{"id":326771,"date":"2026-03-17T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:00:25","slug":"maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Maybe we shouldn&#8217;t even be there&#8217;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AyzLkzeHuT8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AyzLkzeHuT8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump drew backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the strait of Hormuz were unnecessary \u2013 and that \u201cmaybe we shouldn\u2019t even be there at all\u201d because his country has plenty of oil of its own.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with European and Nato allies to enter the war against Iran to help the US secure the strait amid the largest oil supply disruption in history.<\/p>\n<p>Critics accused him of starting an unnecessary war then demanding others step in to help him end it.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, France and Japan are among the countries that have said they have no plans to send warships.<\/p>\n<p>#trump #iran #straitofhormuz #donaldtrump #iranwar #usa #israel #middleeast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump drew backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the strait of Hormuz were unnecessary \u2013 and that \u201cmaybe we shouldn\u2019t even be there at all\u201d because his country has plenty of oil of its own. Subscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[129047,134136,129382],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-326771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news","tag-donald","tag-drew","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Maybe we shouldn&#039;t even be there&#039;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch &#039;Maybe we shouldn&#039;t even be there&#039;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Maybe we shouldn&#039;t even be there&#039;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch &#039;Maybe we shouldn&#039;t even be there&#039;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-17T12:00:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AyzLkzeHuT8\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;Maybe we shouldn&#8217;t even be there&#8217;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T12:00:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":147,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2554.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Donald\",\"Drew\",\"Trump\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Guardian News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/\",\"name\":\"'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2554.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T12:00:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2554.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-2554.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Maybe we shouldn&#8217;t even be there&#8217;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-03-17T12:00:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AyzLkzeHuT8\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"&#8216;Maybe we shouldn&#8217;t even be there&#8217;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war","datePublished":"2026-03-17T12:00:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/"},"wordCount":147,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2554.jpg","keywords":["Donald","Drew","Trump"],"articleSection":["Guardian News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/","name":"'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2554.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-17T12:00:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there': Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2554.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-2554.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-trump-draws-backlash-for-comment-on-iran-war\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;Maybe we shouldn&#8217;t even be there&#8217;: Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326771"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=326771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}