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PREVIEW: Declaring victory when you’re losing is a bad idea

Morning newscast for March 16, 2026

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We have new economic numbers, and the growth of the American economy has collapsed to 0.7%. This is a massive slowdown, and importantly, this is before the economic damage from the Iran war even started to show up.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is now claiming the United States has completely decimated Iran and won the war, but the missiles are flying. The Strait of Hormuz is in complete and total chaos and oil prices are at $100 a barrel.

When reporters try to ask basic questions about the war, Trump melts down. Karoline Leavitt melts down. The insults fly reporters are called obnoxious, and Trump actually admits the most important point of all of it, which is maybe the United States shouldn’t even be there at all. We will talk about it.

We will also look at a bizarre moment when Donald Trump’s treasury secretary is yanked out of an interview, rushed to the Situation Room, and when he comes back, he’s shaken up, he’s mumbling and stumbling and stuttering, and looks to be on the verge of tears.

And then just wait until you see the surreal interview between the President of the United States and Jake Paul.

What a show.


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