ABC News fired correspondent Terry Moran last year, calling his social media post describing President Trump as a “world-class hater” a “clear violation of ABC News policies.” One year later, looks like Moran's still rooting against Trump—and America. Appearing on The Weekend on MS NOW, Moran did his best Lord Haw-Haw impression, painting the bleakest possible picture of the war with Iran. Moran warned that the war “isn’t anywhere near over,” because Iran still retains the ability to strike back. “They can still pop off drones and missiles,” Moran said ominously. “They’ve got speedboats.” Speedboats: scaree! All the U.S. has are two aircraft carriers in the region, a third reportedly poised to enter, along with multiple other warships. Moran concluded by claiming Trump is in dire straits. “Trump is in a terrible spot and he's trying to talk his way out of it,” Moran said. “He's like a man feeling an earthquake underneath him and yelling at it to stop.” Ex-ABC’s Terry Moran: Trump in ‘Terrible Spot’ vs. Iran — They’ve Got…Speedboats! pic.twitter.com/vVHnrXT8k5 — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) March 14, 2026 What kind of spot is Iran in, Terry? Its nuclear facilities, military installations, air defenses, and navy have largely been destroyed. And its new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, can’t even show his reportedly “wounded and likely disfigured” face, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. Note: Co-host Jonathan Capehart, keeping it classy, introduced Moran by dismissing Trump’s recent comments as “a garbage pail’s worth of rhetoric.” How very MS NOW. Moran shot back: "Trump's magic power in domestic politics is to say something and force tens of millions of people to believe it, right?" Moran’s doom-and-gloom patter reflects a broader pattern in liberal media coverage of the war—an eagerness to portray the conflict as a looming disaster for America—rather than a devastating setback for Iran. Here's the transcript. MS NOW The Weekend 3/14/26 7:04 am EDT JONATHAN CAPEHART: Joining us now, Terry Moran, former senior national correspondent for ABC News, and Toluse Olorunnipa, staff writer at The Atlantic. Terry, Toluse, thank you both very much for being here. So Terry, let me start with you and just that montage of sound from the president this giving basically, I don't know, a garbage pail's worth of rhetoric, about what's happening with this war that he started three weeks ago this morning. TERRY MORAN: Well, Trump's magic power in domestic politics is to say something and force tens of millions of people to believe it, right? The 2021 election was stolen, he's the greatest everything in the history of this universe and every other possible universe. And a lot of people buy it. It's made him president twice. He can't do that in war because the enemy gets a say and what is being what is [audio drops] We're sending Marines from Japan. We're sending terminal high altitude defense systems from Korea. We're stripping assets, military assets from other parts of the world to get into this fight. This isn't anywhere near over, because Iran isn't defeated. They can still pop off drones and missiles. They've got speedboats. The question is, this attack on Kharg Island, which is an existential threat to the economy of Iran for a generation, take forever to rebuild it, is an invitation to Iran to answer with an existential threat to all the Gulf states. Their desalination plants are undefended. Their oil facilities are undefended. Iran can still fire drones and missiles. Trump is in a terrible spot and he's trying to talk his way out of it. He's like a man feeling an earthquake underneath him and yelling at it to stop.