{"id":565753,"date":"2026-04-05T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565753\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:27:10","slug":"major-tv-network-halted-for-breaking-trump-news-as-viewers-say-hes-getting-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565753\/","title":{"rendered":"Major TV network halted for breaking Trump news as viewers say &#8216;he&#8217;s getting desperate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump issued a stark warning on social media declaring time is running out for Iran, prompting Sky News to break regular programming<\/p>\n<p>04:00 ET, 05 Apr 2026Updated 04:02 ET, 05 Apr 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3_trump3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Donald Trump was savaged by Sky News viewers\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Donald Trump was savaged by Sky News viewers<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sky News coverage was abruptly interrupted as President Donald Trump issued a rambling statement on Truth Social, warning &#8220;time is running out&#8221; for Iran to strike a deal amid continuing hostilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Briefing viewers, the presenter recited <a aria-label=\"the 79-year-old leader&#039;sLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/donald-trump\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">the 79-year-old leader&#8217;s<\/a> post word-for-word, which stated, &#8220;Remember when I gave Iran 10 days to make a deal or open up <a aria-label=\"the Hormuz Strait.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/iran\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">the Hormuz Strait.<\/a> Time is running out. 48 hours before all hell will reign down on them. Glory be to God! President Donald J Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Middle East expert Tara Kangarlou shared her analysis of the message, telling Sky News audiences, &#8220;Indeed, and another moment we see unfold on social media, this war, unlike any other, is playing with rhetoric and narratives, <a aria-label=\"and this is at a time where some of Iran&#039;s major sites have been hit.&quot;Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/culture\/entertainment\/fox-news-donald-trump-iran-36967629\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">and this is at a time where some of Iran&#8217;s major sites have been hit.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36958117\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/culture\/entertainment\/karoline-leavitt-terrible-job-trump-36958117\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karoline Leavitt ignores Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8216;terrible job&#8217; dig as she faces her own scandal<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36967086\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/culture\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-today-craig-melvin-36967086\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Savannah Guthrie &#8216;shuts down&#8217; Today&#8217;s huge comeback plan after 2 month absence<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added, &#8220;This story is fast-moving.&#8221; The show&#8217;s presenter then noted how Trump &#8220;made no reference to the missing [American] pilot or the damage done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Military analyst Sean Bell commented on Trump&#8217;s most recent Truth Social post, saying, &#8220;That 10 days to my memory is up on April 6, in other words, 40 hours&#8217; time. Almost certainly, the tides of this conflict seem to be moving against America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It seems Iran, despite being absolutely beaten down by America&#8217;s military might, if you look at it through an objective lens at the moment, Iran is gaining influence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The expert continued, &#8220;They are gaining authority. I think this post&#8230; If <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/all-about\/donald-trump\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> starts to reign hell and damnation on the electrical generating, that will be alienating the people even if it is legal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Truth Social post\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Truth-Social-post.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Trump has issued a series of threats on Truth Social\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Trump has issued a series of threats on Truth Social(Image: @realDonaldTrump\/Truth)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">These comments follow Iran&#8217;s assertion of downing two American aircraft &#8211; an F-15E and an A-10 Warthog. According to Iran&#8217;s state-affiliated IRNA news agency, spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari characterized Friday as a &#8220;humiliation&#8221; for America, crediting the achievement to newly developed &#8220;domestically-produced&#8221; air defense systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He additionally announced that Iran will &#8220;surely achieve full control of our country&#8217;s skies.&#8221; Sky News viewers were swift to share their perspectives on the development, with one user writing on X, &#8220;Hang on half a minute, I thought they were begging for a deal?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An individual in formal attire, wearing a red tie, stands with arms outstretched in front of a backdrop adorned with flags.\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_APTOPIX-Trump-Iran-US-26092052784218.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Trump has issued a series of U-turns ever since the war in the Iran kicked off\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Trump has issued a series of U-turns ever since the war in the Iran kicked off(Image: AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another remarked, &#8220;He&#8217;s already issued ultimatums and hinted at serious consequences if Iran doesn&#8217;t act soon,&#8221; prompting a third to add, &#8220;They&#8217;ve said multiple times they are not making a deal and for America to bring it on. What is Trump playing at? Just withdraw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Trump&#8217;s options keep dwindling every day. Razing Iran to the ground is always an option for him but it won&#8217;t help US win the war. He should swallow pride and offer Iran something attractive for them to make a deal,&#8221; wrote someone else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Elsewhere, a fifth viewer fumed, &#8220;Is he getting desperate now? Thanks to him and his mate will we the ordinary people be suffering the effects of this war?&#8221; while a sixth pointed out, &#8220;That the third time in three weeks that Iran is running out of time to make a deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump issued a stark warning on social media declaring time is running out for Iran, prompting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,12,88,451,801,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-565753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}