Trump Issues Profane Threats, Trump's War Politics, Artemis II Lunar Flyby

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Missiles struck across the Middle East overnight as President Trump's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz nears.<br>Trump posted a profane threat to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz.<br>And the Artemis II crew makes its closest approach to the moon today, sending humans farther into space than at any point in the last 50 years.<br/><br/><em>Please help us out by completing a short survey telling us what you like and how we could improve our podcast.<br>You can find it right now at </em><a href="http://www.npr.org/springsurvey"target="_blank" >www.npr.org/springsurvey</a><br><em><br>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.<br></em><br>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Gerry Holmes, Dana Farrington, Russell Lewis, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Taylor Haney.<br/><br/>It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ava Pukatch.<br/><br/>Our director is Kaity Kline.<br/><br/>We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(02:12) Trump Issues Profane Threats <br>(05:26) Trump's War Politics<br>(09:32) Artemis II Lunar Flyby<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>