Transcript
Bianna Golodryga (0:04)
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Amanpour. Here's what's coming up.
Adam Kinzinger (0:08)
The bad news is that we have
David Pressman (0:10)
not reached an agreement.
Adam Kinzinger (0:11)
And I think that's bad news for
David Pressman (0:12)
Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.
Bianna Golodryga (0:15)
No deal. And more escalation after marathon talks failed in Islamabad. What comes next, I ask a military intelligence expert? And as Americans foot the bill for the conflict, are fractures emerging within maga and will it hurt Republicans? Republicans at the polls. Former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger weighs in. Also ahead, a political earthquake. Why Hungary turned the page on 16 years under Viktor Orban's far right government. Former US ambassador to the country explains.
Michelle Dickerson (0:51)
Plus, it is increasingly hard for young adults to be able to attain the markers of the middle class.
Bianna Golodryga (0:58)
The middle class new Is the American dream still within reach? Author Michelle Dickerson joins Walter Isaacson to discuss. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Bianna Goldriga in New York, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour. Peace is off the cards for now between the US And Iran after diplomatic talks in Pakistan. If anything, it seems to be slipping further away. President Trump is putting the blame squarely on Iran now, ordering the US Navy to impose a blockade on Iranian ports and threatening to sink any Iranian ships that come near them. Speaking to reporters at the White House, he stressed that he won't let Iran, quote, blackmail the world. And the president has appeared unbothered by whether this could stop Iran from returning to the negotiating table.
Walter Isaacson (1:59)
I don't care if they come back or not. If they don't come back, I'm fine. Their military is gone. Their missiles are largely depleted. The manufacturing capability for missiles and drones is largely defeated. We've been very nice. We haven't ripped down too many bridges. We did one only because they broke their word. They broke their promise. And remember, their promise was that they were going to open the Palmos Strait. They didn't do it. They lied.
Bianna Golodryga (2:32)
Well, this move is intended to deal a devastating blow to Iran's already fragile economy. But will it force Tehran to concede defeat? Well, with oil prices surging once again, Iran's top negotiator warns American consumers will soon be, quote, nostalgic for lower gas prices. To discuss all of this, I'm joined now by Danny Citrinovich, senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and former head of the Iran branch of the Israeli Military Intelligence. Danny, welcome to the program. It's good to have you on. I've been following all of your analysis analysis on social media for A while now. So the US Blockade has now officially gone into effect. Iran responding before this even began by saying that no port in the region will now be safe. Military experts acknowledge that given the might of the US Navy, they can technically maintain this blockade. But policing over 1,300 miles of coastline against IRGC drones and mines is a different story. So militarily, just walk us us through some of the challenges that the US will be facing as it initiates this blockade.
