PBS anchor Christiane Amanpour kicked off her Thursday show by suggesting remarks President Trump made in his Wednesday address on Iran have made ordinary Iranians angry at him. However, Amanpour provided no evidence for that, and it is likely she was just parroting various regime hacks she saw on X, which is otherwise banned for ordinary Iranians.
Amanpour began by playing a clip of Trump, “American and Israeli bombs will continue pounding Iran. Here’s President Trump as he sought to reassure Americans that he does, in fact, have a plan.”
In the clip, Trump declared, “We are going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast. We are getting close… Everybody is talking about it, and tonight I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion…We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong.”
PBS anchor Christiane Amanpour seems to take regime hacks on X as the voice of normal Iranians “So, there’s no definition of finish the job and those Stone Age comments are blowing up in Trump’s face. Iranians are about the verbal assault on their 2,500-year-old civilization.” pic.twitter.com/PuxedbGXps
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Amanpour was not a fan, “So, there’s no definition of ‘finish the job,’ and those Stone Age comments are blowing up in Trump’s face. Iranians are about the verbal assault on their 2,500-year-old civilization. The diaspora, shifting its support for the war, not to mention Trump’s first national address shared absolutely no light on how this war ends. Oil traders are clearly hoping for a plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz; they didn’t get one.”
Unless Amanpour managed to somehow fly to Iran and back while also finding time to interview everyday Iranians in the span of one day while making time to host a TV show, there is no evidence that Trump has caused regime critics to rally to their clerical overlords. The Iranian embassy in South Africa, IRGC General Seyed Majid Moosavi, and former Foreign Minister/media darling Javad Zarif, however, all tweeted something similar to what Amanpour said.
The regime’s embrace of Iran’s wider, pre-revolution civilizational history is also opportunistic because the Islamic Republic usually goes out of its way to distance itself from that history by trying to erase it. As a member of the diaspora herself, Amanpour should know this. However, the 47-year old regime can count on members of the American media—even members of the diaspora—to help parrot its talking points if it means they can dunk on Trump.
Here is a transcript for the April 2 show:
PBS Amanpour and Company
4/2/2026
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Welcome to the program. I’m Christiane Amanpour in New York. American and Israeli bombs will continue pounding Iran. Here’s President Trump as he sought to reassure Americans that he does, in fact, have a plan.
DONALD TRUMP: We are going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast. We are getting close. [Jump Cut] Everybody is talking about it, and tonight I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion. [Jump Cut] We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong.
AMANPOUR: So, there’s no definition of “finish the job,” and those Stone Age comments are blowing up in Trump’s face. Iranians are about the verbal assault on their 2,500-year-old civilization. The diaspora, shifting its support for the war, not to mention Trump’s first national address shared absolutely no light on how this war ends. Oil traders are clearly hoping for a plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, they didn’t get one.
