July 19, 2026 • 31 mins
1. Appointment of Lindsey Graham's Sister to the U.S. Senate
- Personal history between Lindsey Graham and his sister.
- Governor Henry McMaster's announcement.
- Support from President Donald Trump and Senator Tim Scott.
- Emotional remarks from Darlene Graham accepting the appointment.
- Discussion of the political significance of maintaining Republican control in the Senate.
- Emphasis on the appointment as a historic milestone for South Carolina.
2. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
- The DSA's platform seeks fundamental changes to American government.
- Proposed reforms allegedly include:
- Eliminating the Electoral College.
- Expanding the House of Representatives.
- Ending the Senate filibuster.
- Reducing Supreme Court powers.
- Restructuring constitutional government.
These proposals are:
- Socialist.
- Marxist.
- Communist.
- Threats to the U.S. constitutional system.
4. Discussion of Democratic Party Politics
- The influence of democratic socialists within the Democratic Party.
- Tensions between establishment Democrats and progressive candidates.
- Michigan Senate politics as an example.
- Media clips from various commentators and politicians.
5. Interview Segment on Iran and U.S. Military Action
- U.S. military strikes on Iran.
- The Strait of Hormuz.
- Nuclear weapons concerns.
- Potential escalation of military operations.
- Economic and energy consequences.
- Negotiations with Iranian officials.
Trump is quoted as:
- Defending ongoing military action.
- Threatening further strikes.
- Claiming Iran's military capabilities have been severely degraded.
- Military pressure is necessary for negotiating a deal.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
There are a lot of people that are looking at
South Carolina right now, and the big question was who
was going to take over after the passing of Lindsay Graham.
We now know who that interim centater will be. South Carolina.
You have a new senator, and the appointment carries not
only enormous personal and political, but also historic significance. The
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governor there, Henry McMaster, has appointed Lindsey Graham's younger sister, Yes,
to temporarily represent South Carolina in the United States Senate.
The appointment was publicly encouraged and supported by President Donald Trump,
who argued that selecting Darlin would be a fitting tribute
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to her brother's extraordinary life and service. I want you
to hear the governor announcing that the sister of Lindsay
Graham had just been named the US Senator, and that
Governor Henry McMaster said, not only is a move that's
supported what President Trump had said, but she agreed to
serve through tears. Here's the Governor, in his own words,
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making the announcement to the state today.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Under the law, is my duty to an honor to
name someone to serve in the place of this irresistible man.
This irreplaceable man, this extraordinary man. For the remainder of
his term, Lindsey took care of his little sister in
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years long departed. It's my honor to ask his little sister,
Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now. And
by the way, Darlena, I don't know if I told you,
but after we spoke on the phone in the wee
house of Sunday morning and you agreed to serve through
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tears earlier, I had wondered what she would say, and
I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
That you had to serve.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And I called the President afterwards and he thought it
was a great idea. And I'm sure that everyone here
does as well. Darling, little sister, come forward please.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
As you could hear there from the Governor, it was
a somber but sweet moment. You may not realize that
Lindsey Graham's sister was someone that he raised after they
lost both of their parents when they were young. Lindsay
raised his little sister and eventually even became a legal guardian.
He was only in his early twenties, attending college and
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serving in the Air Force, but he took responsibility for
keeping their family together. That experience not only shaped Lindsay
Graham's life, his faith, and his commitment to public service,
but obviously a massive impact on his little sister.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Now she isn't just Lindsey Graham's little sister.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
She has virtually been in every aspect and the most
important parts of Lindsay's life. She frequently appeared with him
at major political moments, including when he launched his presidential campaign,
and she's remained one of his closest confidants throughout his
entire career. President Trump even made reference to this before
Governor McMaster's announcement. Trump urged the governor to appoint the
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sister as a temporary cenater, describing the idea as not
only a powerful way to honor Lindsey Graham's memory, but
also ensuring South Carolina continued to have full representation in Washington.
Senator Tim Scott also supported the appointment as well, being
from the same state. Politically, the appointment is also incredibly
important at this moment. Why because when she arrives, it
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now allows the Republicans to preserve their fifty three forty
seven Senate majority, a moment right now where the Chamber
is dealing with major national security legislation, defend spending, presidential nominations,
and continuing tensions involving Iran and Russia, with the President's
big speech on Thursday night being at the core of
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a lot of this. Lindsey Graham has been one of
the Senate's most influential voices on military affairs, foreign policy,
and judiciary. And now his little sister will be there
to continue to carry that baton of what Lindsey Graham
believed in and to make sure the people of South
Carolina have someone representing their state's interests.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Her appointment is also historic. As I mentioned earlier, Darling
Graham becomes the first woman to represent South Carolina in
the United States Senate history. It's a remarkable milestone in
a state with a long and consequential political history. The
appointment does not settle the longer political battle over Lindsey
Graham's seat. South Carolina Republicans are scheduled to hold a
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spe vcial primary on August eleventh, with a potential runoff
later that month. The general election is scheduled for November third. Now,
already there have been several prominent Republicans that are reportedly
looking and considering having a campaign, including the lieutenant governor,
members of South Carolina's congressional delegation. The eventual Republican nominee
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is also expected to face a tough fight with the
Democratic nominee, Annie Andrews. But what we now know is,
at least for the next few months, Lindsey Graham will
be represented in the United States Senate by his little sister.
And I couldn't think of anything more fitting than literally
doing exactly what the President said having this become a reality.
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I want you to also hear what Lindsay Graham's little
sister had to say after the governor announced that she
would be the new Senator from South Carolina.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
Bear with me as I try to get through this.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
But first, I just want to say one thing I've
never heard Lindsay described as is irresistible.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
So okay, we'll just start with that.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
But first, I would like to thank everyone who has
called and reached out over the past couple of days.
I can't tell you how much it's meant to me
and our family. I know Lindsay was loved and respected
by many, and I greatly appreciate the memories and even
the funny stories that have been shared. These shared experiences,
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along with our faith, have gotten us through these past
two very difficult days. Next, I want to thank the
governor for selecting me to serve the remainder of Lindsay's term.
Speaker 5 (06:45):
It is such an honor.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
Lindsay has always been there for me, and now I
will be there for him. My brother was the most
amazing person, outstanding leader, and just a genuinely good man.
He was kind and considerate and loved by his family dearly.
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As I think everyone would agree, Lindsay worked harder than anyone.
He worked NonStop to make our state, country, and world better.
He loved his family and loved serving this state and
our country. He dedicated his life to our country. It
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is such a privilege to get to finish some of
his important work, and I promise to work hard over
the next several months to support the president and carry
forward the efforts of my brother on behalf of the
citizens of South Carolina and the United States. I know
Lindsay thought the world of his staff and colleagues, and
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with their support, I feel confident. I think this is
what would have wanted, and I plan to honor him
in this way. Now to Lindsey, I miss you more
than I can even put into words, but I'm going
to do this.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
I got it. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
An incredibly powerful, short but very important moment there in
South Carolina, a moment where you could tell how much
love and respect she has for her brother who passed away,
and saying that Lindsay worked harder than anyone. He worked
NonStop to make our steak country and world better. This
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is what he would have wanted. And she said she's
going to make him proud and serve the people. Well,
it is truly incredible to see the grace under this
moment that was shown by her to honor and represent
her brother, his wishes and the people that he cared
about in South Carolina.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
So so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
If you want to understand how dramatically the far left
wants to transform America, well it's now in writing. You
have to look no further than the newly unveiled platform
from the Democratic Socialists of America known as the DSA.
Now this isn't simply another policy paper that's calling for,
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you know, higher taxes and bigger government, which they love.
This is now a document that envisions fundamentally restructuring the
American system of government itself.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Now, let me be very clear what we're talking about.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
The DSA is an activist political organization. They are not
a governing body, and its platform has no legal force.
But they're running for office and now they become incredibly
influential in the Democratic coalition as a whole. That many
of the races right now are running Democratic Socialist candidates
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in the Democrat primaries, and a growing number of candidates
not only identifying but also receiving support and winning. So
what exactly are they proposing. Well, Kayleie Mcananny explained it
as she got the platform notes, and here's what it said.
Speaker 7 (10:17):
Well, the DSA debuted their new Workers Deserve More program
yesterday with a set of radical new policies that would
gut the constitution radically transform life in the United States.
The document pitches an idyllic future under socialism. Quote, imagine
taking a day off from work in a future without capitalism,
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you work as much as you are able, and no
more than needed, and you would control your own labor
and see it going to good use. It's not just
a job to pay the bills. Speaking of bills. You
don't really have them anymore. You have no debt, you
don't need health insurance, you don't pay a mortgage or
have a landlord. Because comfortable housing is a human right.
Just because it is an eat to imagine, how doesn't
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mean we shouldn't try to make it happen. Wow, The
problem is it's failed everywhere it's been tried.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Not to be clear, what they're asking for is replacing
America our constitutional structure with a socialist, communist Marxist system.
The platform, by the way, calls for replacing the electoral
college with a national popular vote, expanding the House of
Representatives so that they have the edge, ending the Senate filibuster,
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reducing the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. Meaning they're
basically meaningless, and moving towards a quote new constitutional framework
that's centered on a single federal legislature. This is again
all in writing. Now, if you think about what this
proposal means, the United States of America was deliberately designed
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with three co equal branches of government, the executive, the legislative,
and the judicial. Now communists understand that, in the understand,
and that's a problem. So what they said was no, no, no,
we're done with that, and forget to legislative chambers in
the House and Senate.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Right, No, that's gone as well.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
The DSA is now telling Americans that all of these
institutions are undemocratic and they should be fundamentally restructured. Now
they say these changes would make quote, government more representative,
and they argue that this is a dismantling of the
core of the problems we have in this country. Constitutional
checks that we don't need, balances that we don't need.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
They want none of those things to exist. Now, how
did we get to this point? I'm going to play
for you part of that history.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Well, okay in a good friend of mine at Fox
actually put it together, talking about how the Democratic Party
has now allowed and it's really interesting to watch the
communists and socialists to.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Virtually completely take over.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
And before I get to that, I want to talk
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fight and stand for our values instead of fight against them.
And the stakes, as I just mentioned, couldn't be higher.
We finally have a president and administration that are fighting
hard for America. But if conservatives we lose focus. Well,
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the same people who created this mess will be back
in charge, and they're waiting to resume their destructive progressive agenda.
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Speaker 4 (14:48):
All right, I want you to hear.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And this was a very interesting segment Will Caine put
together talking about the establishment Democrats open the door to
the Democratic Socialist Party and they worked in and now
they're taking over.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
And as socialism takes root now in the Democrat Party,
are voters taking to socialism? We may not have an
answer yet, but we are getting a pretty clear picture
of what Democratic Socialists have in mind for America. Total fundamental,
radical change to pretty much every area of government. The
DSA underscoring that plan for a people in a new
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platform just released.
Speaker 9 (15:29):
Let's walk through it together. We have it up on
the wall.
Speaker 8 (15:32):
It's no less radical than starting with replacing the president
and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Speaker 9 (15:39):
But we're just now getting.
Speaker 8 (15:41):
Started because The DSA would also abolish the United States Senate,
expand the House of Representatives, and move to rank choice voting,
the likes of which you see in California.
Speaker 9 (15:52):
Still working to transform America.
Speaker 8 (15:55):
The DSA proposes, like many Democrats, to make Washington, DC
a state, to defund the Department of War, end ice,
attention and deportation, and grant amnesty to all illegal immigrants. Now,
these are the radical transformational things proposed by the Democratic
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Socialist of America. Some of these we've heard already from
establishment Democrats. They've opened the door, and the DSA has
simply walked through the door.
Speaker 9 (16:29):
Would you like to abolish the Senate? That's part of
our platform, And we don't think that's extreme. We think
it's a change that would help make this country more democratic.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
We need that illegal aliens in the country, don't. They
need to be removed.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
We believe that demilitarizing the border, that violent oppression of
working class immigrants who come here, is not something that
most Americans want.
Speaker 8 (16:53):
Democrats are left scrambling. America may be left scrambling. It's
like running for class president high school agains someone that
promises free ice scheme for everybody, every day at lunch.
I mean, take a look. These are the types of
things being said by the DSA. Imagine taking a day
off from work. In the future, without capitalism, you work
as much as you are able, and no more than needed,
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and it's always accompanied by the friendly little fist deal
not sweet enough for you?
Speaker 9 (17:22):
There's more. How about this from the DSA.
Speaker 8 (17:24):
You won't have any bills, no debt, no need for
health insurance, no mortgage, no landlords, retirement publicly funded.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
Sounds too good to be true. That's because, of course
you're not a SAP.
Speaker 8 (17:39):
But for now, all of this is too much for
traditional democrats.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
It's too hard to compete.
Speaker 8 (17:47):
So you're looking at traditional establishment democrats say don't look here,
look over here, Like for a President Biden, who has
a book he'd like to talk about, but not until
after the midterms.
Speaker 10 (18:00):
It's about the challenge we face as a nation, about
the decisions I made, why I made them, leading in
the country through COVID, rebuilding our economy and restoring our
democracy after the attack on January sixth, any our nation's
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longest wign Afgandestia strengthening data supporting Ukraine.
Speaker 8 (18:28):
As Biden slurs his way through the past, the far
left full stream ahead into the future, knocking the Democrat
establishment off its feet in the process. So the big
tent we've heard about, well, it's hard to really know
if they're winning the hearts and minds the DSA. Are
they winning the hearts and minds of Democrats. It's hard
to know. Just know they're running against this.
Speaker 11 (18:51):
I request thirty more seconds because I rise before you,
adorning these.
Speaker 5 (18:56):
For personal tension, not.
Speaker 9 (18:58):
For personal tension, but to encourage you to take.
Speaker 11 (19:05):
I am going to be working on our behalf. I
am going to be telling the stories on our behalf,
and you better believe I'm going to be doing it
with a little bit of joy, a little bit of enthusiasm,
a little bit of energy, and a little bit of
sicket to them, because that's the Michigan way.
Speaker 8 (19:24):
That is Democratic establishment. Candidate Hailey Stevens, who's running against
Socialist candidate Abdul Lsi, ed for Senate in Michigan. Somebody
clever on X said, the Democrats said, we need new voices,
and here's Hailey Stevens to offer you a nineteen thirties
baseball manager. But can't we say it's something we've seen before.
Speaker 5 (19:44):
You better thank a union member.
Speaker 12 (19:48):
On the five day.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
You better thank a union member for sick leave.
Speaker 9 (19:54):
You better thank a union member for paid leave.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
You better thank a union member for vacation.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Listen, I'm right, Listen.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Listen, Okay, listen.
Speaker 12 (20:06):
I don't feel no ways tired. I come too far
from where I started from. Nobody told me that the
road would be easy.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
Hayley Stevens doesn't even take the gold for changing accents
in front of her audience, and not least among Democrats.
But the problem, see for Democrats isn't how they're speaking,
it's what they're speaking about.
Speaker 9 (20:31):
That's the problem.
Speaker 13 (20:33):
Legitimately, when the campaign consultants told me, hey, we're gonna
hit this line because Kamal Harris came out in favor
of taxpayer funded sex changes for illegal aliens, and I
remember thing to myself, come on, you guys, like, she
didn't really say that, it's taken out of context.
Speaker 5 (20:51):
And then I go and look at it.
Speaker 13 (20:51):
I'm like, holy, she actually said that, and she was
she really was like the very worst version of what
the Democrats were producing in twenty twenty. The thing is
it was they were all doing it because that was
the incentives of the party.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
You listen there by the way to the Vice President
and what he's saying, this is the incentives of the party.
It is no shock that we now are at a
point where we have the Democratic Socialists of America who
really are running the agenda, who are pushing the future,
who are advocating for destroying this country. When they tell
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you what they believe in, please believe them.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
They're not lying, folks. This is what they believe.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
President Donald Trump is set down for an exclusive interview
with Fox News Channel about the US strikes that will
continue against Iran, and he says they will escalate even
bigger throughout the week if Iran is unwilling to make
a deal. President Trump making it clear now what America's
foreign policy is towards Iran, and it's very different than
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what it was even just a week ago. The President
now laying it out in a very clear interview, and
I want you to hear what he had to say.
Speaker 14 (22:12):
In President Trump told Fox News that strikes against Iran
will continue tonight and expand next week if the Iranians
are unwilling to make a deal. Here's more of our
exclusive interview from the White House.
Speaker 15 (22:26):
Mister President, thank you for speaking with Fox News.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 15 (22:30):
We have seen extensive US strikes against Iran for three
consecutive nights. Now this comes after the Iranians attacked vessels
in the Strait of Horn Moves. How would you describe
what is happening at this moment? Has the war resumed?
Speaker 16 (22:45):
Well, I guess you could define it in any way
you want, but certainly we're beating them up really badly.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
They have to be beat up. We're hitting them very,
very hard.
Speaker 16 (22:53):
We're hitting every single thing that they have along the shore,
along the waterfront. You know, if you look at the
Strait of Hormos, it's now we're looking. We're finding it
hard to find where they have anything. We have to
stop it. We have to keep it open. I was
going to charge your fee, but instead they'd rather spend
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a lot of money in the United States, which frankly
is better because I don't like the idea of a fee.
It's got to remain free because otherwise others will do
the same thing.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
But I think we've made tremendous progress.
Speaker 15 (23:24):
So your objectives are to ensure that Iron never has
a nuclear weapon, to keep the straight open and to
degrade the Iranian military. Can those objectives be completed in
an air campaign alone or does this require a ground component?
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Well, I think they're completed now.
Speaker 16 (23:40):
Honestly, if we left right now, it would take them
twenty years to rebuild what they have. The only way
you can negotiate with these people is who's strength, and
the only strength is military strength.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
And that's what we've done.
Speaker 16 (23:52):
And I mean literally two days ago we had a
deal and then they broke it. At the last moment
they broke it.
Speaker 15 (23:59):
Well, these strikes can take you.
Speaker 16 (24:00):
They'll continue until I say it's enough.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
I mean, they'll continue. They've been there. You know.
Speaker 16 (24:07):
The word the military likes to use is degrade. They've
been degraded to a very low level, and they have fight.
You know, it's like a great boxer. Have You think
you have them beat and then all of a sudden,
he comes back and he gives you a shot.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
They have some fight left, but they don't have much.
Speaker 16 (24:24):
And their weapon degrading has been incredible at a level
nobody thought it was possible to do it this quickly.
Speaker 15 (24:31):
You posted today on True Social comments that you made
back in nineteen eighty eight about carg Island. And at
the time you said, one bullet shot at one of
our men or ships, and I do a number on
carg Island, I'd go in and take it. Yeah, do
you still intend to take cargo?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Oh?
Speaker 16 (24:48):
I can't say that to you because if I did,
it would be foolish, right, But I nice make a
little headlines, but it would be foolish.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
But I'll tell you about carg Island.
Speaker 15 (24:56):
So are you've already Are you really not a ground campaign?
Limited capacity?
Speaker 16 (25:00):
I don't want to say that either, but I would
say no if I thought it was appropriate. It's sometimes
you need a ground campaign, but we have other people
that will do the ground campaign for us. But we
already hit carg Island, as you know, twice, even three times.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
I said, hit everything, but the oil.
Speaker 16 (25:18):
Just leave that little area from twenty five yards out,
leave that a little area.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Don't touch you ill, because I don't want that.
Speaker 16 (25:25):
In terms of the world economy, it's you know, it's
a chunk of the world economy.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
So we haven't hit that.
Speaker 16 (25:30):
At some point we could, but I think it's unlikely
as far as taking it is concerned. If we degrade
them far enough and deep enough back, I would do that.
Speaker 15 (25:39):
Do you anticipate that the strikes we're seeing this week
against Iran will expand? Are you considering hitting energy targets
or other locations.
Speaker 16 (25:49):
I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll
hit energy targets. Yeah, but we're going to hit them
very hard tonight, We're going to hit them very hard.
Tomorrow night, We're going to hit them very hard the
night after. And then next week it gets really bad
for them because next week comes the power plants. Next
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week comes the bridges. We're going to knock out all
their power plants. We're going to knock out all their
bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.
Speaker 15 (26:18):
Do you believe the Iranians are serious about making a deal?
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I think they have no choice.
Speaker 15 (26:22):
Why haven't they yet?
Speaker 3 (26:23):
I think if I.
Speaker 16 (26:24):
Didn't do the way I'm doing, they would never make
a deal. They would have never made a deal with Obama.
That deal was the worst. What they did sign was
a worthless piece of paper. What they signed, what they
signed with Obama was a worthless piece of paper. That
was a road to a nuclear weapon. And what I
have is a wall. There will be no nuclear weapon,
(26:45):
I'll never sign. And when you listed the three things,
by far, the most important is they will not have
a nuclear opon.
Speaker 15 (26:53):
Take me back to the moment before February twenty eighth,
when you made the decision to launch Operation at Fury.
Was there a specific piece of intelligence that made you
decide to launch this operation?
Speaker 16 (27:06):
Well, specific in the sense it just never stops and
they're going to go forward. And they wanted a nuclear weapon.
We knew they wanted a nuclear weapon. If they have
a nuclear weapon, Issia wouldn't be here.
Speaker 15 (27:18):
Look, they said they didn't want a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 16 (27:20):
Now they say that everything they say is a lie.
They lie and never seen anything like it. They also
come out and they'll tell you we never discussed nuclear
and we're in a.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Room for five hours. That's all we discussed.
Speaker 16 (27:30):
And they'll walk out and say nuclear was not discussed.
Everything was discussed at nauseum. They were going to have
a nuclear weapon within two weeks had we not done
the B two bombers, had we not bombed their nuclear sides,
had three nuclear sites, and there's another one we're looking
at right now. As you know, we're looking at Pickax
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because somebody said there's a little activity. You know, we
have cameras space force way of cameras that are they can.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Read the badge. They can read your name, probably Muhammad.
Speaker 16 (28:03):
They can read your name on a badge from space
and every area of Pickaxe, but the other three are covered.
But specifically, if they make any move, they make any move,
we immediately go and do whatever we have to do.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
But they haven't. On the other they were so decimated somewhat.
Speaker 15 (28:20):
That's expert to say that the United States doesn't have
the ability to strike deep enough. With these bunker buster bombs.
At Pickax Mountain.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
They can go deep. We have good, good stuff.
Speaker 16 (28:32):
Nobody knows about Pickaxe, by the way, nobody knows if
they even are doing anything in Pickax.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
It's just something that comes up. We have cameras on it.
Speaker 16 (28:40):
There's very little activity there, but if there's even just
a small amount, we'll hit it, and we'll hit it hard.
Speaker 15 (28:46):
I want to ask you about the Telegon facility. It's
outside of Tehran and it was hit in US strikes previously.
These are satellite images from June and July, and on
June twenty second, you can see activity at this site,
and then on July seventh, There is movement, There are
trucks and cranes, and that image freshly poored concrete. Right,
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what do these images well say to you?
Speaker 16 (29:09):
What I'm hearing is that they put in what they've
watched it that they poured concrete to close up the
entrances so we couldn't get into it. So that's what
they're saying. But we can hit that one very easily.
You know, it only takes a matter of minutes for
us to do it and do major damage, major damage,
and when they know it's coming, they disappear. Yeah, that's
exactly what I'm seeing here.
Speaker 15 (29:31):
And sir, on Monday, you announced that the United States
is reimposing the US blockade of Iranian ports. Soared to
Know shipping data trackers indicate that just ten vessels passed
through the straight upfore Moves on Monday, less than ten
percent of what normally goes through this critical waterway. When
you say the strait is open, what do you mean.
Speaker 16 (29:52):
It's open if people want to go through it. We're
not opening it for I Ran. That's the only one
that's closed for It slows for I Ran both in
and out.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
But it's open now. A lot of things have happened.
Try in the last few months.
Speaker 16 (30:04):
Pipelines are being built, We're coming up with great alternatives,
including Texas, including Alaska.
Speaker 15 (30:11):
You've called the new leadership in Iran a changed regime.
Do you still believe that?
Speaker 16 (30:16):
Well, I knew the first group for a little while,
and they were evil, and they're no longer with us.
I knew the second group also a little bit better,
and they were evil, and they're no longer with us.
And the third group, they have some bad ones in there,
some very bad ones in there, and I think they're
the ones that are stopping a deal.
Speaker 15 (30:35):
So are you negotiating with the wrong people?
Speaker 16 (30:37):
Well, now, I don't want to negotiate now, I said,
let's not negotiate. Three days ago, we had a deal.
Speaker 15 (30:42):
When was the last time you spoke with an Iranian official?
Speaker 16 (30:45):
Well, not me, but let's say my representatives. I have
spoken to them, but my representatives over the course of
well actually.
Speaker 15 (30:54):
An hour ago, and what message was delivered?
Speaker 16 (30:57):
They want to make a deal, but every time they
make a deal, they reak it. They don't want to die.
People don't want to die. Yeah, about an hour.
Speaker 15 (31:05):
Ago, and what message was delivered?
Speaker 3 (31:08):
You better make a deal.
Speaker 16 (31:09):
You're not gonna have any You're not gonna have anybody left.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
One of the most clear and concise interviews from the
President of United States of America there with Fox News Channel,
making it clear that his policy has changed significantly. This
obviously was a major moment for the President to tell
the country exactly where his mindset is and it is
very different than it was just a week ago. Don't
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to you again tomorrow.
There are a lot of people that are looking at
South Carolina right now, and the big question was who
was going to take over after the passing of Lindsay Graham.
We now know who that interim centater will be. South Carolina.
You have a new senator, and the appointment carries not
only enormous personal and political, but also historic significance. The
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governor there, Henry McMaster, has appointed Lindsey Graham's younger sister, Yes,
to temporarily represent South Carolina in the United States Senate.
The appointment was publicly encouraged and supported by President Donald Trump,
who argued that selecting Darlin would be a fitting tribute
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to her brother's extraordinary life and service. I want you
to hear the governor announcing that the sister of Lindsay
Graham had just been named the US Senator, and that
Governor Henry McMaster said, not only is a move that's
supported what President Trump had said, but she agreed to
serve through tears. Here's the Governor, in his own words,
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making the announcement to the state today.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Under the law, is my duty to an honor to
name someone to serve in the place of this irresistible man.
This irreplaceable man, this extraordinary man. For the remainder of
his term, Lindsey took care of his little sister in
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years long departed. It's my honor to ask his little sister,
Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now. And
by the way, Darlena, I don't know if I told you,
but after we spoke on the phone in the wee
house of Sunday morning and you agreed to serve through
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tears earlier, I had wondered what she would say, and
I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
That you had to serve.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And I called the President afterwards and he thought it
was a great idea. And I'm sure that everyone here
does as well. Darling, little sister, come forward please.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
As you could hear there from the Governor, it was
a somber but sweet moment. You may not realize that
Lindsey Graham's sister was someone that he raised after they
lost both of their parents when they were young. Lindsay
raised his little sister and eventually even became a legal guardian.
He was only in his early twenties, attending college and
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serving in the Air Force, but he took responsibility for
keeping their family together. That experience not only shaped Lindsay
Graham's life, his faith, and his commitment to public service,
but obviously a massive impact on his little sister.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Now she isn't just Lindsey Graham's little sister.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
She has virtually been in every aspect and the most
important parts of Lindsay's life. She frequently appeared with him
at major political moments, including when he launched his presidential campaign,
and she's remained one of his closest confidants throughout his
entire career. President Trump even made reference to this before
Governor McMaster's announcement. Trump urged the governor to appoint the
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sister as a temporary cenater, describing the idea as not
only a powerful way to honor Lindsey Graham's memory, but
also ensuring South Carolina continued to have full representation in Washington.
Senator Tim Scott also supported the appointment as well, being
from the same state. Politically, the appointment is also incredibly
important at this moment. Why because when she arrives, it
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now allows the Republicans to preserve their fifty three forty
seven Senate majority, a moment right now where the Chamber
is dealing with major national security legislation, defend spending, presidential nominations,
and continuing tensions involving Iran and Russia, with the President's
big speech on Thursday night being at the core of
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a lot of this. Lindsey Graham has been one of
the Senate's most influential voices on military affairs, foreign policy,
and judiciary. And now his little sister will be there
to continue to carry that baton of what Lindsey Graham
believed in and to make sure the people of South
Carolina have someone representing their state's interests.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Her appointment is also historic. As I mentioned earlier, Darling
Graham becomes the first woman to represent South Carolina in
the United States Senate history. It's a remarkable milestone in
a state with a long and consequential political history. The
appointment does not settle the longer political battle over Lindsey
Graham's seat. South Carolina Republicans are scheduled to hold a
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spe vcial primary on August eleventh, with a potential runoff
later that month. The general election is scheduled for November third. Now,
already there have been several prominent Republicans that are reportedly
looking and considering having a campaign, including the lieutenant governor,
members of South Carolina's congressional delegation. The eventual Republican nominee
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is also expected to face a tough fight with the
Democratic nominee, Annie Andrews. But what we now know is,
at least for the next few months, Lindsey Graham will
be represented in the United States Senate by his little sister.
And I couldn't think of anything more fitting than literally
doing exactly what the President said having this become a reality.
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I want you to also hear what Lindsay Graham's little
sister had to say after the governor announced that she
would be the new Senator from South Carolina.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
Bear with me as I try to get through this.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
But first, I just want to say one thing I've
never heard Lindsay described as is irresistible.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
So okay, we'll just start with that.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
But first, I would like to thank everyone who has
called and reached out over the past couple of days.
I can't tell you how much it's meant to me
and our family. I know Lindsay was loved and respected
by many, and I greatly appreciate the memories and even
the funny stories that have been shared. These shared experiences,
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along with our faith, have gotten us through these past
two very difficult days. Next, I want to thank the
governor for selecting me to serve the remainder of Lindsay's term.
Speaker 5 (06:45):
It is such an honor.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
Lindsay has always been there for me, and now I
will be there for him. My brother was the most
amazing person, outstanding leader, and just a genuinely good man.
He was kind and considerate and loved by his family dearly.
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As I think everyone would agree, Lindsay worked harder than anyone.
He worked NonStop to make our state, country, and world better.
He loved his family and loved serving this state and
our country. He dedicated his life to our country. It
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is such a privilege to get to finish some of
his important work, and I promise to work hard over
the next several months to support the president and carry
forward the efforts of my brother on behalf of the
citizens of South Carolina and the United States. I know
Lindsay thought the world of his staff and colleagues, and
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with their support, I feel confident. I think this is
what would have wanted, and I plan to honor him
in this way. Now to Lindsey, I miss you more
than I can even put into words, but I'm going
to do this.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
I got it. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
An incredibly powerful, short but very important moment there in
South Carolina, a moment where you could tell how much
love and respect she has for her brother who passed away,
and saying that Lindsay worked harder than anyone. He worked
NonStop to make our steak country and world better. This
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is what he would have wanted. And she said she's
going to make him proud and serve the people. Well,
it is truly incredible to see the grace under this
moment that was shown by her to honor and represent
her brother, his wishes and the people that he cared
about in South Carolina.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
So so much, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
If you want to understand how dramatically the far left
wants to transform America, well it's now in writing. You
have to look no further than the newly unveiled platform
from the Democratic Socialists of America known as the DSA.
Now this isn't simply another policy paper that's calling for,
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you know, higher taxes and bigger government, which they love.
This is now a document that envisions fundamentally restructuring the
American system of government itself.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Now, let me be very clear what we're talking about.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
The DSA is an activist political organization. They are not
a governing body, and its platform has no legal force.
But they're running for office and now they become incredibly
influential in the Democratic coalition as a whole. That many
of the races right now are running Democratic Socialist candidates
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in the Democrat primaries, and a growing number of candidates
not only identifying but also receiving support and winning. So
what exactly are they proposing. Well, Kayleie Mcananny explained it
as she got the platform notes, and here's what it said.
Speaker 7 (10:17):
Well, the DSA debuted their new Workers Deserve More program
yesterday with a set of radical new policies that would
gut the constitution radically transform life in the United States.
The document pitches an idyllic future under socialism. Quote, imagine
taking a day off from work in a future without capitalism,
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you work as much as you are able, and no
more than needed, and you would control your own labor
and see it going to good use. It's not just
a job to pay the bills. Speaking of bills. You
don't really have them anymore. You have no debt, you
don't need health insurance, you don't pay a mortgage or
have a landlord. Because comfortable housing is a human right.
Just because it is an eat to imagine, how doesn't
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mean we shouldn't try to make it happen. Wow, The
problem is it's failed everywhere it's been tried.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Not to be clear, what they're asking for is replacing
America our constitutional structure with a socialist, communist Marxist system.
The platform, by the way, calls for replacing the electoral
college with a national popular vote, expanding the House of
Representatives so that they have the edge, ending the Senate filibuster,
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reducing the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. Meaning they're
basically meaningless, and moving towards a quote new constitutional framework
that's centered on a single federal legislature. This is again
all in writing. Now, if you think about what this
proposal means, the United States of America was deliberately designed
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with three co equal branches of government, the executive, the legislative,
and the judicial. Now communists understand that, in the understand,
and that's a problem. So what they said was no, no, no,
we're done with that, and forget to legislative chambers in
the House and Senate.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Right, No, that's gone as well.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
The DSA is now telling Americans that all of these
institutions are undemocratic and they should be fundamentally restructured. Now
they say these changes would make quote, government more representative,
and they argue that this is a dismantling of the
core of the problems we have in this country. Constitutional
checks that we don't need, balances that we don't need.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
They want none of those things to exist. Now, how
did we get to this point? I'm going to play
for you part of that history.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Well, okay in a good friend of mine at Fox
actually put it together, talking about how the Democratic Party
has now allowed and it's really interesting to watch the
communists and socialists to.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Virtually completely take over.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
And before I get to that, I want to talk
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And the stakes, as I just mentioned, couldn't be higher.
We finally have a president and administration that are fighting
hard for America. But if conservatives we lose focus. Well,
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the same people who created this mess will be back
in charge, and they're waiting to resume their destructive progressive agenda.
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Speaker 4 (14:48):
All right, I want you to hear.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And this was a very interesting segment Will Caine put
together talking about the establishment Democrats open the door to
the Democratic Socialist Party and they worked in and now
they're taking over.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
And as socialism takes root now in the Democrat Party,
are voters taking to socialism? We may not have an
answer yet, but we are getting a pretty clear picture
of what Democratic Socialists have in mind for America. Total fundamental,
radical change to pretty much every area of government. The
DSA underscoring that plan for a people in a new
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platform just released.
Speaker 9 (15:29):
Let's walk through it together. We have it up on
the wall.
Speaker 8 (15:32):
It's no less radical than starting with replacing the president
and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Speaker 9 (15:39):
But we're just now getting.
Speaker 8 (15:41):
Started because The DSA would also abolish the United States Senate,
expand the House of Representatives, and move to rank choice voting,
the likes of which you see in California.
Speaker 9 (15:52):
Still working to transform America.
Speaker 8 (15:55):
The DSA proposes, like many Democrats, to make Washington, DC
a state, to defund the Department of War, end ice,
attention and deportation, and grant amnesty to all illegal immigrants. Now,
these are the radical transformational things proposed by the Democratic
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Socialist of America. Some of these we've heard already from
establishment Democrats. They've opened the door, and the DSA has
simply walked through the door.
Speaker 9 (16:29):
Would you like to abolish the Senate? That's part of
our platform, And we don't think that's extreme. We think
it's a change that would help make this country more democratic.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
We need that illegal aliens in the country, don't. They
need to be removed.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
We believe that demilitarizing the border, that violent oppression of
working class immigrants who come here, is not something that
most Americans want.
Speaker 8 (16:53):
Democrats are left scrambling. America may be left scrambling. It's
like running for class president high school agains someone that
promises free ice scheme for everybody, every day at lunch.
I mean, take a look. These are the types of
things being said by the DSA. Imagine taking a day
off from work. In the future, without capitalism, you work
as much as you are able, and no more than needed,
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and it's always accompanied by the friendly little fist deal
not sweet enough for you?
Speaker 9 (17:22):
There's more. How about this from the DSA.
Speaker 8 (17:24):
You won't have any bills, no debt, no need for
health insurance, no mortgage, no landlords, retirement publicly funded.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
Sounds too good to be true. That's because, of course
you're not a SAP.
Speaker 8 (17:39):
But for now, all of this is too much for
traditional democrats.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
It's too hard to compete.
Speaker 8 (17:47):
So you're looking at traditional establishment democrats say don't look here,
look over here, Like for a President Biden, who has
a book he'd like to talk about, but not until
after the midterms.
Speaker 10 (18:00):
It's about the challenge we face as a nation, about
the decisions I made, why I made them, leading in
the country through COVID, rebuilding our economy and restoring our
democracy after the attack on January sixth, any our nation's
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longest wign Afgandestia strengthening data supporting Ukraine.
Speaker 8 (18:28):
As Biden slurs his way through the past, the far
left full stream ahead into the future, knocking the Democrat
establishment off its feet in the process. So the big
tent we've heard about, well, it's hard to really know
if they're winning the hearts and minds the DSA. Are
they winning the hearts and minds of Democrats. It's hard
to know. Just know they're running against this.
Speaker 11 (18:51):
I request thirty more seconds because I rise before you,
adorning these.
Speaker 5 (18:56):
For personal tension, not.
Speaker 9 (18:58):
For personal tension, but to encourage you to take.
Speaker 11 (19:05):
I am going to be working on our behalf. I
am going to be telling the stories on our behalf,
and you better believe I'm going to be doing it
with a little bit of joy, a little bit of enthusiasm,
a little bit of energy, and a little bit of
sicket to them, because that's the Michigan way.
Speaker 8 (19:24):
That is Democratic establishment. Candidate Hailey Stevens, who's running against
Socialist candidate Abdul Lsi, ed for Senate in Michigan. Somebody
clever on X said, the Democrats said, we need new voices,
and here's Hailey Stevens to offer you a nineteen thirties
baseball manager. But can't we say it's something we've seen before.
Speaker 5 (19:44):
You better thank a union member.
Speaker 12 (19:48):
On the five day.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
You better thank a union member for sick leave.
Speaker 9 (19:54):
You better thank a union member for paid leave.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
You better thank a union member for vacation.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Listen, I'm right, Listen.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Listen, Okay, listen.
Speaker 12 (20:06):
I don't feel no ways tired. I come too far
from where I started from. Nobody told me that the
road would be easy.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
Hayley Stevens doesn't even take the gold for changing accents
in front of her audience, and not least among Democrats.
But the problem, see for Democrats isn't how they're speaking,
it's what they're speaking about.
Speaker 9 (20:31):
That's the problem.
Speaker 13 (20:33):
Legitimately, when the campaign consultants told me, hey, we're gonna
hit this line because Kamal Harris came out in favor
of taxpayer funded sex changes for illegal aliens, and I
remember thing to myself, come on, you guys, like, she
didn't really say that, it's taken out of context.
Speaker 5 (20:51):
And then I go and look at it.
Speaker 13 (20:51):
I'm like, holy, she actually said that, and she was
she really was like the very worst version of what
the Democrats were producing in twenty twenty. The thing is
it was they were all doing it because that was
the incentives of the party.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
You listen there by the way to the Vice President
and what he's saying, this is the incentives of the party.
It is no shock that we now are at a
point where we have the Democratic Socialists of America who
really are running the agenda, who are pushing the future,
who are advocating for destroying this country. When they tell
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you what they believe in, please believe them.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
They're not lying, folks. This is what they believe.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
President Donald Trump is set down for an exclusive interview
with Fox News Channel about the US strikes that will
continue against Iran, and he says they will escalate even
bigger throughout the week if Iran is unwilling to make
a deal. President Trump making it clear now what America's
foreign policy is towards Iran, and it's very different than
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what it was even just a week ago. The President
now laying it out in a very clear interview, and
I want you to hear what he had to say.
Speaker 14 (22:12):
In President Trump told Fox News that strikes against Iran
will continue tonight and expand next week if the Iranians
are unwilling to make a deal. Here's more of our
exclusive interview from the White House.
Speaker 15 (22:26):
Mister President, thank you for speaking with Fox News.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 15 (22:30):
We have seen extensive US strikes against Iran for three
consecutive nights. Now this comes after the Iranians attacked vessels
in the Strait of Horn Moves. How would you describe
what is happening at this moment? Has the war resumed?
Speaker 16 (22:45):
Well, I guess you could define it in any way
you want, but certainly we're beating them up really badly.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
They have to be beat up. We're hitting them very,
very hard.
Speaker 16 (22:53):
We're hitting every single thing that they have along the shore,
along the waterfront. You know, if you look at the
Strait of Hormos, it's now we're looking. We're finding it
hard to find where they have anything. We have to
stop it. We have to keep it open. I was
going to charge your fee, but instead they'd rather spend
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a lot of money in the United States, which frankly
is better because I don't like the idea of a fee.
It's got to remain free because otherwise others will do
the same thing.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
But I think we've made tremendous progress.
Speaker 15 (23:24):
So your objectives are to ensure that Iron never has
a nuclear weapon, to keep the straight open and to
degrade the Iranian military. Can those objectives be completed in
an air campaign alone or does this require a ground component?
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Well, I think they're completed now.
Speaker 16 (23:40):
Honestly, if we left right now, it would take them
twenty years to rebuild what they have. The only way
you can negotiate with these people is who's strength, and
the only strength is military strength.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
And that's what we've done.
Speaker 16 (23:52):
And I mean literally two days ago we had a
deal and then they broke it. At the last moment
they broke it.
Speaker 15 (23:59):
Well, these strikes can take you.
Speaker 16 (24:00):
They'll continue until I say it's enough.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
I mean, they'll continue. They've been there. You know.
Speaker 16 (24:07):
The word the military likes to use is degrade. They've
been degraded to a very low level, and they have fight.
You know, it's like a great boxer. Have You think
you have them beat and then all of a sudden,
he comes back and he gives you a shot.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
They have some fight left, but they don't have much.
Speaker 16 (24:24):
And their weapon degrading has been incredible at a level
nobody thought it was possible to do it this quickly.
Speaker 15 (24:31):
You posted today on True Social comments that you made
back in nineteen eighty eight about carg Island. And at
the time you said, one bullet shot at one of
our men or ships, and I do a number on
carg Island, I'd go in and take it. Yeah, do
you still intend to take cargo?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Oh?
Speaker 16 (24:48):
I can't say that to you because if I did,
it would be foolish, right, But I nice make a
little headlines, but it would be foolish.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
But I'll tell you about carg Island.
Speaker 15 (24:56):
So are you've already Are you really not a ground campaign?
Limited capacity?
Speaker 16 (25:00):
I don't want to say that either, but I would
say no if I thought it was appropriate. It's sometimes
you need a ground campaign, but we have other people
that will do the ground campaign for us. But we
already hit carg Island, as you know, twice, even three times.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
I said, hit everything, but the oil.
Speaker 16 (25:18):
Just leave that little area from twenty five yards out,
leave that a little area.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Don't touch you ill, because I don't want that.
Speaker 16 (25:25):
In terms of the world economy, it's you know, it's
a chunk of the world economy.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
So we haven't hit that.
Speaker 16 (25:30):
At some point we could, but I think it's unlikely
as far as taking it is concerned. If we degrade
them far enough and deep enough back, I would do that.
Speaker 15 (25:39):
Do you anticipate that the strikes we're seeing this week
against Iran will expand? Are you considering hitting energy targets
or other locations.
Speaker 16 (25:49):
I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll
hit energy targets. Yeah, but we're going to hit them
very hard tonight, We're going to hit them very hard.
Tomorrow night, We're going to hit them very hard the
night after. And then next week it gets really bad
for them because next week comes the power plants. Next
(26:10):
week comes the bridges. We're going to knock out all
their power plants. We're going to knock out all their
bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.
Speaker 15 (26:18):
Do you believe the Iranians are serious about making a deal?
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I think they have no choice.
Speaker 15 (26:22):
Why haven't they yet?
Speaker 3 (26:23):
I think if I.
Speaker 16 (26:24):
Didn't do the way I'm doing, they would never make
a deal. They would have never made a deal with Obama.
That deal was the worst. What they did sign was
a worthless piece of paper. What they signed, what they
signed with Obama was a worthless piece of paper. That
was a road to a nuclear weapon. And what I
have is a wall. There will be no nuclear weapon,
(26:45):
I'll never sign. And when you listed the three things,
by far, the most important is they will not have
a nuclear opon.
Speaker 15 (26:53):
Take me back to the moment before February twenty eighth,
when you made the decision to launch Operation at Fury.
Was there a specific piece of intelligence that made you
decide to launch this operation?
Speaker 16 (27:06):
Well, specific in the sense it just never stops and
they're going to go forward. And they wanted a nuclear weapon.
We knew they wanted a nuclear weapon. If they have
a nuclear weapon, Issia wouldn't be here.
Speaker 15 (27:18):
Look, they said they didn't want a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 16 (27:20):
Now they say that everything they say is a lie.
They lie and never seen anything like it. They also
come out and they'll tell you we never discussed nuclear
and we're in a.
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Room for five hours. That's all we discussed.
Speaker 16 (27:30):
And they'll walk out and say nuclear was not discussed.
Everything was discussed at nauseum. They were going to have
a nuclear weapon within two weeks had we not done
the B two bombers, had we not bombed their nuclear sides,
had three nuclear sites, and there's another one we're looking
at right now. As you know, we're looking at Pickax
(27:53):
because somebody said there's a little activity. You know, we
have cameras space force way of cameras that are they can.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Read the badge. They can read your name, probably Muhammad.
Speaker 16 (28:03):
They can read your name on a badge from space
and every area of Pickaxe, but the other three are covered.
But specifically, if they make any move, they make any move,
we immediately go and do whatever we have to do.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
But they haven't. On the other they were so decimated somewhat.
Speaker 15 (28:20):
That's expert to say that the United States doesn't have
the ability to strike deep enough. With these bunker buster bombs.
At Pickax Mountain.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
They can go deep. We have good, good stuff.
Speaker 16 (28:32):
Nobody knows about Pickaxe, by the way, nobody knows if
they even are doing anything in Pickax.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
It's just something that comes up. We have cameras on it.
Speaker 16 (28:40):
There's very little activity there, but if there's even just
a small amount, we'll hit it, and we'll hit it hard.
Speaker 15 (28:46):
I want to ask you about the Telegon facility. It's
outside of Tehran and it was hit in US strikes previously.
These are satellite images from June and July, and on
June twenty second, you can see activity at this site,
and then on July seventh, There is movement, There are
trucks and cranes, and that image freshly poored concrete. Right,
(29:07):
what do these images well say to you?
Speaker 16 (29:09):
What I'm hearing is that they put in what they've
watched it that they poured concrete to close up the
entrances so we couldn't get into it. So that's what
they're saying. But we can hit that one very easily.
You know, it only takes a matter of minutes for
us to do it and do major damage, major damage,
and when they know it's coming, they disappear. Yeah, that's
exactly what I'm seeing here.
Speaker 15 (29:31):
And sir, on Monday, you announced that the United States
is reimposing the US blockade of Iranian ports. Soared to
Know shipping data trackers indicate that just ten vessels passed
through the straight upfore Moves on Monday, less than ten
percent of what normally goes through this critical waterway. When
you say the strait is open, what do you mean.
Speaker 16 (29:52):
It's open if people want to go through it. We're
not opening it for I Ran. That's the only one
that's closed for It slows for I Ran both in
and out.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
But it's open now. A lot of things have happened.
Try in the last few months.
Speaker 16 (30:04):
Pipelines are being built, We're coming up with great alternatives,
including Texas, including Alaska.
Speaker 15 (30:11):
You've called the new leadership in Iran a changed regime.
Do you still believe that?
Speaker 16 (30:16):
Well, I knew the first group for a little while,
and they were evil, and they're no longer with us.
I knew the second group also a little bit better,
and they were evil, and they're no longer with us.
And the third group, they have some bad ones in there,
some very bad ones in there, and I think they're
the ones that are stopping a deal.
Speaker 15 (30:35):
So are you negotiating with the wrong people?
Speaker 16 (30:37):
Well, now, I don't want to negotiate now, I said,
let's not negotiate. Three days ago, we had a deal.
Speaker 15 (30:42):
When was the last time you spoke with an Iranian official?
Speaker 16 (30:45):
Well, not me, but let's say my representatives. I have
spoken to them, but my representatives over the course of
well actually.
Speaker 15 (30:54):
An hour ago, and what message was delivered?
Speaker 16 (30:57):
They want to make a deal, but every time they
make a deal, they reak it. They don't want to die.
People don't want to die. Yeah, about an hour.
Speaker 15 (31:05):
Ago, and what message was delivered?
Speaker 3 (31:08):
You better make a deal.
Speaker 16 (31:09):
You're not gonna have any You're not gonna have anybody left.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
One of the most clear and concise interviews from the
President of United States of America there with Fox News Channel,
making it clear that his policy has changed significantly. This
obviously was a major moment for the President to tell
the country exactly where his mindset is and it is
very different than it was just a week ago. Don't
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