{"id":2264,"date":"2026-03-26T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:51:35","slug":"al-gore-slams-trumps-astonishing-mistake-on-iran-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2264","title":{"rendered":"Al Gore Slams Trump\u2019s \u201cAstonishing Mistake\u201d on Iran \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"hero is-image \">\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-caption\">Former Vice President Al Gore looks on during the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year. In an interview this week, Gore leveled harsh criticism at the Trump administration&#8217;s handling of the escalating crisis with Iran.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Markus Schreiber\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mj-text-cta\">Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_No_Oligarchs\" data-ga-category=\"TopOfArticle\" data-ga-label=\"NewsletterPromoCovid\" data-ga-action=\"click|https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Support\">Sign up for the free <em>Mother Jones Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a blistering rebuke of President Trump\u2019s war on Iran this week in his first wide-ranging comments on the escalating crisis, calling Trump\u2019s lack of planning \u201can astonishing mistake\u201d born of arrogance and corruption.\u00a0 \u201cI never would have believed that any president would do even one-tenth of the atrocious things Donald Trump has done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive sit-down with <em>Reveal<\/em> host Al Letson for an upcoming episode of <em>More To The Story<\/em>, a visibly angered Gore linked the war to Trump\u2019s climate recalcitrance and a slew of broken promises.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"hy3Jtp3T_Ns\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exclusive: Al Gore Blasts Trump for &quot;Astonishing Mistake&quot; on Iran\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hy3Jtp3T_Ns?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>      <\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n<p>As the Pentagon prepared to send about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/03\/24\/world\/iran-war-trump-oil\">2,000 paratroopers to Iran<\/a>, Gore argued that the president had brushed aside decades of war planning for just such a scenario. The energy crisis unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz has \u201cbeen the number one question for all the war games and plans for 50 years almost,\u201d Gore told Letson. \u201cPresident Trump said, \u2018Don\u2019t worry about it. They\u2019ll surrender before that comes into play.\u2019 Well, that was an astonishing mistake of the kind that you really do not want the president of your country to make because it has put us in a terrible situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould he be just as wrong about that as he has been in attacking Iran without a plan for the Strait of Hormuz?\u201d Gore added. \u201cCould he be just as wrong about that as he was when he threatened to invade Greenland?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Gore launched another broadside against a series of back flips and failed promises from the president: \u201cHe told us prices were going to come down. He told us we would not get into any more foreign \u2018forever wars.\u2019 He told us inflation was going to subside. He told us the economy was going to really boom. None of those things have come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most corrupt administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most corrupt administration, not only in American history, but more corrupt than I could ever have imagined a president would be able to get away with to the extent that he has,\u201d Gore said. \u201cIt\u2019s shocking to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is one clip from a series we\u2019ll be posting in the coming days, ahead of our longer interview with the former Vice President soon, in which he discusses climate action, religion, and what\u2019s giving him hope. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>And in the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/reveal\/id886009669\">subscribe to <em>Reveal<\/em> on Apple Podcasts<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss the latest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/video-exclusive-al-gore-slams-trump-astonishing-mistake-iran\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Al Gore looks on during the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year. In an interview this week, Gore leveled harsh criticism at the Trump administration&#8217;s handling of the escalating crisis with Iran.Markus Schreiber\/AP Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. 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