Nearly three weeks into the war in Iran, the United States and Israel have largely decimated the regime’s missile capacity, taken out key leaders and disrupted its central command. Yet, the regime in Iran has become more hardened and is wreaking more havoc than ever. Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the state of the war and President Trump’s options for getting out of the conflict. Guest: Eric Schmitt (https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-schmitt) , a national security correspondent for The New York Times based in Washington. Background reading:  • Entering the war’s third week, Mr. Trump is facing stark choices (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/trump-stark-choices-iran-war.html) . • Video: Where Iran is hitting back (https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010767681/where-iran-is-hitting-back.html) . Photo: Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.