Ryan Bridge: This war in Iran has been a total balls-up from Trump

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Apr 7, 2026 · 1m · transcript

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: this war in Iran has been a total balls-up from Trump.

He's cried wolf three times on his ultimatums. He's said one thing and then in the next breath said exactly the opposite.

Now he's talking about ending an entire civilisation.

White House officials have described him as being in a 'defiant' mood. Wars aren't generally won on moods, they're won on strategy and execution.

The gameplan for Iran has been sorely lacking.

Even Nigel Farage says Trump's gone too far with his rhetoric. Tucker Carlson is calling on the military to disobey Trump's orders…