June 22, 2025 • 31 mins
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Escalation with Iran:
- Trump reiterates that Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons.
- Israel has already begun striking Iranian nuclear and military sites.
- Trump has reportedly approved attack plans and is considering bunker-busting airstrikes.
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Trump’s Position:
- Emphasizes no desire for a long-term war, but insists on Iran’s unconditional surrender.
- Claims complete air superiority over Iran.
- Warns Iran’s Supreme Leader directly, suggesting he is being tracked and could be targeted.
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Military Mobilization:
- The U.S. has deployed aircraft carriers and bombers to the region.
- Coordination with Israel and possibly Pakistan is mentioned.
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Domestic and International Reactions:
- Polling data suggests strong American support for Trump’s stance.
- Bipartisan support is highlighted, including from Senator John Fetterman and Senator Ted Cruz.
- Criticism of Democratic silence on the issue.
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Diplomatic Window:
- Trump has reportedly paused immediate military action for up to two weeks to allow for European-led diplomatic talks in Geneva.
- This is framed as a strategic move to pressure Iran while avoiding war.
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Internal Iranian Instability:
- The exiled Crown Prince of Iran claims the regime is collapsing.
- Encourages Iranians to rise up and promises a democratic transition within 100 days of regime collapse.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Donald Trump's hardline stance on Iran's nuclear program and what
that means moving forward is becoming much more clear. Donald
Trump number one demanding Iran's unconditional surrender. Trump escalating his
rhetoric in light of the recent Israel Iran strikes, calling
for Ran to surrender and warning civilians to evacuate Tehran.
(00:26):
We also know that it's clear what the President wants
to do. It is targeting Iran's nuclear sites. Let's be clear,
this is not about a war or an invasion or
boots on the ground. Trump is not ruling out strikes
and Iran's nuclear facilities, but he's also made it clear
he's not wanting to invade anything at all. He has
(00:48):
even made it clear to the Supreme Leader, calling him
quote an easy target, though saying killing him is not
on the table for now. Why did he say that,
warning the Supreme Leader that you that are not harm
a single American troop in the Middle East. Now it's
very clear that Iran could in fact go after American soldiers,
(01:09):
and the President wanted to get ahead of that, saying,
if you want to die, because I know where you are,
I can take you out at any moment. So you
better not retaliate and go after any American bases or
servicemen and women. Targeting Iran's nuclear sights is what this
is really all about. And now we know that the
(01:30):
President is mobilizing military assets as well. The US has
now positioned bombers, refueling tankers, and aircraft carriers the Carl
Vincent and the Nimts to the region as a show
of force. We also know the Vice President is playing
a major role in the diplomacy. Jeddy Vance is also
playing the role of reassuring skeptics. Vance countering those within
(01:54):
the base who are saying that Donald Trump should just
be an isolationist and should not get involved in at all,
making it clear that Trump has an obligation to defend
America and make sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear
weapon to attack American citizens as well as our ally
Israel now stressing restraint is also part of what the
(02:15):
White House is talking about. They are signaling, yes, potential
military action, but it would be extremely limited to the
nuclear sites. Both Vans and other administration officials are stressing
that the immediate full scale action of even going after
these new nuclear sites has not been confirmed and You've
got to put this in a broader context. There is
(02:39):
clear support for the president at home for him to
go after Iran's nuclear sites, but there's also clear polling
to show that Americans do not want boots on the ground.
They do not want to invade Iran either, and that
is what Donald Trump has been very clear about.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
He has no intention of doing that. Now.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
The other question says when will the decision be made?
The State Department spokesman saying this about the president earlier.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Exce up to the president.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
He is the singular guiding hand about what will be
occurring from this point forward, as he has been, and
I think that that dynamic is pretty clear. He says
he wants an end, as he has said about every
conflict that he has as a peacemaker, worked to stop
peacefully through diplomacy. That has been his commitment. And he
(03:31):
wants these things, as he said about in a number
of situations, not for a month or six months, but
durable ends to this nature of forever wars. And that
has been his posture, and that's his posture now.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's very clear the President does not want this to
continue on. That's why he gave that sixty day window
to get a deal done with Iran, and once sixty
days was up, the President then said, okay, and now
we're going to have to let Israel do what Israel
needs to to protect and defend itself. Now, President Trump
also has major allies in Congress who are coming out
(04:07):
clearly stating that they believe the President has the right
and an obligation to protect America and take out a
Rand's nuclear program. Senator Cruz, talking with Sean Hannity earlier,
said this.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Here with reaction.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Senator, it is amazing. I watched
the president. You should have listened. I gave you time.
I watched the President warn the people of Tehran, and
we'll show.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
More video of it to get out.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And there's like millions of people listening.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
To Donald Trump.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
They're not getting that message from the leadership of Iran.
They're getting it from the President of the United States,
showing that he cares about human life.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Well, listen, President Trump, throughout this conflict has been fantastic.
I spoke to the President on Sunday and just told him,
I said, your leadership has been so critical on this,
and he made clear Iran is not getting a nuclear
way weapon, and he is standing with Israel. I believe
our position should be we stand unequivocally with the state
of Israel. And I'll make a point, Israel is doing
(05:09):
an enormous favor to the United States right now. I
believe the most acute near term security threat facing America
is the threat of a nuclear Iran because the Iatola
is a religious nutcase. He is a theocratic mass murderer,
and when he chants death to America and death to Israel,
he does so in front of mobs of people. He
(05:30):
also refers to Israel as the Little Satan and America
as the Great Satan. There is a reason the Iatola
is developing ICBMs. ICBMs are intercontinental ballistic missiles. You don't
need an ICBM to bomb Israel. They're bombing Israel with
ballistic missiles. You need an ICBM to get to America.
If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds
(05:54):
are unacceptably high that we would find out with a
mushroom cloud over New York City or Los angele Jelyus
or Tel Aviv in Israel. And what Israel has said
is we are going to act Israel is a tiny country.
It's the size of the state of New Jersey, and
they are taking out Iran's military with surgical precision. They're
taking out virtually all of the senior leaders of the military,
(06:15):
They're taking out their nuclear scientists, they are leveling nuclear
facilities on the ground. And I think President Trump is
exactly right to say we stand with Israel, and I'm
with a seventy five percent of Americans that agree with
the President's strong stance to keep America safe. That's the
commander in chief's number one job, to protect American lives
and keep America safe.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
That's what Donald Trump is doing today.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
By the way, this brings me to another big story,
and it's the story that they're trying to play up
on TV, the story that there's some massive divide between
the MAGA movement. There isn't actually that big of a
divide at all. The majority of people that I know
are supporting President Donald Trump and his actions, and they're
glad that we have a president that is standing up
(06:59):
in willing to protect and defend all of us. The Dims,
by the way, have also gone completely silent on this
Israel Iran conflict. It's a question that many of us,
and the media especially should be asking what do you
think and why are you being so quiet?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Jesse Waters bringing that up on Fox.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Trump's consumed in one of the most consequential moments of
his presidency. Nukes, oil casualties, mid East strategy, the six
are high, and the Republican Party is having an open debate.
But the Democrat parties know where to be found. They've
gone silent during an historical moment. Where are the leading
foreign policy voices of the Democrat Party? The strategist, the hawks,
(07:42):
the doves, anybody? Does anybody have an opinion? Democrats don't
know what to say because they have to be told
what to say, and no one's telling them. We haven't
heard a word from Hillary, Obama, Biden, Kammelin, not even
Susan Rice or Blink and carry. Where are all these
people while Trump tries to manage wars overseas, are trying
to kick off a civil.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
War here at home.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Jesse's absolutely right, where are the people on the left,
Which brings me to my final point. There's a very
good chance and by the time you even hear the show,
we may find out that Donald Trump has ordered our
US military to attack the nuclear sites in Iran and
why did he do it?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
To protect all of us?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And that is something that every American should be proud of. Unfortunately,
there are going to be many detractors who are going
to say that Donald Trump is getting us into World
War three, when the reality is he's probably preventing it.
We're getting new breaking news and this is moving very
quickly with what's happening between Iran, Israel, and now the
(08:44):
United States of America. With a new statement that has
just come out from Donald Trump saying, quote, we don't.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Want a long term war with Iran.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
President Donald Trump making it clear that the administration is
not looking for long term war. In a second statement,
Trump addressing concerns among members of the Make America greatagan
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.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Outside of the White House, some of the people in
debates don't want a long term war. They're afraid that
we're going to get into a long term Don't you
look for a long term but we're looking to Earth.
It's only I only want one thing. Iran cannot have
a nuclear weapon. That's it.
Speaker 7 (09:26):
I'm not looking long term structure. 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 we'll use it on other people,
and they'd.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Be a terror all over the world.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
We're not looking for long term war. I only want
one thing. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
That is it.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Very simply, he said in another interview, Iran cannot have
a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
It's not a question anything else.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
And if you did, you wouldn't have much of a
country because they would use it on us and use
it on other.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
People, and they'd be a tear all over the world.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Trump notally tweeted back in twenty eleven, before he even
into the political world that quote Iran cannot have a
nuclear weapon, and has been firm in his stances 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, twenty eleven, his exact tweet, Iran's
(10:33):
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 nottally gave
Iran a sixty day deadline that expired on Thursday, June
twelfth to make a deal to end its nuclear program,
(10:56):
and then on Friday, Israel began striking and any a
nuclear site, 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
(11:16):
was moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear sites, here's what
Trump said about that.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
About whether you are moving closer?
Speaker 8 (11:24):
You believe the US is moving closer to striking Iranian
nuclear facilities?
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Where's your mindset on that?
Speaker 7 (11:30):
You can say that, right? You don't seriously think I'm
going to answer that way? Will you strike the Iranian
nuclear component? And what time exactly, sir sir, would you
strike it? Would you please inform me so we can
be there and watch. I mean, you don't know that
I'm going to even do it.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
You don't know. I may do it, I may not
do it.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
I can tell you this that.
Speaker 7 (11:53):
Iran's got a lot of trouble and they want to negotiate.
And I said, what did you negotiate with me before
or all this death and destruction?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Why didn't you nego?
Speaker 7 (12:03):
I said the people, why didn't you 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 seen anything like it, So you
neveryone thought it was going to be the reverse.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
I didn't.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
I didn't think so.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And they're telling him, you.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
Got to you got to do something, you got to negotiate.
And at the end less minute, they said, no, we're
not going to do that, and they got hit. Remember
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.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Of a hit.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Not sustainable, to be honest. That's where it ended. It
ended on the first night. Yes, too late, though, do
you think it's too late to now?
Speaker 7 (12:43):
Really, nothing's too late.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
The only thing too latest, Powell. Powell's too late, too late, Powell.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
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 Here's Channel that Donald Trump has in fact
approved attack plans against Iran.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
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. Comane 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
(13:27):
Iran will not surrender to anyone and is warning that
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
(13:51):
bracing for cyber attacks. Trump says, good luck with that.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
We won't be bullied. I was the hunted and now
I'm the hunter.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
It's a big difference.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
That means I've had it. Okay, I've had it. I
give up no more, then we go blow up all
than you know, all.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
The nuclear stuff that's all over the place there. Now
they had bad intentions, you know, the for forty years
they've been saying death to America, death to Israel, and
death to anybody else that they didn't like. The bullies.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
They were schoolyard bullies. And now they're not bullies anymore.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Trump's been meeting in the situation room with his National
Security team head of Central Command, Army General Eric Carilla,
they call him 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
(14:48):
lunch with Pakistan's army chief. Pakistan borders Iran. Seems like
something's about to happen, and this is just breaking. The
Wall Street journal is reporting Trump privately a proved a
tack 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
(15:11):
of the bunker Buster has never been used on the battlefield,
It's only been tested. Axios reports that Trump has been
quizzing as generals. Are they sure if he uses them
they'll be one hundred percent effective?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
The generals say yes.
Speaker 6 (15:26):
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 9 (15:46):
I believe that unlesserre On surrenders in the next forty
eight hours, the United States, in conjunction with Israel, will
engage in military action.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
Trump says the Iranians want to fly all the way
to the White House to negotiate an end to.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
This, but he says it's two late. He doesn't appear
to be.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Open to long drawn out negotiations where he gets strung
along like last time.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
We're not looking for a ceasefire.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
We're looking for a total complete victory.
Speaker 7 (16:11):
Again, you know what the victory is no nuclear weapon.
Speaker 6 (16:15):
Trump's made a decision. Iran's nuclear program is gone. The
person who ultimately decides that is the Iatola. He can
either let us do it peacefully or we'll do it violently.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
But either way, the.
Speaker 6 (16:30):
Outcome of this war is this, the Iranians will never
be able to acquire.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
A nuclear weapon.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
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
(16:57):
today the battle begins, dating there would be quote no
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 irrepuable damage. Iran's you
(17:19):
An ambassador echoed that any direct US involvement alongside Israel
would trigger their own firm response. A Radian Foreign Ministry
spokesman went further, warning the US intervention could sparkle all
out war across the entire region. Now, let me say
(17:39):
one other thing that's very interesting about all this is
what's happening within the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are staying
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
(18:02):
News Channel with Bill Hemmer.
Speaker 6 (18:03):
Say, show no mercy and if you have to take
the supreme leader out, do it?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Explain your position now, sir.
Speaker 10 (18:10):
Yeah, yeah, I think they should have targeted him, absolutely
gone taken 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
(18:34):
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.
Speaker 6 (18:42):
Out what comes after that if that reality were to
take place.
Speaker 10 (18:47):
Senator Well, I think the reality is 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 has belaw and put our whole resion in
this kind of chaos, and now they clearly have nuclear ambitions,
and now I think it's entirely I'm not sure if
(19:09):
I might have been the only one constantly calling that
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 1 (19:23):
Done, Fetterman saying, I call in 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 a RAN's nuclear sites with those bunker busting bombs.
The answers, Yes, would there be bipartisan support?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Clearly?
Speaker 1 (19:45):
John Fetterman says he will join others in the Republican
Party advocating for this, which brings me to my final point,
what do the American people think about the president stance? Well,
apparently in new polling, America stands overwhelmingly with Donald Trump
and Israel by staggeringly large numbers. Nearly seventy percent of
(20:10):
Americans say US airstrikes 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 8 (20:21):
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 and Ron
cannot get a nuclear weapon, eighty three percent of Republicans,
seventy nine percent of Independence, seventy nine percent of Democrats.
When you get seventy nine percent of Democrats and eighty
three percent of Republicans agreeing on anything, you know that
(20:42):
that position is the very clear majority in this country.
And so the American public is with Donald Trump. They
definitely opposed in Ron.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Getting nuclear weapons. So this is a nuance here.
Speaker 9 (20:51):
But you know, Trump and Natanyajoe both arguing that Ron
is close to being capable of making a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
If that is the case, what is the feeling.
Speaker 9 (20:59):
Of Americans as to whether the United States should get
involved in this conflict?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Right?
Speaker 8 (21:04):
If you buy Donald Trump's theory of the case, and
I think that's important to note this is pulling from
April for Ranch trying.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
To make a nuclear weapon. Look at this overall you.
Speaker 8 (21:13):
Get the slight plurality, I mean it's within the margin America,
but the slight plurality of Americans actually favor US air
strikes compared to forty seven percent opposing it. Now here's
the other Nugget'll note, right, there's been a lot of
talk online and on social 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
(21:35):
of Republicans favor US air strikes on or on their
nuclear facilities.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
No doubt, President Trump has 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 Magot Country, they're just wrong. Basically, seventy percent of
the GOP favor US air strikes. This is a major
(22:00):
on such a quote controversial issue. So there may actually
be just propagandas 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. Major
news coming out of the White House, and that is
that Donald Trump is now saying that he may take
(22:21):
up to two weeks to side whether he is going
to hit the main site of Iran's nuclear program. Now
what does this mean, Well, multiple different things. Number One,
it's shifting towards diplomacy. According to the Washington Post, has
temporarily stepped back from immediate military action, allowing up to
two weeks to exploit a new opportunity for diplomacy ahead
(22:43):
of the plan talks in Geneva with European foreign ministers
and Iran's foreign minister that is happening, by the way today.
One of the reasons why the President said, Okay, I
can maybe wait another twenty four to forty eight hours,
see if you guys can talk some sense into Iran's leader. Now,
these European led negotiations could be significant. The Financial Times
(23:06):
right now reporting the European powers, including the UK, France
and Germany, we'll meet with the Iranian officials in Geneva.
This is the first quote formal diplomatic engagement since Israel's strike,
and Trump is giving diplomacy this window before deciding. Now,
there are some that are criticizing Donald Trump in the
(23:29):
media on the left, saying, oh, he's lying. He's you know,
he was telling the people who ran that they must
leave now, and now he's backing down. He's being a
ws No, he's being responsible president that is allowing for
negotiations while also having pressure on them to hurry up
and get a deal done.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
You have to remember that Donald.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Trump gave them sixty days referring to Iran to get
a deal done, and they didn't. In what happened on
day sixty one, their site started to be attacked. Now
The Wall Street journal is also noting that Trump's two
week deadline is a strategic delay, aiming to compel Rand
towards negotiations or collapse under mounting global pressure. Now, this
(24:09):
timeframe also shifts immediate responsibility to Israel. That is something
that Israel is more than happy to have because it's
clear that their work and hitting certain targets.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
They believe is not done yet.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
And this also reflects Donald Trump's campaign promise to avoid
US war commitments. Now, the White House signals are also
very clear.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
At this hour.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
The AP is confirming the White House via the pre
Secretary Caroline Levitt framing this two week period as driven
by quote a substantial chance of negotiations and Geneva. Trump
emphasized he's always interested in a diplomatic solution while maintaining
military strength as a backup. Now, why is this a
(24:54):
positive development? Is the question that many of you may
be asking. Well, it's diplomacy. That is something Donald Trump's
been in favor of the entire time he's been in office.
And the pause marks they move away from immediate military escalation,
something we were expecting honestly over the last twenty four
to forty eight hours, and it signals Trump's openness to
(25:16):
diplomatic engagement, especially through the European mediation, where America is
going to be waiting by the phone but not actually
involved in it. We also know there's no immediate US
strike at least at this moment. Military options we have
been told have been laid out and are on the table,
but there's no authorization for immediate action from Donald Trump.
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That is a break from prior posturing and also media reports.
And then there's the global coordination President Trump working with
our allies in Europe. This move is synchronizing US policy
with active European diplomatic efforts directly with a RAN's leadership,
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and it's reinforcing a more unified and multilateral approach. Again,
it's clear that Donald Trump wants to avoid war. The
bottom line is this. Donald Trump's announcement of a two
week decision window reflects a major pivot. It's a pivot
from what we thought was going to be in an
immediate strike to diplomacy, providing breathing room for these ongoing
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talks in Geneva. It also demonstrates a strategic recalibration by
the Trump team from brinksmanship to negotiations and without that
brinksmanship and without that threat of a real attack in
the next twelve or twenty four hours from Donald Trump,
it is bringing a rand to the table quickly, and
it also lines the US with international efforts to de
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escalate the tensions over the issue, and it allows for
breathing room for Israel to continue to do what they
need to do to protect their country. So if you
take step back and you look at what's happened over
the last twenty four hours, this is good news for
America and our interests. I think at the end of
the day, many Americans don't want to be involved in
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an attack on Iran. But there's also overwhelming support in
new polling for making sure that Iran never gets a
nuclear weapon. And the only person that can stop Iran
from getting that nuclear weapon is clearly the United States
of America with our bunker busting bombs. Now there's also
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one other person that can admit, defeat, and stop all
of this incanny that is Iran. And that's the hope
in these meetings is that diplomacy will seem very real
to them and also a real option to get off
this path to well chaos and destruction. Which brings me
to story number two, and it's a very important one
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on why Donald Trump may be allowing the two weeks
to play everything out. The child Crown Prince is now
saying the Islamic Republic is collapsing as we speak in Iran.
The exiled Crown Prince of Iran and son of the
last Persian shaw urged Iranians on Tuesday to prepare for
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the impeding fall of the Supreme Leader and the Islamic
Republic as the country struggles to fight off attacks from Israel,
saying this, the Islamic Republic has reached its end and
is in the process of collapsing. The Supreme Leader is
like a frightened rat. He has gone into hiding underground
and has lost control of the situation. What has begun
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is irreversible. The future is bright and together we will
pass through this sharp turn in history. Now, the military
conflict between Iran and Israel stretched into its sixth day
with little signs of slowing down, as Israel is continuing
to hammer Tehran's nuclear pursuits. Now, the former Shaw of
Iran sun and he knows a lot about your times up.
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They ruled Iran from nineteen twenty five to nineteen seventy nine.
That's when it was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution. That
is when the around hostage crisis also happened, when they
took American hostages in our embassy. And he went on
to social media in English and Farsi and directed the
messages to his fellow countrymen and encouraged a full out uprising,
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saying this, now is the time to rise, the time
to reclaim Iran. Let us all come forward and bring
about the end of this regime. He also advised that
there is a plan to establish a democratic government in
Iran within one hundred days of the collapse of the
Islamic Republic. He also urged military, law enforcement, security forces,
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and state employees to join the effort to topple the
government under the leadership that is currently there in Iran,
saying this, do not stand against the Iranian people for
the sake of a regime whose fall has begun and
is inevitable. Do not sacrifice yourselves for a decaying regime.
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By standing with the people, you can save your lives,
play an historic role in the transformation of the Islamic Republic,
and take part in building the future of Iran. Now
you hear this and is it real? There's a chance
that all of it could come tumbling down around the
leadership in Iran. Yes, Why, because we know that the
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leader of Iran is in hiding. We also know that
millions of people in Iran fled Tehran when Donald Trump
said you need to leave now, another example of just
how fragile the current regime may be. And finally, a
lot of the people that were afraid of the regime
may realize they're not as powerful as they thought, especially
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knowing the air superiority was toppled in a matter of
hours by Israel, and Israel can do basically whatever they
want to do from the skies right now. So yes,
there's a lot of reasons to give diplomacy and other
things like this a few more days before the present
makes a decision, and that clearly is good for all
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Speaker 2 (31:23):
We'll see you back here tomorrow.
Donald Trump's hardline stance on Iran's nuclear program and what
that means moving forward is becoming much more clear. Donald
Trump number one demanding Iran's unconditional surrender. Trump escalating his
rhetoric in light of the recent Israel Iran strikes, calling
for Ran to surrender and warning civilians to evacuate Tehran.
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We also know that it's clear what the President wants
to do. It is targeting Iran's nuclear sites. Let's be clear,
this is not about a war or an invasion or
boots on the ground. Trump is not ruling out strikes
and Iran's nuclear facilities, but he's also made it clear
he's not wanting to invade anything at all. He has
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even made it clear to the Supreme Leader, calling him
quote an easy target, though saying killing him is not
on the table for now. Why did he say that,
warning the Supreme Leader that you that are not harm
a single American troop in the Middle East. Now it's
very clear that Iran could in fact go after American soldiers,
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and the President wanted to get ahead of that, saying,
if you want to die, because I know where you are,
I can take you out at any moment. So you
better not retaliate and go after any American bases or
servicemen and women. Targeting Iran's nuclear sights is what this
is really all about. And now we know that the
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President is mobilizing military assets as well. The US has
now positioned bombers, refueling tankers, and aircraft carriers the Carl
Vincent and the Nimts to the region as a show
of force. We also know the Vice President is playing
a major role in the diplomacy. Jeddy Vance is also
playing the role of reassuring skeptics. Vance countering those within
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the base who are saying that Donald Trump should just
be an isolationist and should not get involved in at all,
making it clear that Trump has an obligation to defend
America and make sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear
weapon to attack American citizens as well as our ally
Israel now stressing restraint is also part of what the
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White House is talking about. They are signaling, yes, potential
military action, but it would be extremely limited to the
nuclear sites. Both Vans and other administration officials are stressing
that the immediate full scale action of even going after
these new nuclear sites has not been confirmed and You've
got to put this in a broader context. There is
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clear support for the president at home for him to
go after Iran's nuclear sites, but there's also clear polling
to show that Americans do not want boots on the ground.
They do not want to invade Iran either, and that
is what Donald Trump has been very clear about.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
He has no intention of doing that. Now.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
The other question says when will the decision be made?
The State Department spokesman saying this about the president earlier.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Exce up to the president.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
He is the singular guiding hand about what will be
occurring from this point forward, as he has been, and
I think that that dynamic is pretty clear. He says
he wants an end, as he has said about every
conflict that he has as a peacemaker, worked to stop
peacefully through diplomacy. That has been his commitment. And he
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wants these things, as he said about in a number
of situations, not for a month or six months, but
durable ends to this nature of forever wars. And that
has been his posture, and that's his posture now.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
It's very clear the President does not want this to
continue on. That's why he gave that sixty day window
to get a deal done with Iran, and once sixty
days was up, the President then said, okay, and now
we're going to have to let Israel do what Israel
needs to to protect and defend itself. Now, President Trump
also has major allies in Congress who are coming out
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clearly stating that they believe the President has the right
and an obligation to protect America and take out a
Rand's nuclear program. Senator Cruz, talking with Sean Hannity earlier,
said this.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Here with reaction.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Senator, it is amazing. I watched
the president. You should have listened. I gave you time.
I watched the President warn the people of Tehran, and
we'll show.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
More video of it to get out.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And there's like millions of people listening.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
To Donald Trump.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
They're not getting that message from the leadership of Iran.
They're getting it from the President of the United States,
showing that he cares about human life.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Well, listen, President Trump, throughout this conflict has been fantastic.
I spoke to the President on Sunday and just told him,
I said, your leadership has been so critical on this,
and he made clear Iran is not getting a nuclear
way weapon, and he is standing with Israel. I believe
our position should be we stand unequivocally with the state
of Israel. And I'll make a point, Israel is doing
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an enormous favor to the United States right now. I
believe the most acute near term security threat facing America
is the threat of a nuclear Iran because the Iatola
is a religious nutcase. He is a theocratic mass murderer,
and when he chants death to America and death to Israel,
he does so in front of mobs of people. He
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also refers to Israel as the Little Satan and America
as the Great Satan. There is a reason the Iatola
is developing ICBMs. ICBMs are intercontinental ballistic missiles. You don't
need an ICBM to bomb Israel. They're bombing Israel with
ballistic missiles. You need an ICBM to get to America.
If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds
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are unacceptably high that we would find out with a
mushroom cloud over New York City or Los angele Jelyus
or Tel Aviv in Israel. And what Israel has said
is we are going to act Israel is a tiny country.
It's the size of the state of New Jersey, and
they are taking out Iran's military with surgical precision. They're
taking out virtually all of the senior leaders of the military,
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They're taking out their nuclear scientists, they are leveling nuclear
facilities on the ground. And I think President Trump is
exactly right to say we stand with Israel, and I'm
with a seventy five percent of Americans that agree with
the President's strong stance to keep America safe. That's the
commander in chief's number one job, to protect American lives
and keep America safe.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
That's what Donald Trump is doing today.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
By the way, this brings me to another big story,
and it's the story that they're trying to play up
on TV, the story that there's some massive divide between
the MAGA movement. There isn't actually that big of a
divide at all. The majority of people that I know
are supporting President Donald Trump and his actions, and they're
glad that we have a president that is standing up
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in willing to protect and defend all of us. The Dims,
by the way, have also gone completely silent on this
Israel Iran conflict. It's a question that many of us,
and the media especially should be asking what do you
think and why are you being so quiet?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Jesse Waters bringing that up on Fox.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Trump's consumed in one of the most consequential moments of
his presidency. Nukes, oil casualties, mid East strategy, the six
are high, and the Republican Party is having an open debate.
But the Democrat parties know where to be found. They've
gone silent during an historical moment. Where are the leading
foreign policy voices of the Democrat Party? The strategist, the hawks,
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the doves, anybody? Does anybody have an opinion? Democrats don't
know what to say because they have to be told
what to say, and no one's telling them. We haven't
heard a word from Hillary, Obama, Biden, Kammelin, not even
Susan Rice or Blink and carry. Where are all these
people while Trump tries to manage wars overseas, are trying
to kick off a civil.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
War here at home.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Jesse's absolutely right, where are the people on the left,
Which brings me to my final point. There's a very
good chance and by the time you even hear the show,
we may find out that Donald Trump has ordered our
US military to attack the nuclear sites in Iran and
why did he do it?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
To protect all of us?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
And that is something that every American should be proud of. Unfortunately,
there are going to be many detractors who are going
to say that Donald Trump is getting us into World
War three, when the reality is he's probably preventing it.
We're getting new breaking news and this is moving very
quickly with what's happening between Iran, Israel, and now the
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United States of America. With a new statement that has
just come out from Donald Trump saying, quote, we don't.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Want a long term war with Iran.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
President Donald Trump making it clear that the administration is
not looking for long term war. In a second statement,
Trump addressing concerns among members of the Make America greatagan
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.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Outside of the White House, some of the people in
debates don't want a long term war. They're afraid that
we're going to get into a long term Don't you
look for a long term but we're looking to Earth.
It's only I only want one thing. Iran cannot have
a nuclear weapon. That's it.
Speaker 7 (09:26):
I'm not looking long term structure. 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 we'll use it on other people,
and they'd.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Be a terror all over the world.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
We're not looking for long term war. I only want
one thing. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
That is it.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Very simply, he said in another interview, Iran cannot have
a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
It's not a question anything else.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
And if you did, you wouldn't have much of a
country because they would use it on us and use
it on other.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
People, and they'd be a tear all over the world.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Trump notally tweeted back in twenty eleven, before he even
into the political world that quote Iran cannot have a
nuclear weapon, and has been firm in his stances 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, twenty eleven, his exact tweet, Iran's
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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 nottally gave
Iran a sixty day deadline that expired on Thursday, June
twelfth to make a deal to end its nuclear program,
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and then on Friday, Israel began striking and any a
nuclear site, 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
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was moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear sites, here's what
Trump said about that.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
About whether you are moving closer?
Speaker 8 (11:24):
You believe the US is moving closer to striking Iranian
nuclear facilities?
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Where's your mindset on that?
Speaker 7 (11:30):
You can say that, right? You don't seriously think I'm
going to answer that way? Will you strike the Iranian
nuclear component? And what time exactly, sir sir, would you
strike it? Would you please inform me so we can
be there and watch. I mean, you don't know that
I'm going to even do it.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
You don't know. I may do it, I may not
do it.
Speaker 7 (11:49):
I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
I can tell you this that.
Speaker 7 (11:53):
Iran's got a lot of trouble and they want to negotiate.
And I said, what did you negotiate with me before
or all this death and destruction?
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Why didn't you nego?
Speaker 7 (12:03):
I said the people, why didn't you 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 seen anything like it, So you
neveryone thought it was going to be the reverse.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
I didn't.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
I didn't think so.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And they're telling him, you.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
Got to you got to do something, you got to negotiate.
And at the end less minute, they said, no, we're
not going to do that, and they got hit. Remember
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.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Of a hit.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Not sustainable, to be honest. That's where it ended. It
ended on the first night. Yes, too late, though, do
you think it's too late to now?
Speaker 7 (12:43):
Really, nothing's too late.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
The only thing too latest, Powell. Powell's too late, too late, Powell.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
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 Here's Channel that Donald Trump has in fact
approved attack plans against Iran.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
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. Comane 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
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Iran will not surrender to anyone and is warning that
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
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bracing for cyber attacks. Trump says, good luck with that.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
We won't be bullied. I was the hunted and now
I'm the hunter.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
It's a big difference.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
That means I've had it. Okay, I've had it. I
give up no more, then we go blow up all
than you know, all.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
The nuclear stuff that's all over the place there. Now
they had bad intentions, you know, the for forty years
they've been saying death to America, death to Israel, and
death to anybody else that they didn't like. The bullies.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
They were schoolyard bullies. And now they're not bullies anymore.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Trump's been meeting in the situation room with his National
Security team head of Central Command, Army General Eric Carilla,
they call him 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
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lunch with Pakistan's army chief. Pakistan borders Iran. Seems like
something's about to happen, and this is just breaking. The
Wall Street journal is reporting Trump privately a proved a
tack 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
(15:11):
of the bunker Buster has never been used on the battlefield,
It's only been tested. Axios reports that Trump has been
quizzing as generals. Are they sure if he uses them
they'll be one hundred percent effective?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
The generals say yes.
Speaker 6 (15:26):
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 9 (15:46):
I believe that unlesserre On surrenders in the next forty
eight hours, the United States, in conjunction with Israel, will
engage in military action.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
Trump says the Iranians want to fly all the way
to the White House to negotiate an end to.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
This, but he says it's two late. He doesn't appear
to be.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Open to long drawn out negotiations where he gets strung
along like last time.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
We're not looking for a ceasefire.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
We're looking for a total complete victory.
Speaker 7 (16:11):
Again, you know what the victory is no nuclear weapon.
Speaker 6 (16:15):
Trump's made a decision. Iran's nuclear program is gone. The
person who ultimately decides that is the Iatola. He can
either let us do it peacefully or we'll do it violently.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
But either way, the.
Speaker 6 (16:30):
Outcome of this war is this, the Iranians will never
be able to acquire.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
A nuclear weapon.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
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
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today the battle begins, dating there would be quote no
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 irrepuable damage. Iran's you
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An ambassador echoed that any direct US involvement alongside Israel
would trigger their own firm response. A Radian Foreign Ministry
spokesman went further, warning the US intervention could sparkle all
out war across the entire region. Now, let me say
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one other thing that's very interesting about all this is
what's happening within the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are staying
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
(18:02):
News Channel with Bill Hemmer.
Speaker 6 (18:03):
Say, show no mercy and if you have to take
the supreme leader out, do it?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Explain your position now, sir.
Speaker 10 (18:10):
Yeah, yeah, I think they should have targeted him, absolutely
gone taken 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
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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.
Speaker 6 (18:42):
Out what comes after that if that reality were to
take place.
Speaker 10 (18:47):
Senator Well, I think the reality is 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 has belaw and put our whole resion in
this kind of chaos, and now they clearly have nuclear ambitions,
and now I think it's entirely I'm not sure if
(19:09):
I might have been the only one constantly calling that
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 1 (19:23):
Done, Fetterman saying, I call in 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 a RAN's nuclear sites with those bunker busting bombs.
The answers, Yes, would there be bipartisan support?
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Clearly?
Speaker 1 (19:45):
John Fetterman says he will join others in the Republican
Party advocating for this, which brings me to my final point,
what do the American people think about the president stance? Well,
apparently in new polling, America stands overwhelmingly with Donald Trump
and Israel by staggeringly large numbers. Nearly seventy percent of
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Americans say US airstrikes 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 8 (20:21):
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 and Ron
cannot get a nuclear weapon, eighty three percent of Republicans,
seventy nine percent of Independence, seventy nine percent of Democrats.
When you get seventy nine percent of Democrats and eighty
three percent of Republicans agreeing on anything, you know that
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that position is the very clear majority in this country.
And so the American public is with Donald Trump. They
definitely opposed in Ron.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Getting nuclear weapons. So this is a nuance here.
Speaker 9 (20:51):
But you know, Trump and Natanyajoe both arguing that Ron
is close to being capable of making a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
If that is the case, what is the feeling.
Speaker 9 (20:59):
Of Americans as to whether the United States should get
involved in this conflict?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
Right?
Speaker 8 (21:04):
If you buy Donald Trump's theory of the case, and
I think that's important to note this is pulling from
April for Ranch trying.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
To make a nuclear weapon. Look at this overall you.
Speaker 8 (21:13):
Get the slight plurality, I mean it's within the margin America,
but the slight plurality of Americans actually favor US air
strikes compared to forty seven percent opposing it. Now here's
the other Nugget'll note, right, there's been a lot of
talk online and on social 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
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of Republicans favor US air strikes on or on their
nuclear facilities.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
No doubt, President Trump has 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 Magot Country, they're just wrong. Basically, seventy percent of
the GOP favor US air strikes. This is a major
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on such a quote controversial issue. So there may actually
be just propagandas 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. Major
news coming out of the White House, and that is
that Donald Trump is now saying that he may take
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up to two weeks to side whether he is going
to hit the main site of Iran's nuclear program. Now
what does this mean, Well, multiple different things. Number One,
it's shifting towards diplomacy. According to the Washington Post, has
temporarily stepped back from immediate military action, allowing up to
two weeks to exploit a new opportunity for diplomacy ahead
(22:43):
of the plan talks in Geneva with European foreign ministers
and Iran's foreign minister that is happening, by the way today.
One of the reasons why the President said, Okay, I
can maybe wait another twenty four to forty eight hours,
see if you guys can talk some sense into Iran's leader. Now,
these European led negotiations could be significant. The Financial Times
(23:06):
right now reporting the European powers, including the UK, France
and Germany, we'll meet with the Iranian officials in Geneva.
This is the first quote formal diplomatic engagement since Israel's strike,
and Trump is giving diplomacy this window before deciding. Now,
there are some that are criticizing Donald Trump in the
(23:29):
media on the left, saying, oh, he's lying. He's you know,
he was telling the people who ran that they must
leave now, and now he's backing down. He's being a
ws No, he's being responsible president that is allowing for
negotiations while also having pressure on them to hurry up
and get a deal done.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
You have to remember that Donald.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Trump gave them sixty days referring to Iran to get
a deal done, and they didn't. In what happened on
day sixty one, their site started to be attacked. Now
The Wall Street journal is also noting that Trump's two
week deadline is a strategic delay, aiming to compel Rand
towards negotiations or collapse under mounting global pressure. Now, this
(24:09):
timeframe also shifts immediate responsibility to Israel. That is something
that Israel is more than happy to have because it's
clear that their work and hitting certain targets.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
They believe is not done yet.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
And this also reflects Donald Trump's campaign promise to avoid
US war commitments. Now, the White House signals are also
very clear.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
At this hour.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
The AP is confirming the White House via the pre
Secretary Caroline Levitt framing this two week period as driven
by quote a substantial chance of negotiations and Geneva. Trump
emphasized he's always interested in a diplomatic solution while maintaining
military strength as a backup. Now, why is this a
(24:54):
positive development? Is the question that many of you may
be asking. Well, it's diplomacy. That is something Donald Trump's
been in favor of the entire time he's been in office.
And the pause marks they move away from immediate military escalation,
something we were expecting honestly over the last twenty four
to forty eight hours, and it signals Trump's openness to
(25:16):
diplomatic engagement, especially through the European mediation, where America is
going to be waiting by the phone but not actually
involved in it. We also know there's no immediate US
strike at least at this moment. Military options we have
been told have been laid out and are on the table,
but there's no authorization for immediate action from Donald Trump.
(25:40):
That is a break from prior posturing and also media reports.
And then there's the global coordination President Trump working with
our allies in Europe. This move is synchronizing US policy
with active European diplomatic efforts directly with a RAN's leadership,
(26:00):
and it's reinforcing a more unified and multilateral approach. Again,
it's clear that Donald Trump wants to avoid war. The
bottom line is this. Donald Trump's announcement of a two
week decision window reflects a major pivot. It's a pivot
from what we thought was going to be in an
immediate strike to diplomacy, providing breathing room for these ongoing
(26:25):
talks in Geneva. It also demonstrates a strategic recalibration by
the Trump team from brinksmanship to negotiations and without that
brinksmanship and without that threat of a real attack in
the next twelve or twenty four hours from Donald Trump,
it is bringing a rand to the table quickly, and
it also lines the US with international efforts to de
(26:49):
escalate the tensions over the issue, and it allows for
breathing room for Israel to continue to do what they
need to do to protect their country. So if you
take step back and you look at what's happened over
the last twenty four hours, this is good news for
America and our interests. I think at the end of
the day, many Americans don't want to be involved in
(27:11):
an attack on Iran. But there's also overwhelming support in
new polling for making sure that Iran never gets a
nuclear weapon. And the only person that can stop Iran
from getting that nuclear weapon is clearly the United States
of America with our bunker busting bombs. Now there's also
(27:31):
one other person that can admit, defeat, and stop all
of this incanny that is Iran. And that's the hope
in these meetings is that diplomacy will seem very real
to them and also a real option to get off
this path to well chaos and destruction. Which brings me
to story number two, and it's a very important one
(27:54):
on why Donald Trump may be allowing the two weeks
to play everything out. The child Crown Prince is now
saying the Islamic Republic is collapsing as we speak in Iran.
The exiled Crown Prince of Iran and son of the
last Persian shaw urged Iranians on Tuesday to prepare for
(28:15):
the impeding fall of the Supreme Leader and the Islamic
Republic as the country struggles to fight off attacks from Israel,
saying this, the Islamic Republic has reached its end and
is in the process of collapsing. The Supreme Leader is
like a frightened rat. He has gone into hiding underground
and has lost control of the situation. What has begun
(28:38):
is irreversible. The future is bright and together we will
pass through this sharp turn in history. Now, the military
conflict between Iran and Israel stretched into its sixth day
with little signs of slowing down, as Israel is continuing
to hammer Tehran's nuclear pursuits. Now, the former Shaw of
Iran sun and he knows a lot about your times up.
(29:01):
They ruled Iran from nineteen twenty five to nineteen seventy nine.
That's when it was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution. That
is when the around hostage crisis also happened, when they
took American hostages in our embassy. And he went on
to social media in English and Farsi and directed the
messages to his fellow countrymen and encouraged a full out uprising,
(29:24):
saying this, now is the time to rise, the time
to reclaim Iran. Let us all come forward and bring
about the end of this regime. He also advised that
there is a plan to establish a democratic government in
Iran within one hundred days of the collapse of the
Islamic Republic. He also urged military, law enforcement, security forces,
(29:45):
and state employees to join the effort to topple the
government under the leadership that is currently there in Iran,
saying this, do not stand against the Iranian people for
the sake of a regime whose fall has begun and
is inevitable. Do not sacrifice yourselves for a decaying regime.
(30:05):
By standing with the people, you can save your lives,
play an historic role in the transformation of the Islamic Republic,
and take part in building the future of Iran. Now
you hear this and is it real? There's a chance
that all of it could come tumbling down around the
leadership in Iran. Yes, Why, because we know that the
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leader of Iran is in hiding. We also know that
millions of people in Iran fled Tehran when Donald Trump
said you need to leave now, another example of just
how fragile the current regime may be. And finally, a
lot of the people that were afraid of the regime
may realize they're not as powerful as they thought, especially
(30:49):
knowing the air superiority was toppled in a matter of
hours by Israel, and Israel can do basically whatever they
want to do from the skies right now. So yes,
there's a lot of reasons to give diplomacy and other
things like this a few more days before the present
makes a decision, and that clearly is good for all
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Americans and also the Middle East. Make sure you share
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Speaker 2 (31:23):
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