or an orchestrated pressure tactic aimed at Tehran.

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