News Summary

• In an interview with Reveal, former Vice President Al Gore slammed the Trump administration's handling of the escalating crisis with Iran.
• Gore said the president had brushed aside decades of war planning for just such a scenario.
• “This is the most corrupt administration, not only in American history, but more corrupt than I could ever have imagined a president would be able to get away with to the extent that he has,” Gore told Reveal host Al Letson.
• The interview is part of a series we’ll be posting in the coming days, ahead of our longer interview with Gore, in which he discusses climate action, religion, and what’s giving him hope.