July 8, 2026 • 15 mins
1: Graham Platner and Democratic Party
Democratic candidate is facing accusations from multiple women. Democrats are abandoning Platner not because of moral concerns but because polling suggests he is no longer a viable candidate. This is Democratic hypocrisy at it's finest regarding allegations against political figures.
- Criticism of Democrats for selectively believing accusers.
- Discussion of media coverage, including references to MSNBC.
- Praise for Senator John Fetterman for criticizing alleged double standards.
- Claims that political considerations, rather than ethics, drive Democratic decisions.
- Introduction of another Democratic candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, whose past comments on police funding are used as an example of alleged political inconsistency.
2: Trump, Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz
- Trump warns that the U.S. could quickly destroy critical Iranian infrastructure if diplomacy fails.
- Iranian forces are accused of threatening or attacking commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The U.S. allegedly responds with military strikes against Iranian military targets.
- Sanctions on Iranian oil exports are reinstated.
- The administration presents these actions as "peace through strength."
- Concerns are raised about global oil prices and economic consequences resulting from instability in the region.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I am here because Washington needs fighters, and Graham Platner
is the fighter we need. You. Bet, I said to myself,
that's my kind of man. That's my that's my that's
my kind of man. That's my that's my that's my
(00:23):
kind of man.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Because that is a man.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Who not only has the values, but a man believes
and accountability.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Good Wednesday morning.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It's so nice to have you with us on the
forty seven Morning Update, and we've got two.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Very big stories for you.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
First up, Grand Platner, Democrats turning on him, trying to
get him out of the race. But if you think
they've found their moral compass, we've got to tell you
about another candidate they're backing with everything they've got, plus
the president nights and it's America. He says he's had
enough of Iran's threats monstead of Oremus and now has
said sanctions are coming back on their oil and even
(01:08):
strikes against Iran. Now, before we get to both those stories,
I want to talk to you right now about how
the stakes could not be any higher. We finally have
a president and administration fighting hard for America first. But
if conservatives like you and I lose focus now, the
same people who created this mess are ready and waiting
to resume their destruction their progressive agenda. And protecting this
(01:31):
momentum takes more than votes. It takes every American like
you staying in the fight for our rights and freedoms.
And that's why more and more people I know are
switching to Patriot Mobile. It is America's only Christian conservative
wireless provider now, Patriot Mobile, which I use every day,
and they're amazing. They offer premium priority nationwide service on
(01:54):
all three major US networks, unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots,
international roaming. They've got it all and I love their
team because it's one hundred percent US based customer support.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Switching has never been easier.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
You can do it in minutes while keeping your same
phone and the same phone number you've got right now. Now,
this is where the magic comes in. Unlike the other carriers,
Patriot Mobile they put their money towards causes that defend faith, family,
and freedom. They literally contribute millions of dollars each year
to organizations on the front lines fighting for our God
(02:28):
given rights, and that is why I.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Love Patriot Mobile.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
So, whether you've got a small business or a bunch
of family lines, or just your phone number, switch it today.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Join the movement.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Go to Patriot Mobile dot com slash Ben forty seven,
Patriotmobile dot com slash Ben forty seven or nine to
seven to Patriot, and if you use the promo code
Ben forty seven, you're gonna get a free month of service.
That's Patriotmobile dot com slash Ben forty seven or nine
to seven to Patriot To make that switch today. It's
(03:00):
a forty seven morning update and it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Democrats are turning quickly on Grand Platiner, not because of
the latest accuser, but because they realize he can't win.
The polling data is now showing that he is a
lame duck candidate. And now Democrats do what they do well,
They excommunicate you quickly. Even ms NOW, you know, formerly
(03:26):
of MSNBC. They are suggesting that Platner's latest accuser is
somehow quote more reliable because his other accuser, well, it
was associated with right wing politics.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
That's their exact quote.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
So because they say that she's now this woman is
a liberal. I guess you can believe her so much
for a party that said literally believe all women, well
apparently unless you're a Republican, you got it.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
This actually happened on MSNBC.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
To that comment about the sort of post me to
Eras and the debate that sort of happened to the
Democratic Party after the series of allegations around Graham Plattner.
Part of I think what made it complicated for some
Democrats to fully believe the woman who's at the center
of the last round was that she was associated with
right wing politics. But this woman, she I want to
(04:18):
read part of what's out here. One of the reasons,
she says to Politico, I didn't come forward sooner was
the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics.
So she is saying, I actually agree with Graham Platner,
his positions, his politics. She's clearly more on the left,
but not supporting him as a person. I just want
the truth out there. I just want people to have
a whole scope of who he is as a person.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
So to be clear, the only women that Democrats will
actually believe are radical lefties, and only when they've gotten
their marching orders to come out and accuse of candidate
that they believe is going to lose of something. This
is very much like Eric Swallwell in California, and then
we will say, okay, fine, you must drop out. Fetterman
(05:00):
the only Democrat out there who actually is calling out
Democrats for their hypocrisy. He said this on Fox News
Channel about Bernie Sanders.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Yeah, I mean, I refuse to overlook that, but honestly,
I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing
this kind of predator more than anyone. He helped him
elect and now apologize to the victims, especially the woman
that she claimed that he raped her. So, I don't
(05:31):
know why you want to keep pushing these kinds of people.
Maybe he should consider set a few out and stop
pushing these kind of communists and people and now people
you know like p Hustle. Now he has been incredibly
accused of rape and that's fairly recent too, that was
only less than five years ago.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
Well, he said that allegations are untrue, but that he's
basically reviewing his options obviously gonna drop out.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Correct.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Now you listen to that from Fetterman, and what you
learn is this the Democratic Party is not doing the
right thing here. They're just trying to win a seat.
Their moral compass is literally only what the polling data shows.
And if you don't believe me, let me give you
this fact. New audio has surfaced in another race. It
(06:22):
is now audio that contradicts Abdul l Shaide's claim that
he never backed the radical identity politics of defunding the police. Yes,
that far left Muslim Michigan Senate candidate is now facing
renewed scrutiny after this new audio showed him explicitly supporting
efforts to defund the police departments completely. Now, in his
(06:45):
previous interviews, Alseaeid had denied ever calling to defund the police,
arguing that his old social media posts work just misrepresented
after of course being taken out of context. But now
a recording from just twenty twenty tells a very different story.
In one interview from June twenty twenty, al Sayed said
(07:06):
he believed police funding should be reduced while more taxpayer
dollars should be directed towards schools, mental health services, and
of course anti poverty programs, because remember, this is how
you justify defunding the police. Alseeed said this as well.
We are in a moment when a lot of our
public conversation gets chewed down into two hundred eighty characters
(07:29):
or less, and that is not the best way to
talk about anything. So you'll note I didn't say defund
the police. I just described what needed to be done.
And I do think we need to be really focused
on describing or explaining rather than sort of hedging on
one side or the other behind a quote hashtag. He
then said, defunding the police is disinvesting in the means
(07:52):
of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets, and
investing more in the means of educating and empowering and
in gauging communities with the means of being able to
take on systemic poverty that we've allowed to fester in
too many communities. Now again, these comments originally came out
in twenty twenty, right as the quote defund the police
(08:15):
movement was picking up major steam after the death of
George Floyd. Alseed's campaign now has to admit and they
have admitted that his views have quote changed since then.
So instead of just straight applying to you saying I
never said it, they're now saying, well, maybe he did
say it, but well he didn't really mean it. Now
(08:35):
the issue is coming up again because Elseed is currently
leading the Democratic primary for Michigan's top US Senate seat.
The new polls that have come out earlier this May
showed him out in a twenty eight point lead. Yeah
that's big, so Alseed, Well, now he's getting people that
are actually looking at what he believes in and he
(08:55):
is another radical communists. Now this is again the Democratic park.
This is the candidates they keep choosing. It doesn't matter
if they lie to your face. It doesn't matter. If
they've abused women. It doesn't matter if they lie about
anything in their past. As long as they think they
can win. It doesn't matter if you've abused women, hit them,
(09:16):
rape them, it doesn't matter. This is the Democratic Party.
Win it all costs. But if the polling data changes,
well they'll excommunicate you as fast as they did Eric
Swalwell and now Grand Platner.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Next story Number two.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
President Donald Trump twenty four hours ago issued a stark
warning to Iran, declaring the US is prepared to completely
dismantle the country's infrastructure in a small part of an
afternoon if a diplomatic deal cannot be reached.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
The President saying this from the Oval Office. Look, we're
gonna win one way or the other.
Speaker 7 (09:52):
We're either going to make a deal. We're going to
finish the job, okay, And it won't be tough to
finish your job. I'd rather make a deal because I
don't want to affect ninety one million people. We can
knock down their bridges in one hour. We can knock
out their energy supply. All of those big plants that
they built, big beautiful modern plants, had a lot of money.
(10:14):
They don't have any money now.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
We haven't given them any money.
Speaker 7 (10:18):
But we can knock out their electricity and power generating plants.
And I would say a small part of an afternoon,
every plant will be gone.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
And they know that, the President saying that from the
Oval Office. Well, just twenty four hours after that, President
Trump has ordered a new round of US military strikes
against Iran. Why because Iranian forces, well, they decided to
go after shipping commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,
one of the most strategic and important waterways on the planet. Now,
(10:52):
at the same time, the Trump administration is also reversed
course on sanctions relief. They have instantly reimposed restrictions on
Iranian oil exports and what officials described as a direct
response to Tehran's actions. Now, the strait is the world's
most critical oil choke point, and it's extremely important to Iran.
(11:14):
Roughly one fifth of the global traded oil moves through
the narrow stretch of water, and when Iran threatens or
attacks ships there, it's not simply a regional issue. It
has the potential and does in fact affect energy markets,
gasoline prices, inflation, and the global economy. Now, according to
US officials, Iranian forces attacked multiple commercial vessels, including oil
(11:38):
and liquid natural gas tankers, using projectiles near the Strait
of Hormuz, and in response, the President went back to
maximum pressure strategy. He authorized a significantly expanded military operation.
US forces reportedly struck more than eighty Iranian military targets,
(11:58):
including missile launch sites, command and control facilities, surveillance systems,
and dozens of fast attack boats believed to have been
involved in threatening the shipping channel. Now, the administration says
these were defensive strikes designed to restore freedom of navigation
and deter traditional attacks, not the beginning of a broader war.
(12:20):
US officials have continued to say they remain open to
negotiations even while responding militarily, because again, this is peace
through strength. Now, the second major move may have just
as much long term significance as well, the Trump administration
revoking the temporary authorization that it allowed Iran to legally
(12:40):
sell oil under the recent diplomatic understanding between Washington and Tehran.
Treasury officials say Iran's attacks on commercial shipping made continuation
of those waivers unacceptable. The wine down period for Ranian
oil sales has been dramatically shortened, as well, off the
key source of revenue for the Iranian government that they
(13:03):
desperately need, and that is significant because oil exports are
the financial lifeblood of Iran's economy. The administration's message appears
to be well yet again straightforward. If Iran attacks international shipping,
it will not simultaneously receive economic relief from the United
States of America. Iran, meanwhile, is also doing what they
(13:26):
do well as a terrorist country, accusing Washington of violating
them recent memory of understanding that had temporarily reduced tensions.
Iranian officials argued the US strikes and renewed sanctions represent
breaches to that agreement. Now US officials contend it was
I Ran that first violated the understanding by literally attacking
(13:47):
commercial vessels and actually giving warnings on the radio to
multiple ships that you either stop and turn around or
you will be attacked. Now, the financial markets, they're also
reacting immediately. Oil prices have jumped more than five percent
as traders worried about additional instability in the Persian Gulf,
(14:07):
and investors understand that any prolonged disruption in the Strait
could also have worldwide consequences for energy markets and energy supplies.
The broader question now is whether this has become another
short lived military exchange or the beginning of another dangerous
cycle of retaliation. Iran has already come out at this
(14:28):
hour condemning the strikes and warned of major consequences. The
United States says it remains prepared to defend American forces
and international shipping if additional attacks occur. So that's where
we are right now. President Trump has responded to the
attacks on commercial shipping with both military force and renewed
(14:48):
economic pressure. The President clearly saying exactly what he said
days in advance and actually sticking to those words, showing
peace but also military strength when he needs to.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
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
I am here because Washington needs fighters, and Graham Platner
is the fighter we need. You. Bet, I said to myself,
that's my kind of man. That's my that's my that's
my kind of man. That's my that's my that's my
(00:23):
kind of man.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Because that is a man.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Who not only has the values, but a man believes
and accountability.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Good Wednesday morning.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
It's so nice to have you with us on the
forty seven Morning Update, and we've got two.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Very big stories for you.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
First up, Grand Platner, Democrats turning on him, trying to
get him out of the race. But if you think
they've found their moral compass, we've got to tell you
about another candidate they're backing with everything they've got, plus
the president nights and it's America. He says he's had
enough of Iran's threats monstead of Oremus and now has
said sanctions are coming back on their oil and even
(01:08):
strikes against Iran. Now, before we get to both those stories,
I want to talk to you right now about how
the stakes could not be any higher. We finally have
a president and administration fighting hard for America first. But
if conservatives like you and I lose focus now, the
same people who created this mess are ready and waiting
to resume their destruction their progressive agenda. And protecting this
(01:31):
momentum takes more than votes. It takes every American like
you staying in the fight for our rights and freedoms.
And that's why more and more people I know are
switching to Patriot Mobile. It is America's only Christian conservative
wireless provider now, Patriot Mobile, which I use every day,
and they're amazing. They offer premium priority nationwide service on
(01:54):
all three major US networks, unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots,
international roaming. They've got it all and I love their
team because it's one hundred percent US based customer support.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Switching has never been easier.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
You can do it in minutes while keeping your same
phone and the same phone number you've got right now. Now,
this is where the magic comes in. Unlike the other carriers,
Patriot Mobile they put their money towards causes that defend faith, family,
and freedom. They literally contribute millions of dollars each year
to organizations on the front lines fighting for our God
(02:28):
given rights, and that is why I.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Love Patriot Mobile.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
So, whether you've got a small business or a bunch
of family lines, or just your phone number, switch it today.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Join the movement.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Go to Patriot Mobile dot com slash Ben forty seven,
Patriotmobile dot com slash Ben forty seven or nine to
seven to Patriot, and if you use the promo code
Ben forty seven, you're gonna get a free month of service.
That's Patriotmobile dot com slash Ben forty seven or nine
to seven to Patriot To make that switch today. It's
(03:00):
a forty seven morning update and it starts right now.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Democrats are turning quickly on Grand Platiner, not because of
the latest accuser, but because they realize he can't win.
The polling data is now showing that he is a
lame duck candidate. And now Democrats do what they do well,
They excommunicate you quickly. Even ms NOW, you know, formerly
(03:26):
of MSNBC. They are suggesting that Platner's latest accuser is
somehow quote more reliable because his other accuser, well, it
was associated with right wing politics.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
That's their exact quote.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
So because they say that she's now this woman is
a liberal. I guess you can believe her so much
for a party that said literally believe all women, well
apparently unless you're a Republican, you got it.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
This actually happened on MSNBC.
Speaker 5 (03:57):
To that comment about the sort of post me to
Eras and the debate that sort of happened to the
Democratic Party after the series of allegations around Graham Plattner.
Part of I think what made it complicated for some
Democrats to fully believe the woman who's at the center
of the last round was that she was associated with
right wing politics. But this woman, she I want to
(04:18):
read part of what's out here. One of the reasons,
she says to Politico, I didn't come forward sooner was
the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics.
So she is saying, I actually agree with Graham Platner,
his positions, his politics. She's clearly more on the left,
but not supporting him as a person. I just want
the truth out there. I just want people to have
a whole scope of who he is as a person.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
So to be clear, the only women that Democrats will
actually believe are radical lefties, and only when they've gotten
their marching orders to come out and accuse of candidate
that they believe is going to lose of something. This
is very much like Eric Swallwell in California, and then
we will say, okay, fine, you must drop out. Fetterman
(05:00):
the only Democrat out there who actually is calling out
Democrats for their hypocrisy. He said this on Fox News
Channel about Bernie Sanders.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Yeah, I mean, I refuse to overlook that, but honestly,
I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing
this kind of predator more than anyone. He helped him
elect and now apologize to the victims, especially the woman
that she claimed that he raped her. So, I don't
(05:31):
know why you want to keep pushing these kinds of people.
Maybe he should consider set a few out and stop
pushing these kind of communists and people and now people
you know like p Hustle. Now he has been incredibly
accused of rape and that's fairly recent too, that was
only less than five years ago.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
Well, he said that allegations are untrue, but that he's
basically reviewing his options obviously gonna drop out.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Correct.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
Now you listen to that from Fetterman, and what you
learn is this the Democratic Party is not doing the
right thing here. They're just trying to win a seat.
Their moral compass is literally only what the polling data shows.
And if you don't believe me, let me give you
this fact. New audio has surfaced in another race. It
(06:22):
is now audio that contradicts Abdul l Shaide's claim that
he never backed the radical identity politics of defunding the police. Yes,
that far left Muslim Michigan Senate candidate is now facing
renewed scrutiny after this new audio showed him explicitly supporting
efforts to defund the police departments completely. Now, in his
(06:45):
previous interviews, Alseaeid had denied ever calling to defund the police,
arguing that his old social media posts work just misrepresented
after of course being taken out of context. But now
a recording from just twenty twenty tells a very different story.
In one interview from June twenty twenty, al Sayed said
(07:06):
he believed police funding should be reduced while more taxpayer
dollars should be directed towards schools, mental health services, and
of course anti poverty programs, because remember, this is how
you justify defunding the police. Alseeed said this as well.
We are in a moment when a lot of our
public conversation gets chewed down into two hundred eighty characters
(07:29):
or less, and that is not the best way to
talk about anything. So you'll note I didn't say defund
the police. I just described what needed to be done.
And I do think we need to be really focused
on describing or explaining rather than sort of hedging on
one side or the other behind a quote hashtag. He
then said, defunding the police is disinvesting in the means
(07:52):
of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets, and
investing more in the means of educating and empowering and
in gauging communities with the means of being able to
take on systemic poverty that we've allowed to fester in
too many communities. Now again, these comments originally came out
in twenty twenty, right as the quote defund the police
(08:15):
movement was picking up major steam after the death of
George Floyd. Alseed's campaign now has to admit and they
have admitted that his views have quote changed since then.
So instead of just straight applying to you saying I
never said it, they're now saying, well, maybe he did
say it, but well he didn't really mean it. Now
(08:35):
the issue is coming up again because Elseed is currently
leading the Democratic primary for Michigan's top US Senate seat.
The new polls that have come out earlier this May
showed him out in a twenty eight point lead. Yeah
that's big, so Alseed, Well, now he's getting people that
are actually looking at what he believes in and he
(08:55):
is another radical communists. Now this is again the Democratic park.
This is the candidates they keep choosing. It doesn't matter
if they lie to your face. It doesn't matter. If
they've abused women. It doesn't matter if they lie about
anything in their past. As long as they think they
can win. It doesn't matter if you've abused women, hit them,
(09:16):
rape them, it doesn't matter. This is the Democratic Party.
Win it all costs. But if the polling data changes,
well they'll excommunicate you as fast as they did Eric
Swalwell and now Grand Platner.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Next story Number two.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
President Donald Trump twenty four hours ago issued a stark
warning to Iran, declaring the US is prepared to completely
dismantle the country's infrastructure in a small part of an
afternoon if a diplomatic deal cannot be reached.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
The President saying this from the Oval Office. Look, we're
gonna win one way or the other.
Speaker 7 (09:52):
We're either going to make a deal. We're going to
finish the job, okay, And it won't be tough to
finish your job. I'd rather make a deal because I
don't want to affect ninety one million people. We can
knock down their bridges in one hour. We can knock
out their energy supply. All of those big plants that
they built, big beautiful modern plants, had a lot of money.
(10:14):
They don't have any money now.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
We haven't given them any money.
Speaker 7 (10:18):
But we can knock out their electricity and power generating plants.
And I would say a small part of an afternoon,
every plant will be gone.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
And they know that, the President saying that from the
Oval Office. Well, just twenty four hours after that, President
Trump has ordered a new round of US military strikes
against Iran. Why because Iranian forces, well, they decided to
go after shipping commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,
one of the most strategic and important waterways on the planet. Now,
(10:52):
at the same time, the Trump administration is also reversed
course on sanctions relief. They have instantly reimposed restrictions on
Iranian oil exports and what officials described as a direct
response to Tehran's actions. Now, the strait is the world's
most critical oil choke point, and it's extremely important to Iran.
(11:14):
Roughly one fifth of the global traded oil moves through
the narrow stretch of water, and when Iran threatens or
attacks ships there, it's not simply a regional issue. It
has the potential and does in fact affect energy markets,
gasoline prices, inflation, and the global economy. Now, according to
US officials, Iranian forces attacked multiple commercial vessels, including oil
(11:38):
and liquid natural gas tankers, using projectiles near the Strait
of Hormuz, and in response, the President went back to
maximum pressure strategy. He authorized a significantly expanded military operation.
US forces reportedly struck more than eighty Iranian military targets,
(11:58):
including missile launch sites, command and control facilities, surveillance systems,
and dozens of fast attack boats believed to have been
involved in threatening the shipping channel. Now, the administration says
these were defensive strikes designed to restore freedom of navigation
and deter traditional attacks, not the beginning of a broader war.
(12:20):
US officials have continued to say they remain open to
negotiations even while responding militarily, because again, this is peace
through strength. Now, the second major move may have just
as much long term significance as well, the Trump administration
revoking the temporary authorization that it allowed Iran to legally
(12:40):
sell oil under the recent diplomatic understanding between Washington and Tehran.
Treasury officials say Iran's attacks on commercial shipping made continuation
of those waivers unacceptable. The wine down period for Ranian
oil sales has been dramatically shortened, as well, off the
key source of revenue for the Iranian government that they
(13:03):
desperately need, and that is significant because oil exports are
the financial lifeblood of Iran's economy. The administration's message appears
to be well yet again straightforward. If Iran attacks international shipping,
it will not simultaneously receive economic relief from the United
States of America. Iran, meanwhile, is also doing what they
(13:26):
do well as a terrorist country, accusing Washington of violating
them recent memory of understanding that had temporarily reduced tensions.
Iranian officials argued the US strikes and renewed sanctions represent
breaches to that agreement. Now US officials contend it was
I Ran that first violated the understanding by literally attacking
(13:47):
commercial vessels and actually giving warnings on the radio to
multiple ships that you either stop and turn around or
you will be attacked. Now, the financial markets, they're also
reacting immediately. Oil prices have jumped more than five percent
as traders worried about additional instability in the Persian Gulf,
(14:07):
and investors understand that any prolonged disruption in the Strait
could also have worldwide consequences for energy markets and energy supplies.
The broader question now is whether this has become another
short lived military exchange or the beginning of another dangerous
cycle of retaliation. Iran has already come out at this
(14:28):
hour condemning the strikes and warned of major consequences. The
United States says it remains prepared to defend American forces
and international shipping if additional attacks occur. So that's where
we are right now. President Trump has responded to the
attacks on commercial shipping with both military force and renewed
(14:48):
economic pressure. The President clearly saying exactly what he said
days in advance and actually sticking to those words, showing
peace but also military strength when he needs to.
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