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The Take: How Trump’s promise to ‘wipe out’ Iran could backfire on US power
The world counts down to Trump’s threats of destruction.
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Published On 8 Apr 2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight” was the latest in United States President Donald Trump’s escalating threats to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. What potential does this brinkmanship have to reshape global power?
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolome and Chloe K Li with Spencer Cline, Catherine Nouhan, Tuleen Barakat, David Enders and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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