June 19, 2025 • 13 mins
The episode provides a detailed account of rapidly escalating tensions between Iran, Israel, and the United States, marked by strong public statements and military posturing. Former President Donald Trump has declared a firm stance against Iran’s nuclear ambitions, repeatedly stating that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon” and emphasizing that the U.S. does not seek a long-term war, but will act decisively if necessary. Trump has reportedly approved attack plans involving U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, with Israel already initiating strikes.
The Ayatollah of Iran has gone into hiding, while Iranian proxies threaten retaliation against American interests. Trump, working closely with military leadership and allies such as Pakistan, has indicated that a military response is imminent unless Iran surrenders its nuclear program within 48 hours.
Amid rising tensions, Iranian leaders remain defiant, warning of catastrophic consequences if the U.S. joins the conflict. Meanwhile, bipartisan political voices, including Democrat Senator John Fetterman, have expressed support for direct action against Iran’s leadership.
Public opinion appears to back Trump’s position overwhelmingly, with polls showing high support across party lines for preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons—even if it involves military strikes. The report concludes by noting that support within the Republican base remains strong and unified, despite claims of internal division.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And I've been saying that for twenty years. Very simply,
Iran cannot have a new clear weapon. I can't say
that right. You don't seriously think I'm going to answer
that question that means I've had it.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Okay, I've had it.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
I give up no more. Who're not looking for a ceasefire,
We're looking for a total, complete victory.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Seventy nine percent of adults agree on that they agree
with Donald Trump Ron can not get a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Good Thursday morning. So nice to have you with us
on the forty seven Morning Update, and we have a
lot to talk about this morning, including the latest rhetoric
from the President United States of America about a real
possibility that the US may get involved in airstrikes on
Iran nuclear facilities. We'll have Donald Trump's words for you
on that in a moment. We're also going to talk
(00:46):
about Democrats who are now siding with the President as
well and what they are saying. And finally, there's a
big myth that there's a big divide within the conservative
movement over what to do with Iran. New polling numbers
also show that is a lie. In fact, the majority
of conservatives stand overwhelmingly with Donald Trump. It's the forty
(01:08):
seven Morning Update and it starts right.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Now, story number one.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
We're getting new breaking news and this is moving very
quickly with what's happening between Iran, Israel, and now the
United States of America. With a new statement that has
just come out from Donald Trump saying, quote, we don't
want a long term war with Iran. President Donald Trump
making it clear that the administration is not looking for
long term war. In a second statement, Trump addressing concerns
(01:35):
among members of the Make America Gritagan base that the
United States would be pulled into a quote long term
war while filling a question from the media, Take a
listen to his own words outside of the White House.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Some of the people in the base don't want a long
term war. They're afraid that we're going to get into
a long term We're looking for a long term We're looking
to Earth. It's only I only want one thing. Iran
cannot have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
That's it. I'm not looking long term for him. And
I've been saying that for twenty years. I've been saying
that this is a civilian who got a lot of publicity.
People would cover it very simply. Iran cannot have a
nuclear weapons. It's not a question of anything else. And
if you did, you wouldn't have much of a country
because they would use it on us, and would use
it on other people.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
And they'd be a terror all over the world. We're
not looking for long term more. I only want one thing.
Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That is it. Very simply,
he said in another interview, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
It's not a question of anything else. And if you did,
you wouldn't have much of a country because they would
use it on us and use it on other people,
(02:38):
and they'd be a tear all over the world. Trump
notally tweeted back in twenty eleven, before he even enter
the political world, that quote, I Ran cannot have a
nuclear weapon and has been firm in it stands throughout
his political career and his presidential campaign in twenty twenty four.
If you go back to the doctrine of Donald Trump,
look at November fourth, two thousand eleven, his exact tweet.
(03:01):
Iran's quest for nuclear weapons is a major threat to
our nation's national security interests. We cannot allow Ran to
go nuclear. That was before he was running for any office.
In fact, that's actually when he was a Democrat. Trump
notably gave Iran a sixty day deadline that expired on Thursday,
June twelfth to make a deal to end its nuclear program,
(03:22):
and then on Friday, Israel began striking Iranian nuclear sites,
military leaders, and refineries. Trump declared Tuesday, quote, we have
complete and total control of the skies of Iran and
revealed his team new the exact location of the leader
of Iran. When asked Wednesday if the US was moving
closer to striking Iranian nuclear sites, here is what Trump
(03:45):
said about that, about.
Speaker 6 (03:46):
Whether you are moving closer? You believe the US is
moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities?
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Where's your mindset on that?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I can't say that, right. You don't seriously think I'm
going to answer that. Quay, will you strike the Iranian
nuclear component? And what time exactly?
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Sir sir?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Would you strike it? Would you please inform us so
we can be there and watch. I mean, you don't
know that I'm going to even do it. You don't know.
I may do it, I may not do it. I mean,
nobody knows what I'm going to do. I can tell
you this that Aram's got a lot of trouble and
they want to negotiate. And I said, what didn't you
negotiate with me before all this death and destruction? Why
int you nego? I said the people, why didn't you
(04:22):
negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done fine.
You would have had a country. It's very sad to
watch this. I mean, I've never said anything like it,
so you neveryone thought it was going to be the reverse.
I didn't think so. And they're telling him you got
to you got to do something, You got to negotiate.
And at the end, last minute, they said, no, we're
not going to do that, and they got hit. Remember
(04:42):
sixty days, And then came the sixty sixty one is
going to become a very famous number. That was one
hell of a hit, that first hit. That was one
hell of a hit. Not sustainable, to be honest. That's
where it ended. It ended on the first night. Yes,
too late, though.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Do you think it's too late to now?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Really, nothing's too late.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
President Trump making it clear this is something that is
on the table which brings us to the latest breaking
news and what is being reported just a moment ago
on Fox News Channel that Donald Trump has in fact
approved attack plans against Iran.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Fox Who's alert the Iatola has gone into hiding. He's
believed to be holed up inside an underground bunker northeast
of the Capitol. This is a different kind of Iranian
hostage crisis. Komane can hide, but he can't run. For
the past twenty four hours, Israel's been attacking the area
around his underground layer, but Kamane still talking tough. Says
Iran will not surrender to anyone, and is warning that
(05:36):
if America joins the fight and strikes, it'll result in
irreparable damage to the United States. Is he bluffing, We
don't know. Iranian proxies, which have been severely degraded, are
threatening to commit acts of terror against American troops and
American ships in the region, and American businesses are now
bracing for cyber attacks. Trump says, good luck with that.
We won't be bullied.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I was the hunted and now I'm the hunter. It's
a big difference.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
That means I've had it.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Okay, I've had it.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
I give up no more, then we go blow up
all and you know, all the nuclear stuff that's all
over the place. Then now they had bad intentions, you
know the for forty years they've been saying death to American,
death to Israel, and death to anybody else that they
didn't like. They were bullies. They were schoolyard bullies. And
(06:25):
now they're not bullies anymore.
Speaker 7 (06:27):
Trump's been meeting in the situation room with his National
Security team Head of Central Command, Army General Eric Carilla,
they call them the Gorilla has been instrumental in the
war planning the Pentagons, sending in their new state of
the art supercarrier, the USS Gerald Ford, and amassing a
tremendous amount of assets in the area. Today, Trump had
lunch with Pakistan's army chief. Pakistan borders Iran. Seems like
(06:50):
something's about to happen. And this is just breaking. The
Wall Street journal is reporting Trump privately approved attack plans
against Iran. Now we don't know what these plans entail,
but we're told they include US air strikes. Unsure if
that includes bunker Busters. Remember, the latest version of the
bunker Buster has never been used on the battlefield. It's
only been tested Axios reports that Trump has been quizzing
(07:12):
as generals. Are they sure if he uses them they'll
be one hundred percent effective? The generals say yes, but
Trump's not completely convinced. Caroline Levitt says all options remain
on the table. Trump's been waiting on giving the final order,
seeing if the Iranians give up and surrender their new
program peacefully. Sources in DC say Trump's out of patience
and Iran's up against the clock.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
I believe that unlesser On surrenders in the next forty
eight hours, the United States, in conjunction with Israel, will
engage in military action.
Speaker 7 (07:40):
Trump says the Iranians want to fly all the way
to the White House to negotiate an end to this,
but he says it's too late. He doesn't appear to
be open to long drawn out negotiations where he gets
strung along like last time.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
We're not looking for a ceasefire. We're looking for a total,
complete victory.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Again.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know what the victory is no nuclear weapon.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
Trump's made a decision. Iran's nuclear program is gone. The
person who ultimately decides that is the Isatola. He can
either let us do it peacefully or we'll do it violently.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
But either way, the.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
Outcome of this war is this, the Iranians will never
be able to acquire a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Now, the second part of this story is this, will
the supreme leader of Iran come to the negotiating table
and actually stop the nuclear program. They may be wanting
to send people to the White House, but here's what
the actual Iatoa says. He has a stark warning directed
both at the US and Israel. In fact, he declared
today the battle begins, stating there would be quote no
(08:40):
mercy for the terrorist Zionis regime of Israel. He also
criticized the US President trump calls for Iran's unconincial surrender,
asserting that Iran will never quote unquote surrender and that
any US military action would cause irreparable damage. Iran's you
An ambassador echoed that any direct US involvement alongside Israel
(09:02):
would trigger their own firm response. Iradian Foreign Ministry spokesman
went further, warning the US intervention could spark an all
out war across the entire region. Now, let me say
one other thing that's very interesting about all this is
what's happening within the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are staying
(09:22):
silent on this, but some are willing to stand up
and stand on the issue, actually backing Donald Trump and
saying we need to go even further. Insert Democratic Senator
John Fetterman. Here's what he had to say on Fox
News Channel with Bill Hemmer.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
Say, show no mercy and if you have to take
the supreme leader out, do it?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Explain your position now.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
Sir, Yeah, yeah, I think they should have targeted him,
absolutely gone taking them out. I think the way Israel operates,
they just take out the leadership, just like they did
with Hesbola, and they've already done that with the Iranian leadership,
just took them out even laying in their beds, and
they didn't take down the whole building. They actually targeted
where they lay in bed. And now they eliminated the
(10:05):
military ones and the nuclear ones. That's magnificent and the
precision which they've done that. And I don't know why
they would have left the leader out.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
What comes after that if that reality were to take place?
Speaker 6 (10:17):
Senator Well, I think the reality is is that that
you have a nation that just is in a position
where they have to be held accountable for what they've done.
They are the ones that built and created the proxies
like Hamas and Hezbollah and put our whole region in
this kind of chaos, And now they clearly have nuclear ambitions,
and now I think it's entirely I'm not sure if
(10:38):
I might have been the only one constantly calling them
to just take this facility out and to use the
B two and those gigantic bunker buster ones and partner
up with Israel what they've.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Done, Fetterman saying, I call on Israel to eliminate the
Supreme leader without mercy. So that brings us to the
latest point where we are now. Is there a very
good chance that Donald Trump could in fact order that
we attack Iran's nuclear sites with those bunker busting bombs.
The answer is yes. Would there be bipartisan support, clearly?
(11:11):
John Fetterman says he will join others in the Republican
Party advocating for this, Which brings me to my final point,
what are the American people think about the president stands? Well?
Apparently in new polling, America stands overwhelmingly with Donald Trump
and Israel by staggeringly large numbers. Nearly seventy percent of
(11:32):
Americans say US air strikes to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions
are appropriate, and the best part about it is who
had to report it, CNN. Listen carefully, and.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Overall, I feel like there's more support for Donald Trump's
positions than is comically acknowledged opposer Ran getting a nuclear weapon.
I mean, look at this, Seventy nine percent of adults
agree on that they agree with Donald Trump. Ron cannot
get a nuclear weapon, eighty three percent of Republicans, seventy
nine percent of Independence, seventy nine percent of Democrats. When
you got seventy nine percent of Doday, Democrats and eighty
three percent of Republicans agreeing on anything, you know that
(12:03):
that position is the very clear majority in this country.
And so the American public is with Donald Trump. They
definitely opposed in Ron getting nuclear weapons. So this is
a nuance here. But you know Trump and Ntiniajoe both
arguing that iron is close to being capable of making
a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
If that is the case, what is the feeling of Americans.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
As to whether the United States should get.
Speaker 7 (12:23):
Involved in this conflict?
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Right?
Speaker 2 (12:24):
If you buy Donald Trump's theory of the case. And
I think that's important to note. This is polling from
April for Ranch trying to make a nuclear weapon. Look
at this overall, you get the slight plurality, I mean
it's within the margin amber, but the slight plurality of
Americans actually favor US air strikes compared to forty seven
percent opposing it. Now here's the other Nuggetill note right,
there's been a lot of talk online and on social
(12:45):
media and in podcasts of a divide within the Republican ranks,
but here on this question if Ranch trying to make
a nuclear weapon, look at that sixty nine percent of Republicans.
The clear vast majority of Republicans favor US air strikes
on run on their nuclear facilities.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
No doubt President Trump as a support of the American
people in overwhelming and staggering numbers. And for anyone out
there that's trying to tell you there's some massive divide
within MAGA country, they're just wrong. Basically, seventy percent of
the GOP favor US air strikes. This is a major
number on such a quote controversial issue. So there may
(13:21):
actually be just propaganda's out there, just like Tucker Carlson,
who are trying to act like there's some big divide
when clearly the Republican Party is standing with Donald Trump.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
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and we will see you back here tomorrow
And I've been saying that for twenty years. Very simply,
Iran cannot have a new clear weapon. I can't say
that right. You don't seriously think I'm going to answer
that question that means I've had it.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Okay, I've had it.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
I give up no more. Who're not looking for a ceasefire,
We're looking for a total, complete victory.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Seventy nine percent of adults agree on that they agree
with Donald Trump Ron can not get a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Good Thursday morning. So nice to have you with us
on the forty seven Morning Update, and we have a
lot to talk about this morning, including the latest rhetoric
from the President United States of America about a real
possibility that the US may get involved in airstrikes on
Iran nuclear facilities. We'll have Donald Trump's words for you
on that in a moment. We're also going to talk
(00:46):
about Democrats who are now siding with the President as
well and what they are saying. And finally, there's a
big myth that there's a big divide within the conservative
movement over what to do with Iran. New polling numbers
also show that is a lie. In fact, the majority
of conservatives stand overwhelmingly with Donald Trump. It's the forty
(01:08):
seven Morning Update and it starts right.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Now, story number one.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
We're getting new breaking news and this is moving very
quickly with what's happening between Iran, Israel, and now the
United States of America. With a new statement that has
just come out from Donald Trump saying, quote, we don't
want a long term war with Iran. President Donald Trump
making it clear that the administration is not looking for
long term war. In a second statement, Trump addressing concerns
(01:35):
among members of the Make America Gritagan base that the
United States would be pulled into a quote long term
war while filling a question from the media, Take a
listen to his own words outside of the White House.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Some of the people in the base don't want a long
term war. They're afraid that we're going to get into
a long term We're looking for a long term We're looking
to Earth. It's only I only want one thing. Iran
cannot have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
That's it. I'm not looking long term for him. And
I've been saying that for twenty years. I've been saying
that this is a civilian who got a lot of publicity.
People would cover it very simply. Iran cannot have a
nuclear weapons. It's not a question of anything else. And
if you did, you wouldn't have much of a country
because they would use it on us, and would use
it on other people.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
And they'd be a terror all over the world. We're
not looking for long term more. I only want one thing.
Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That is it. Very simply,
he said in another interview, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
It's not a question of anything else. And if you did,
you wouldn't have much of a country because they would
use it on us and use it on other people,
(02:38):
and they'd be a tear all over the world. Trump
notally tweeted back in twenty eleven, before he even enter
the political world, that quote, I Ran cannot have a
nuclear weapon and has been firm in it stands throughout
his political career and his presidential campaign in twenty twenty four.
If you go back to the doctrine of Donald Trump,
look at November fourth, two thousand eleven, his exact tweet.
(03:01):
Iran's quest for nuclear weapons is a major threat to
our nation's national security interests. We cannot allow Ran to
go nuclear. That was before he was running for any office.
In fact, that's actually when he was a Democrat. Trump
notably gave Iran a sixty day deadline that expired on Thursday,
June twelfth to make a deal to end its nuclear program,
(03:22):
and then on Friday, Israel began striking Iranian nuclear sites,
military leaders, and refineries. Trump declared Tuesday, quote, we have
complete and total control of the skies of Iran and
revealed his team new the exact location of the leader
of Iran. When asked Wednesday if the US was moving
closer to striking Iranian nuclear sites, here is what Trump
(03:45):
said about that, about.
Speaker 6 (03:46):
Whether you are moving closer? You believe the US is
moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities?
Speaker 5 (03:52):
Where's your mindset on that?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I can't say that, right. You don't seriously think I'm
going to answer that. Quay, will you strike the Iranian
nuclear component? And what time exactly?
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Sir sir?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Would you strike it? Would you please inform us so
we can be there and watch. I mean, you don't
know that I'm going to even do it. You don't know.
I may do it, I may not do it. I mean,
nobody knows what I'm going to do. I can tell
you this that Aram's got a lot of trouble and
they want to negotiate. And I said, what didn't you
negotiate with me before all this death and destruction? Why
int you nego? I said the people, why didn't you
(04:22):
negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done fine.
You would have had a country. It's very sad to
watch this. I mean, I've never said anything like it,
so you neveryone thought it was going to be the reverse.
I didn't think so. And they're telling him you got
to you got to do something, You got to negotiate.
And at the end, last minute, they said, no, we're
not going to do that, and they got hit. Remember
(04:42):
sixty days, And then came the sixty sixty one is
going to become a very famous number. That was one
hell of a hit, that first hit. That was one
hell of a hit. Not sustainable, to be honest. That's
where it ended. It ended on the first night. Yes,
too late, though.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Do you think it's too late to now?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Really, nothing's too late.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
President Trump making it clear this is something that is
on the table which brings us to the latest breaking
news and what is being reported just a moment ago
on Fox News Channel that Donald Trump has in fact
approved attack plans against Iran.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Fox Who's alert the Iatola has gone into hiding. He's
believed to be holed up inside an underground bunker northeast
of the Capitol. This is a different kind of Iranian
hostage crisis. Komane can hide, but he can't run. For
the past twenty four hours, Israel's been attacking the area
around his underground layer, but Kamane still talking tough. Says
Iran will not surrender to anyone, and is warning that
(05:36):
if America joins the fight and strikes, it'll result in
irreparable damage to the United States. Is he bluffing, We
don't know. Iranian proxies, which have been severely degraded, are
threatening to commit acts of terror against American troops and
American ships in the region, and American businesses are now
bracing for cyber attacks. Trump says, good luck with that.
We won't be bullied.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I was the hunted and now I'm the hunter. It's
a big difference.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
That means I've had it.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Okay, I've had it.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
I give up no more, then we go blow up
all and you know, all the nuclear stuff that's all
over the place. Then now they had bad intentions, you
know the for forty years they've been saying death to American,
death to Israel, and death to anybody else that they
didn't like. They were bullies. They were schoolyard bullies. And
(06:25):
now they're not bullies anymore.
Speaker 7 (06:27):
Trump's been meeting in the situation room with his National
Security team Head of Central Command, Army General Eric Carilla,
they call them the Gorilla has been instrumental in the
war planning the Pentagons, sending in their new state of
the art supercarrier, the USS Gerald Ford, and amassing a
tremendous amount of assets in the area. Today, Trump had
lunch with Pakistan's army chief. Pakistan borders Iran. Seems like
(06:50):
something's about to happen. And this is just breaking. The
Wall Street journal is reporting Trump privately approved attack plans
against Iran. Now we don't know what these plans entail,
but we're told they include US air strikes. Unsure if
that includes bunker Busters. Remember, the latest version of the
bunker Buster has never been used on the battlefield. It's
only been tested Axios reports that Trump has been quizzing
(07:12):
as generals. Are they sure if he uses them they'll
be one hundred percent effective? The generals say yes, but
Trump's not completely convinced. Caroline Levitt says all options remain
on the table. Trump's been waiting on giving the final order,
seeing if the Iranians give up and surrender their new
program peacefully. Sources in DC say Trump's out of patience
and Iran's up against the clock.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
I believe that unlesser On surrenders in the next forty
eight hours, the United States, in conjunction with Israel, will
engage in military action.
Speaker 7 (07:40):
Trump says the Iranians want to fly all the way
to the White House to negotiate an end to this,
but he says it's too late. He doesn't appear to
be open to long drawn out negotiations where he gets
strung along like last time.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
We're not looking for a ceasefire. We're looking for a total,
complete victory.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Again.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know what the victory is no nuclear weapon.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
Trump's made a decision. Iran's nuclear program is gone. The
person who ultimately decides that is the Isatola. He can
either let us do it peacefully or we'll do it violently.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
But either way, the.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
Outcome of this war is this, the Iranians will never
be able to acquire a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Now, the second part of this story is this, will
the supreme leader of Iran come to the negotiating table
and actually stop the nuclear program. They may be wanting
to send people to the White House, but here's what
the actual Iatoa says. He has a stark warning directed
both at the US and Israel. In fact, he declared
today the battle begins, stating there would be quote no
(08:40):
mercy for the terrorist Zionis regime of Israel. He also
criticized the US President trump calls for Iran's unconincial surrender,
asserting that Iran will never quote unquote surrender and that
any US military action would cause irreparable damage. Iran's you
An ambassador echoed that any direct US involvement alongside Israel
(09:02):
would trigger their own firm response. Iradian Foreign Ministry spokesman
went further, warning the US intervention could spark an all
out war across the entire region. Now, let me say
one other thing that's very interesting about all this is
what's happening within the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are staying
(09:22):
silent on this, but some are willing to stand up
and stand on the issue, actually backing Donald Trump and
saying we need to go even further. Insert Democratic Senator
John Fetterman. Here's what he had to say on Fox
News Channel with Bill Hemmer.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
Say, show no mercy and if you have to take
the supreme leader out, do it?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Explain your position now.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
Sir, Yeah, yeah, I think they should have targeted him,
absolutely gone taking them out. I think the way Israel operates,
they just take out the leadership, just like they did
with Hesbola, and they've already done that with the Iranian leadership,
just took them out even laying in their beds, and
they didn't take down the whole building. They actually targeted
where they lay in bed. And now they eliminated the
(10:05):
military ones and the nuclear ones. That's magnificent and the
precision which they've done that. And I don't know why
they would have left the leader out.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
What comes after that if that reality were to take place?
Speaker 6 (10:17):
Senator Well, I think the reality is is that that
you have a nation that just is in a position
where they have to be held accountable for what they've done.
They are the ones that built and created the proxies
like Hamas and Hezbollah and put our whole region in
this kind of chaos, And now they clearly have nuclear ambitions,
and now I think it's entirely I'm not sure if
(10:38):
I might have been the only one constantly calling them
to just take this facility out and to use the
B two and those gigantic bunker buster ones and partner
up with Israel what they've.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Done, Fetterman saying, I call on Israel to eliminate the
Supreme leader without mercy. So that brings us to the
latest point where we are now. Is there a very
good chance that Donald Trump could in fact order that
we attack Iran's nuclear sites with those bunker busting bombs.
The answer is yes. Would there be bipartisan support, clearly?
(11:11):
John Fetterman says he will join others in the Republican
Party advocating for this, Which brings me to my final point,
what are the American people think about the president stands? Well?
Apparently in new polling, America stands overwhelmingly with Donald Trump
and Israel by staggeringly large numbers. Nearly seventy percent of
(11:32):
Americans say US air strikes to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions
are appropriate, and the best part about it is who
had to report it, CNN. Listen carefully, and.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Overall, I feel like there's more support for Donald Trump's
positions than is comically acknowledged opposer Ran getting a nuclear weapon.
I mean, look at this, Seventy nine percent of adults
agree on that they agree with Donald Trump. Ron cannot
get a nuclear weapon, eighty three percent of Republicans, seventy
nine percent of Independence, seventy nine percent of Democrats. When
you got seventy nine percent of Doday, Democrats and eighty
three percent of Republicans agreeing on anything, you know that
(12:03):
that position is the very clear majority in this country.
And so the American public is with Donald Trump. They
definitely opposed in Ron getting nuclear weapons. So this is
a nuance here. But you know Trump and Ntiniajoe both
arguing that iron is close to being capable of making
a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
If that is the case, what is the feeling of Americans.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
As to whether the United States should get.
Speaker 7 (12:23):
Involved in this conflict?
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Right?
Speaker 2 (12:24):
If you buy Donald Trump's theory of the case. And
I think that's important to note. This is polling from
April for Ranch trying to make a nuclear weapon. Look
at this overall, you get the slight plurality, I mean
it's within the margin amber, but the slight plurality of
Americans actually favor US air strikes compared to forty seven
percent opposing it. Now here's the other Nuggetill note right,
there's been a lot of talk online and on social
(12:45):
media and in podcasts of a divide within the Republican ranks,
but here on this question if Ranch trying to make
a nuclear weapon, look at that sixty nine percent of Republicans.
The clear vast majority of Republicans favor US air strikes
on run on their nuclear facilities.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
No doubt President Trump as a support of the American
people in overwhelming and staggering numbers. And for anyone out
there that's trying to tell you there's some massive divide
within MAGA country, they're just wrong. Basically, seventy percent of
the GOP favor US air strikes. This is a major
number on such a quote controversial issue. So there may
(13:21):
actually be just propaganda's out there, just like Tucker Carlson,
who are trying to act like there's some big divide
when clearly the Republican Party is standing with Donald Trump.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
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