{"id":373896,"date":"2026-08-28T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:00:06","slug":"iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DVpTg7GJ4FU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DVpTg7GJ4FU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been six months since the US launched its war with Iran. Donald Trump said it would be \u2018over quickly\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, it has dragged on, with the military might of the US held at bay by a force a fraction of its size. The Strait of Hormuz remains at a near stand still, making oil prices volatile and, in turn, impacting the global economy.<\/p>\n<p>Rising prices back home, embarrassing reports of dismal conditions for forces aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, and a failure to end the conflict quickly has helped the Iran war become the most unpopular in modern American history\u2026 and it has only taken six months.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of FourSight, we examine what&#8217;s actually happened to Trump\u2019s stated war aims: to reduce Iran&#8217;s missile capabilities, end its nuclear programme, and force regime change. We ask what this war has cost America in military strength, regional alliances, and Trump&#8217;s own approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Is there any way the President or his so-called Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, can claim some kind of victory or will this foreign policy failure define Trump\u2019s second-term in office?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; 01:35 &#8211; Iran is the most unpopular US war<br \/>\n01:36 &#8211; 02:45 &#8211; What were Trump&#8217;s war goals?<br \/>\n02:46 &#8211; 04:56 &#8211; Iran&#8217;s missile capabilities<br \/>\n04:57 &#8211; 06:46 &#8211; The nuclear threat<br \/>\n06:47 &#8211; 08:17 &#8211; The Strait of Hormuz<br \/>\n08:18 &#8211; 10:06 &#8211; Regime change and economic warfare<br \/>\n10:07 &#8211; 14:27 &#8211; How this war has damaged US credibility<br \/>\n14:28 &#8211; 16:40 &#8211; Could the US leave the Middle East?<br \/>\n16:41 &#8211; 23:10 &#8211; Interview with Bill Kristol<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Our thanks to Rosemary Kelanic, Michael O\u2019Hanlon, Arash Azizi and Bill Kristol for giving us their time and expertise for this episode.<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Kiran Moodley<br \/>\nProducer: Harriet Tatham<br \/>\nEditors: Matthew Lucas and Donna-Marie Walton<br \/>\nMotion: Mike Smith<br \/>\nSeries Editor: Kieron Bryan<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been six months since the US launched its war with Iran. Donald Trump said it would be \u2018over quickly\u2019. Instead, it has dragged on, with the military might of the US held at bay by a force a fraction of its size. The Strait of Hormuz remains at a near stand still, making oil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":373897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-373896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US 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\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US 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\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-28T15:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DVpTg7GJ4FU\/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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-28T15:00:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/hqdefault-3774.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Channel 4 News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/hqdefault-3774.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-28T15:00:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US 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\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/hqdefault-3774.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/hqdefault-3774.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US\"}]},{\"@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\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?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":"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US 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\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US 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\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-08-28T15:00:06+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DVpTg7GJ4FU\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US","datePublished":"2026-08-28T15:00:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/"},"wordCount":369,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-3774.jpg","articleSection":["Channel 4 News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/","name":"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-3774.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-28T15:00:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US 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\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-3774.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-3774.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-war-what-trumps-failure-has-really-cost-the-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran war: what Trump\u2019s failure has REALLY cost the US"}]},{"@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\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?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\/373896","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=373896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373896"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=373896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}