June 23, 2025 • 49 mins
Event Overview
- The U.S. military launched a surprise operation named "Operation Midnight Hammer" targeting three key Iranian nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.
- The operation involved:
- 7 B-2 Spirit bombers
- 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators
- Over 125 U.S. aircraft
- Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from a submarine
- The mission was described as a complete success, with all aircraft returning safely and the targets reportedly “obliterated.”
Political and Strategic Framing
- The podcast strongly supports Donald Trump’s leadership, portraying him as decisive and effective in contrast to previous presidents (Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden), who are criticized for inaction or appeasement.
- The narrative emphasizes the “Trump Doctrine” as a no-nonsense, deadline-driven approach to foreign policy, summarized by the phrase “FAFO” (an acronym for “F*** Around and Find Out”).
Iran’s Reaction
- Iranian leadership and citizens reportedly responded with mass protests, chanting “Death to America” and vowing revenge.
- Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping route.
Domestic and Global Reactions
- The episode criticizes left-wing activists and media for allegedly downplaying the Iranian threat and opposing Trump’s actions.
- It also condemns the United Nations for its response, accusing it of siding with Iran and undermining U.S. interests.
Security Concerns
- Ben raises alarms about potential Iranian sleeper cells in the U.S., linking this to border security issues under the Biden administration.
- It includes a historical timeline of Iranian attacks on U.S. interests to justify the military action.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
There are moments when you will remember exactly where you
were when something big happens in history. I will always
remember exactly where I was when I heard the news
that when you FAFO with Donald Trump, America is coming
after you. The US totally obliterated Iran's nuclear sites, Trumped
(00:23):
warned Tehran to make peace or there will be more coming.
After the three nuclear sites that we attacked over the
last day. JD Vance Marco Rubio making it very clear
over and over again, there will be no boots on
the ground or regime change. That is not what we're
(00:44):
advocating for. And what is happening in right now in Iran,
the mulla Is or the Mullahs, I should say, are defiant.
The unprecedented US strike has clearly wrecked Iran's nuclear program.
The Defense Secretary Pete Heads has said Sunday that other
officials are cautioning in Iran the extent of the damage.
(01:08):
The bottom line, America hit them hard, hit them in
a way they didn't see coming. And all of our
men and women involved are home safe in the United
States of America right now now, no doubt about it.
Iran is saying they are going to have revenge their present,
vowing it as again the United States of America is saying,
(01:30):
we are not advocating for regime change.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
We are not at war with you.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
But Iranian president offered a response to the use attacks
on Iran's nuclear sites by attending a rally in the
capital city of Tehran, attended by crowds chanting revenge, revenge,
also death to America. The Times of Israel reporting it
this way that Iran's presidence says the United States must
receive a response to attacks on nuclear sites in the
(01:56):
Islamic Republic. During a phone call with the French press Macron,
he took part in protests the President of Iran today
denouncing the US strikes and their nuclear facilities being hit
revenge revenge. The protesters shouted with her fists rays as
the president was seen making his way through the crowd
(02:18):
gathered in a square in central Tehran. Israel, by the way,
enjoyed a day at the beach after well, enjoying the
fact that they knew that America was able to do
what they needed to do. Iran also responding that they
might close the straight up Hormos that is a major
(02:39):
oil shipping port in the world, and it's twenty five
percent of all the oil that moves every day in
the world, in twenty percent of natural gas. It is
a major attempt by Iran to inflict economic pain over
the rest of the world and obviously the US, but
it would also hurt the regime itself as well as
(02:59):
other trading partners, specifically China.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
If they chose to choke off the oil.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Exports, it would see prices rise obviously as well.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And then there's this update.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
There is also pro Iran, anti Trump protests that are
happening among left wing activists right now as we speak
in New York City. I'm not joking, and there are
concerns about Iranian sleeper cells that could be in America.
How'd they get here across the open border that was
open because of the last regime in this country, the
(03:34):
Biden Harris administration. Now I tell you all of that
to kind of let you know where we are at
this moment, but I also want you to hear directly
from the President of the United States of America and
what he had to say as he announced this news
to the world.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
A short time ago, the US military carried out massive
precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the
Iranian regime, Fordeaux, Ntance and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names
for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Our objective was the destruction.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the
nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor
of terror. Tonight, I can report to the world that
the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear
and Richmond facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran,
(04:39):
the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace.
If they do not, future attacks would be far greater
and a lot easier. For forty years, Iran has been
saying death to America, death to Israel. They have been
killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their
legs with roadside bombs, that was their specialty. We lost
(05:02):
over a thousand people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the
Middle East and around the world have died as a
direct result of their hate. In particular, so many were
killed by their general Cassem Solimani. I decided a long
time ago that I would.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Not let this happen. It will not continue.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister phoeb Netnyau.
We worked as a team like perhaps no team has
ever worked before, and we've gone a long way to
erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank
the Israeli military for the wonderful job they've done. And
most importantly, I want to congratulate the great American patriots
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who flew those magnificent machines tonight, and all of the
United States military on an operation the likes of which
the world has not seen in many, many decades.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Hopefully we will no longer need their.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Services and this capacit I hope that's so. I also
want to congratulate the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
General Dan Raisin Kine, spectacular general, and all of the
brilliant military minds involved in this attack. With all of
that being said, this cannot continue. There will be either
peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater
(06:22):
than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember,
there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult
of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal.
But if peace does not come quickly, we will go
after those other targets with precision, speed and skill. Most
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of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes.
There's no military in the world that could have done
what we did tonight, not even closed. There has never
been a military that could do what took place just
a little while ago. Tomorrow General Kane, Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth, will have a press conference at eight am
(07:05):
at the Pentagon. And I want to just thank everybody,
and in particular God. I want to just say, we
love you God, and we love our great military.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Protect them.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
God bless the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God
bless America.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Thank you very much, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
In President of the United States of America, making it
short and sweet, giving thanks to God and to men
and women in uniform. Now, if you go back to
what the world should learn from this moment, the big
takeaway is the Trump doctrine. It is clearly a doctrine
of FAFO. When Donald Trump says you've got sixty days
(07:47):
to make a deal, Donald Trump means you have sixty
days to make a deal, not sixty one days or
sixty two days.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
He means sixty days.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
I also love the fact that the President use the
proper word really well obliterated referring to what the goal
was for the nuclear sites. And just a point of context,
you may remember when Donald Trump posted an American flag
after taking out Iran's top general Solomani. Well, he just
(08:18):
did it again after the attack on the nuclear sites.
This is what strong leadership looks like. And also this
is what America voted for. We've also had so many
of you that have asked the question, how can I
help people in Israel? And we've been telling you about
the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and the work
they are doing is incredible. They are deploying bomb shelters
(08:41):
as we speak to help keep people safe in Israel.
When things get bad, that is when they step up
and protect families and loved ones. And if you want
to get involved and stand with the people in Israel
right now, you can do it by giving food and
shelter to Jewish families that are under threat. As I said,
they're building bomb shelters for children. They're helping survivors of
(09:05):
the attacks that we're witnessing right now, and they are
doing it daily.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Your gift of.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Only forty five dollars will help support life saving work
by providing food, shelter and so much more. I was
speaking with the CEO of IFCJ, and she was talking
about just how hard it is for so many families
in Israel right now and what they're doing on the
ground and the bomb shelters that are needed. And she said,
very simply, if you can help stand with the people
(09:32):
in Israel that are under attack, they are doing everything
they can to support them and to give the bomb
shelters that are needed. So step up and help right
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Speaker 2 (09:55):
Every dollar helps, don't wait.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Be the difference IFCJ dot org or eight eight eight
four eight eight IFCJ. There's also another aspect of this story,
which if you've ever worked in politics, especially in Washington,
d c. Especially either on a presidential campaign or with
a White House like I've been able to do, there
(10:20):
are stories like this one that are truly incredible for
the fact that no one leaked the plans to the press. Now,
let me explain why I say that knowledge is power
in Washington, d C. Knowledge shows that you have access.
Knowledge shows that you are in the know and that
you are an important person. And so there's a lot
(10:42):
of people that leak just to show the level of
access that they have to an administration, right like they're
in the know and it makes them important. That's one
of the main reasons why people leak in DC. It's
not actually just stop something, it's just to be able
to flex their muscles and and show their political capital, like, hey,
I know what's going on. One of the most amazing
(11:05):
things about this administration and this second term for Donald
Trump is the fact that he has true teammates I
think this time that are working with him. I have
no doubt that this story would have leaked in the
first Bush or the first I say, Trump White House.
And the reason why I say that is because there's
a lot of people there that were not loyalist to
(11:26):
the president at all. And that may be one of
the most incredible parts of stories that the President said, Hey,
I'm going to make the decision within the next two weeks,
and this plan was clearly already in play and already
being worked on and already being planned out the logistics
(11:46):
of it. When he gave that, I guess you could
say a fake timeline to make sure he kept our
assets and Americans safe and keep Iran maybe on their toes,
but also a little bit relaxed, like all right, we've got.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Some more time here.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
This is incredible and it tells you I think about
how good this cabinet is, and the Director of National
Intelligence and the DoD leadership and the CI director John
Radcliffe like they're teammates, and they're.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Acting like teammates.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
And even Fox News reporter Pentagon reporter Jeffer Griffin put
it this way as she described how no one knew
that this was happening, and by the way, there was
a lot of people that knew, and no one leaked.
Speaker 5 (12:32):
The other thing I can point out, Brett, is that
this is an operation. In the last eighteen years since
I've been at the Pentagon, I've never seen such operational security.
There was nobody speaking about this any of the preparations.
There was a complete lockdown, almost a blackout of information
for the last few days. I'm sitting here in the
Pentagon right now, I can tell you the hallways are
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empty and all of the information is coming right now
out of the White House. That is a significant achievement
because there was there were no leaks about the timing. Now,
sometimes I think those who a lot of the flight trackers,
the open source intelligence flight trackers, that flight radar did
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indicate some of the when the B twos took off
from Whiteman, But again, nobody really expected that it would
take place this evening. If you looked at the moon schedule,
you might have had a clue because it was a
waning crescent and almost a new moon on the twenty fifth,
so it would.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Have been very very dark over.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
Iran tonight, and you need that in order to bomb.
That's the ideal condition for something like a B two
That is, yes itself stealth, but it still has to
be escorted in in case any Iran were to put
up any planes or there were any opportunities to fire
on those B twos, which are such valuable and very
(13:56):
very special planes.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Only the US military.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
Has this kind of weaponry and this capability. No other
country in the world could have carried off what occurred
tonight at those three uranium enrichment sites in Iran.
Speaker 6 (14:11):
Yeah, Jen, you're exactly right on the operational security here
and the fact that there were obviously some red herrings,
and in a world where decisions are made and the
world digests the decision even before it's made because of
social media and everyone's watching everywhere, this was a pretty
(14:31):
amazing operation. When you start thinking that the President said
within two weeks, we are two days from within two weeks,
and this happens with a post on truth social and
no other word. Really getting out ahead of that is
pretty stunning.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
I mean, this was just stunning. The great I mean
a great job to defend secretary headset on this like
this was just unbelievable. You look a that post that
came out from the President and he said, we have
completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites
in Iran. All planes are now outside of Iranian airspace.
(15:10):
A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site.
Four to oh all planes are safe on their way home.
Congratulations to our great American warriors. There's not another military
in the world that could have done this. Now is
the time for peace. All caps. Thank you for your
attention on this matter. The presidents made it clear and
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these radical zealots of Iran I don't know if you.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Can help them.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
At this point, he said, I'm not advocating for regime change.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
I'm trying to get this over with.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
I want to make sure that you guys understand this
was about your nuclear program. I wouldn't retaliate. If you
come after Americans, there will be hell to pay. And
if you and we have total control over your airspace
and so eye on Earth, would I Ran respond is
beyond me yet?
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Okay, keyword.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Yet, we're hearing that Iran is saying, Oh, we're going
to respond, and we're going to you know, we're going
to do this. The complete package being struck is another
way it was described. I want you to hear again.
Jeffer Griffin described it as.
Speaker 5 (16:19):
Well, thirty thousand pound bunker buster is dropped, It goes
into a hole that's about a radius of about twenty
five feet, I'm told, and then the second bomb is
dropped in the same hole. And so at first that
thirty thousand pound bunker buster will go down about two
hundred feet. And so what's interesting about it, Brett, is
(16:42):
that you would have had to have at least two
B twos. But I believe that it was likely a
package of six B twos that would be flying, they
each had two mop massive wornip penetrators on board at
the time, and they would have hit both those entrances
four doau.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
The president saying.
Speaker 5 (17:01):
That four doau that the complete package was struck. That
is significant because that means, as you said that, it
would probably be multiple passes and multiple bombs dropped there.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
This goes back to the argument and Irana is saying, oh, well,
you didn't really hurt our nuclear facilities, and you didn't
really do that much damage, and we'd already moved our
stuff away from the site. I think America would know
that if it happened. I want to be clear. I
think America would would have hit wherever they think that
they are, wherever they moved it to. Like the idea
that this is somehow you know, like they tricked us
(17:37):
is absurd, and this is one you know, Oh wow,
you didn't really get us, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Oh, I tell you know, you thought you got us,
but you didn't.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Like I don't, I don't believe anything the Iranians are
saying right now.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I do not.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
I want to be very very very very queer about
that this was successful. And by the way, if it
wasn't successful, then we would go back and do it again.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
I go back also to just the history here.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
How is it that we got to the point where
Donald Trump had to do this? I'll take exactly how
because other presidents refuse to act. And I'm going to
go through a timeline for you just to let you
know how bad it was in the past.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
We should have never allowed a rand to.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Get this close to a nuclear weapon ever, and yet
we did.
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a moment of how we got to the point where
Donald Trump had to clean up everybody else's mess. I
want to take you back to nineteen ninety five. In
nineteen ninety five, Bill Clinton said this quote, we are
(21:01):
determined to prevent a ran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
What are you to do? Nothing?
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Fast forward to George H. W. Bush or George let
me rephrase that. Let me take you back to George W.
Bush quote. Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, period.
He said that in two thousand and six, but we
didn't stop them from moving forward. You fast forward to
twenty fifteen Barack Obama's present, and he said, quote, I
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have stated that Iran will never be allowed to obtain
a nuclear weapon, but I'm going to send him over
a billion dollars to help with their nuclear Programme when
we sent them literally palots to cash one point four
billion dollars if I remember correctly, Yeah, that was Barack Obama.
So so much for Hey, I've stated it before, I'm
never gonna allow them to get a nuclear weapon. Well,
why did you send him over a billion dollars? Then
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fast forward to twenty twenty two, Joe Biden in his
own words, we will not allow rand to acquire a
nuclear weapon. That was clearly a lie because you got
to the point where they were more than sixty percent
of capacity of what you needed for a nuclear weapon,
which is far beyond what you need for a peaceful program.
Some of this you have to understand the science. It's
(22:14):
very clear you don't need to have enrichment of sixty
plus percent if it is for a peaceful program. When
you get sixty percent above, it's for one reason, only
nuclear weapons. And then you look at what Donald Trump inherited.
A I ran that was days or weeks away from
a nuclear capability, a country that is saying over and
(22:35):
over again, we want to kill you, and a country
that is more than happy to sponsor terrorists that will
kill you in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
We saw it.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Hamas has Blot and the list goes on and on.
They're terrorist proxies around the world. Hell, we're worried about
sleeper sells in America tonight as And by the way,
I do believe that's real.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
We had a wide open border.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
We know that a lot of people from the Middle
East came across our southern borders. I have no doubt
that there's a Ranian sleeper selves in this country right now.
It's the same reason why I said this on TV
and people look at you like you're crazy when you
say it, And I'll say it again here. This is
exactly why you should be packing heat. This is why
I carry a firearm with me virtually everywhere I go.
(23:15):
I'm not gonna be caught in a situation, whether it's
in church or at a movie or at a mall
where I'm a sitting duck. I'm just not gonna do it.
And I encourage others. But you look at Donald Trump
in twenty twenty five, what does Donald Trump say quote
RAN's key nuclear enrichment facility has been completely and totally
obliterated thank you for your attention to this matter. The
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difference between him and the and Bill Clinton and George W.
Bush and Barack Obama and Joe Biden is he actually said,
here's a sixty.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Day deadline for you.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
You want you want to you wanna FAFO, fine, but
I'm giving you sixty days to come to the table
and get this done, and let's be done with it.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
I mean. And the other thing is the left is
falling all.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Over themselves today, all over themselves, trying to act like
Donald Trump is now putting you in danger. Like the
same people that say that Iran that we shouldn't take
out the nuclear facilities are now telling that you should
be afraid of Iran and what they're going to do
to us now like that, I mean, that is liberal logic,
one on one.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
So let me get this straight.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
You're fine with Iran getting a nuclear weapon, but now
you're saying we should be afraid of Iran because we
took out their nuclear program. Tell me that's not liberal
logic and total insanity. And what are they doing. They're like, well,
Iran really isn't that bad. I say that I'm going
to play for you a perfect example. Former Obama official
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who led counter terrorism communications for Obama set on MSNBC
that quote Iran chanting death to America doesn't really mean
they don't like America. You cannot make this stuff up.
Listen carefully, well, the Chairman.
Speaker 7 (24:49):
Of the Joint Chiefs says, I mean your point that
you made before, Katie.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
It speaks to this, which.
Speaker 7 (24:56):
Is that he's not explaining what the issues are for America.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Are the issues for America?
Speaker 7 (25:01):
Why? Why shouldn't why do we?
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Why is it a.
Speaker 7 (25:04):
Foundational issue for Trump that Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon?
Why is this something that the US should be involved in?
Why are we allied with it?
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Because they chant death to America?
Speaker 7 (25:16):
They chant death to America. I went to Iran in
twenty fourteen. I was sitting at a rally. These young
guys with chanting death to America had a minder.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I said, what are they saying? The saying death to America.
Speaker 7 (25:27):
They finished the chance and two young men came over
and said, are you American? I said yes, we want
to welcome you to our country. We love American culture
and love American movies.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
They wanted to talk about all these things.
Speaker 7 (25:37):
Iran is the most Western nation in the whole Middle East.
We have much more in common with them with a
lot of than a lot of countries that we do
have alliances with.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
Well.
Speaker 7 (25:46):
The huge X factor too, is what Ben Rhades, Obama's
security guy, described as what we could have as a
catast I.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Just sat there.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
This is how crazy are Oh really, they don't really
mean it? No, I mean, yeah, yeah, they're killing American
troops in rack in Afghanistan. They're helping the roadside bombs
and they're and they're killing and it's Jews and helping
with the training of the attack on Israel. And they
chanted from death to Israel and depth to America.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
But they don't really mean it. No, no, they don't really
mean it.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
That is how out to lunch and how psychotic. This
former Obama official who led literally led counter terrorism communication
says Iran channing death to America doesn't really mean they
don't like America. Oh no, no, they're westernized. No, they're not.
Before the shaw of Iran felt they were more westernized
or not. Right now they're under like sadistic leadership. And
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then you look at these other groups, the United Nations.
The United Nations is siding with Iran. I'm gravely alarmed
by the use of force by the United States against
Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in the region
already on the edge, and a direct threat to international
peace and security. So let me get this straight. A
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country that wants a nuclear web and to then kill us.
The UN is now putting out a statement saying that
the real threat is now that we hit their nuclear
sites when they say they want to kill us. Now,
this is somehow America's fault.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Quote. There's a growing risk that.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
This conflict could rapidly get out of control, with catastrophic
consequences for civilians the region of the world. Well, imagine
what would happen they had a nuclear weapon and then this.
I call a member states to de escalate and to
uphold their obligations under the UN Charter and other rules
of international law. At this perilous owl hour, it is
critical to avoid a spiral of chaos. There's no military solution.
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The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace. Okay,
So Antonio Gutierrez putting that out there, Secretary General of
the United Nations, this is the guy that we're supposed
to think is going to bring the world together and
everything's going to be totally fine now, God help us.
Like this organization is totally and utterly worthless. The headquarters
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of the UN I'm being serious. I mean that, I'm
not joking, should move to Tehran?
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Why not? Why?
Speaker 1 (28:14):
I mean really, why not? Why not just have the
headquarters of you in move to Iran? Because this is
if you're putting out this type of propaganda and saying this,
and you're the Secretary General and saying there's no military solution.
The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Like we're not. I mean, it's not only is it disgraceful,
it's sick because.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
The aim of the United Nations in twenty twenty five
is apparently to defend the terrace Iranian regime, push climate disinformation,
prop up globalist elites, erase borders and attack an undermine
America and Western values. At ever return, they are completely
and utterly useless. So, as the President of Iran responds
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saying the US and this rally in Tehran revenge, revenge
that to America, I believe them. I actually think that
they do want to kill us. They every chance they
get to kill Americans.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
They do it.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Every chance they get to finance somebody that will kill Americans,
what do they do?
Speaker 2 (29:20):
They do it.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
So this idea as we are sitting here, this somehow
these people are logical or saying or that these people
are going to like want to work with us. No,
And that's why Donald Trump has said it again over
and over and over again. I want to be peaceful.
(29:43):
I don't want to escalate this thing. I want to
de escalate. But you guys have got to understand saying
I have to protect and I have to defend the
United States of America and our allies.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
And that is exactly what he did here.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
And it's so vitally important that we say thank you
to having actually having a president Okay, like thank you
that we actually have a president of the United States
of America. We have a president of the United States
that cares about America and his word actually means something.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
You don't think Iran. The rest of the world now understands.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Like, hey, if he gives you sixty days, you better
be ready because you already know what the outcome is.
He's not bluffing, unlike all these other presidents that I
mentioned earlier who didn't have the guts, didn't have the
conies to actually do their damn job.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
It's incredible.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
I also want to play for you something else, and
this just goes back to just how scumbaggy the media is.
Margaret Brennan had on her Sunday morning show Marco Rubio,
and she tried to act like she is some expert
on Iran, that she knows more about Iran than Marco
Rubio knows about Iran right now with an I gotcha question.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
It did not.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Go well, but but I want to play this for
you just for you to understand like they're not rooting
for America. They're rooting for Donald Trump to to be
wrong or to get it wrong, or there to be
some disaster that they can report on. You know, when
all these planes come back.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
And this is how just messed up the left is.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
Right now and they land and the President puts out
a tweet that our men and women in uniform are
home safely, that those those amazing pilots that flew all
the way around the world and back right without without stopping.
It's unbelievable what these bombers did and the men and
women that were that were coordinating and the refueling in
the air, just everything that had to go right.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
And I'm sure that.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
There are those on the left that like wish there
would have been some sort of problems they could be
see Donald Trump screwed it up, and Americans that it
costs them.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Their lives and no, no, no, no, no, like they're that's sick.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
And if you look at listen to to Margaret Brennan
here on CBS Face the Nation, she Rubio does an
amazing to responding to a terrible and also an ignorant
attempt at a quote I got your question from the
network because they're not actually rooting for our safety. They
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just want Trump to fail at all costs. This is
Trump derangement syndrome.
Speaker 8 (32:15):
One oh one, listen, oh on a phrase, you just
word weaponization ambitions. Are you saying there that the United
States did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had
ordered weaponization.
Speaker 9 (32:29):
That's irrelevant. I think that question being asked on the media,
that's an irrelevant question that.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
Met in US intelligence assessment.
Speaker 7 (32:36):
You know no, it's not.
Speaker 8 (32:37):
Yes, it was political.
Speaker 9 (32:39):
I know that better than you know that, and I
know that that's.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
Not the case.
Speaker 9 (32:42):
But whether the order was given, and the people who
say that it doesn't matter if the order was given.
They have everything they need to build nuclear weapons. Why
would you bury Why would you bury things in a
mountain three hundred feet under the ground. Why would you
bury six Why do they have sixty percent in enrich uranium?
You don't need sixty percent in rich area. The only
countries in the world that have uranium at sixty percent
are countries that have nuclear weapons, because it can quickly
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make it ninety. They have all the elements they have.
Why are they Why do they have a space program?
Is Aron going to go to the moon? No, they're
trying to build an ICBM.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
No, But that's a question.
Speaker 8 (33:12):
That's a question, that's a question of intent. And you
know in the intelligence assessment that it was that Iran
wanted to be a threshold.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
See you know use this.
Speaker 8 (33:20):
I'm talking about what the intelligence March assessment. And that's
why I was asking you if you know something.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
More from it.
Speaker 9 (33:26):
That's also an inaccurate representation of it. That's inaccurate representation
of it. That's not how intelligence is read, that's not
how intelligence is used. Here's what the whole world knows.
Forget about intelligence with the IAEA knows they are enriching
uranium well beyond anything you need.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
For a for a for a civil nuclear program.
Speaker 9 (33:45):
So why would you enrich uranium at sixty percent if
you don't intend to one day use it to take
it to ninety and.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Build a weapon.
Speaker 9 (33:51):
Why why are you developing ICBMs? Why do you have
eight thousand short range missiles in two to three thousand
long mid range missiles that you can take you to develop?
Why do you do all these things? I have everything
they need for a nuclear weapon. They have the delivery mechanisms,
they have the enrichment capability, they have the highly enriched.
Speaker 4 (34:08):
Uranium that is stored.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Yeah, that's all we need to see, right, Well, the regime,
that's our Thank you Marco Rubio for calling her out
the way that he called her out there. And I
go back to the people who are obsessing of Iran's
response and fear mongering. Are the same idiots that weren't
afraid of Iran getting a nuclear weapon? Tell me how
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messed up that is? Like, it's it's just truly incredible.
And by the way, you want to talk about the
real threat now, there is a real threat now of
Iran sleeper cells in this country. Did you know under
Joe Biden there was one thousand, two hundred and seventy
two nationals of Iran that were released into the country
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after crossing the border illegally that we caught and then released.
That doesn't count all the Iranians that got across that
are got aways. Tom Homan talking about that on Fox
News Channel, the real possibility of sleeper cells in America.
Speaker 10 (35:08):
So I put numbers this morning just from a CBP
under Joe Biden, who was one two hundred and seventy
two nationals Iran releasing the country between Ofo And and
the Borbatrow. And you compare that to the Trump administration zero right,
zero releases and right now, because of President Trump's leadership,
we have the most secure border in my lifetime, most
secure border in history of this nation. So we have
(35:30):
a secure border. So that was a President Trump's big
win on secure in this nation. So we're not releasing
people in this country, especially in Aliens aren't cross that
border undetected. But under Joe Biden, we had over ten
million people cross that border. But my biggest concern from
day one, beyond the fat and all beyond the sex trafficking,
women and children were the two man known godaways. Over
two million people cross that border. We don't know who
(35:52):
they are, where they came from, because they got away,
because Borbatrol was so overwhelmed with the humanitarian crisis that
Biden created that over two million people cross the border
and got away. That is my biggest concern. And that's
where it created the biggest national security vulnerabilly this country's
ever seen.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
He's right, under Joe Biden, there is one thousand, two
hundred and seventy two nationals of Iranian descent that were
released into this country after crossing the border illegally, and
we don't know who they are. We also know that
other Iranians got across the border that are got aways.
And under Joe Biden, they said, oh no, no, no, you're
from Iran, come on in. And now what is the
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biggest concern. What is our biggest worry right now? That
Iran's going to do what Arena has always done. I Rana,
by the way, is a massive history of targeting Americans.
Nineteen seventy nine US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, sixty
six Americans held for one.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
Hundred and forty four days by Iranian.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Student backed by the new leader of Iran.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
So that happened in seventy nine.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Fast forward in nineteen eighty three US embassy bombing in Beiru,
seventeen Americans killed by hes Blah, where they declare Islamic
jihad who backed them, Iran who paid for it, Iran
who trained them?
Speaker 2 (37:10):
Iran That was nineteen eighty three. Go back to.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Nineteen eighty three be Route Marine Derek's bombing. Two hundred
and forty one US servicemen primarily Marines killed by HESBLA
truck bomb who were they backed by.
Speaker 2 (37:22):
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
Speaker 1 (37:25):
Nineteen eighty four US Embassy am X bombing in Beirut,
two Americans killed by HESBLA with Iranian backing. Nineteen ninety
six you had the bombing in Saudi Arabia where nineteen
US airmen killed by hes Blah with Iranian support. Nineteen
ninety eight US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzanaia twelve
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Americans killed by Al Qaeda with hesbload Iranian tactical support.
Tactical support twenty twenty one to twenty twenty attacks on
US forces in Afghanistan thirty plus US personnel killed injured
by Tabiban it with Iranian aid. Twy three twenty eleven
attacks on US forces in Iraq, Hundreds killed by Shia
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militia's using Iranian supplied devices that blew up bombs. I
have another page and a half of this I could
read for you. Do you understand when Iran says they
want to kill Americans and they'll do it.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
They mean it.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
They mean it, folks, they mean it. Something else happened,
and you may not have seen this. There was an
early morning press conference seven o'clock central eight eastern AM,
and you had Dan Raisin Kine just gave the most
detailed description of the attacks that happened. It was named
Operation Midnight Hammer. The Defense Segretary Pete Headseth introducing him,
(38:44):
and I want you to hear how amazing this attack
was and how afraid the world has got to be
right now with the President United States of America because
of what we just pulled off.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Listen carefully for specifics.
Speaker 11 (38:57):
Thank you, Miss strick Terry, thanks for recognizing all of
our folks out there doing our nation's work. And nice
to see everybody on this early Sunday morning. Last night,
on the President's orders, US Central Command, under the command
of General Eric Killa, executed Operation Midnight Hammer, a deliberate
and precise strike against three Iranian nuclear facilities. This was
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a complex and high risk mission carried out with exceptional
skill and disciplined by our joint force. I want to
thank every service member, planner, operator that made this mission possible.
Their actions reflect the highest standards of the United States
Armed Forces. This operation was designed to severely degrade RAN's
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nuclear weapons infrastructure.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
It was planned and executed across multiple.
Speaker 11 (39:47):
Domains and theaters with coordination that reflects our ability to
project power globally with speed and precision. At the time
and place of our nation's choosing, this was a highly
c classified mission, with very few people in Washington knowing
the timing or nature of this plan. I'll refer you
to the graphic on the side as I walk you
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through some of the operational details. At midnight Friday into
Saturday morning, a large B two strike package comprised of
bombers launched from the continental United States as part of
the plan to maintain tactical surprise.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
Part of the package proceeded.
Speaker 11 (40:26):
To the West and into the Pacific as a decoy,
a deception effort known only to an extremely small number
of planners and key leaders here in Washington and in Tampa.
The main strike package, comprised of seven B two Spirit bombers,
each with two crew members, proceeded quietly to the east
(40:47):
with minimal communications. Throughout the eighteen hour flight into the
target area. The aircraft completed multiple inflight refuelings. Once over land,
the V twos linked up with escort and support aircraft
in a complex, tightly timed maneuver requiring exact synchronization across
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multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace, all done
with minimal communications.
Speaker 4 (41:17):
This type of.
Speaker 11 (41:17):
Integration is exactly what our Joint force does better than
anyone else in the world. At approximately five pm Eastern
Standard time last night, and just prior to the strike
package entering Iran, a US submarine in the Central Command
Area of responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk land
(41:39):
attack cruise missiles against key surface infrastructure targets at Esfahan.
As the Operation Midnight Hammer Strike package entered Iranian airspace,
the US employed several deception tactics.
Speaker 4 (41:54):
Including decoys.
Speaker 11 (41:55):
As the fourth and fifth generation aircraft pushed out in
front of the strike package at high altitude and high
speed sweeping in front of the package for enemy fighters
and surface to air missile threats. The strike package was
supported by US Strategic Command, US Transportation Command, US Cyber Command,
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US Space Command, US Space Force, and US European Command.
As the strike package approached for DOE and NATANCE, the
US protection package employed high speed suppression weapons to ensure
safe passage of the strike package, with fighter assets employing
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preemptive suppressing fires against any potential Iranian surface to air threats.
We are currently unaware of any shots fired at the
US strike package on the way in. At approximately six
forty pm Eastern Standard time two ten am Iran time,
(43:02):
the lead B two dropped two GBU fifty seven massive
ordnance penetrator weapons on the first of several aim points
at four doh. As the President stated last night, the
remaining bombers then hit their targets as well, with a
total of fourteen mops dropped against two nuclear target areas.
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All three Iranian nuclear infrastructure targets were struck between six
forty pm and seven h five pm Eastern time. Again,
that's about two ten in the morning local time in Iran,
with the Tomahawk missiles being.
Speaker 4 (43:40):
The last to strike at Esfahan.
Speaker 11 (43:43):
To ensure we retain the element of surprise throughout the operation.
Following weapons release, the midnight hammer Strike package exited Iranian
airspace and the package began its return home. We are
unaware of any shots fired at the package on the
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way out. Iran's fighters did not fly, and it appears
that Iran's surface to air missile systems.
Speaker 4 (44:12):
Did not see us.
Speaker 11 (44:14):
Throughout the mission, we retained the element of surprise. In total,
US forces employed approximately seventy five precision guided weapons during
this operation. This included, as the President stated last night,
fourteen thirty thousand pounds GBU fifty seven massive ordnance penetrators,
marking the first ever operational use of this weapon. I
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know that battle damage is of great interest. Final battle
damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments
indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.
More than one hundred and twenty five US aircraft participated
in this mission, including B two stealth bombers, multiple flights
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of fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens and dozens of
air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine, and a full
array of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as
hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals. As the Secretary said,
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this was those largest B two operational strike in US
history and the second longest B two mission ever flown,
exceeded only by those in the days following nine to eleven.
Well prior to the strike, General Carilla elevated force protection
measures across the region, especially in Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf.
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Our forces remain on high alert and are fully postured
to respond to any Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks, which
would be an incredibly poor choice. We will defend ourselves.
The safety of our service members and civilians remains our
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highest priority. This mission demonstrates the unmatched reach, coordination, and
capability of the United States Military. In just a matter
of weeks, this went from strategic planning to global execution.
Speaker 4 (46:24):
This operation underscores the.
Speaker 11 (46:26):
Unmatched capabilities and global reach of the United States military.
As the President clearly said last night, no other in
the no other military in the world, could have done this.
I joined the President and the Secretary and being incredibly
proud of the air crews, naval forces, cyber operators, planners
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and support teams and commanders who made this mission possible.
It is their skill, discipline, and teammate teamwork that makes
this operation possible. Particularly proud of our discipline related to
operational security, something that was of great concern to the President,
the Secretary General, Carilla and me, and we will continue
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to focus on this. As we stand here this morning,
many assets are still airborne and we have hundreds deployed.
I asked that we keep our warfighters on their way
home and our deployed service member in our thoughts. Our
joint force remains ready to defend the United States, our troops,
and our interests in the region.
Speaker 4 (47:34):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (47:36):
Truly incredible.
Speaker 1 (47:38):
You listened to Raisin Cain there just gave the most
detailed description of that attack. There was a single shot
fired at our men on the way in or the
way out. That how that's just how unexpected this operation
was to Iran. Quote initial battle damage assessments indicate that
all three sites have stayed extremely severe damage and destruction regards.
(48:00):
Ardless of the propaganda that you're hearing from Iran. You
look at this over one hundred and twenty five US
military aircraft for var involved large B two strike package
left the continental US on Friday. On midnight Friday, part
of the package went east, the other went west as
a decoy. The main strike package was comprised of seven
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B two bombers, which flew.
Speaker 2 (48:22):
For eighteen hours into the target area.
Speaker 1 (48:25):
Fourteen bunker buster bombs were dropped, seventy five precision guided
weapons were used during the operation, and more than one
hundred and twenty five US aircraft participated in the mission.
Multiple fighters of the fourth and fifth Gen fighters, dozens
of air refueling tankers, a guide that missiles, a submarine,
and a full array of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft,
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as well as hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals. God
bless America.
Speaker 2 (48:54):
It's amazing.
Speaker 1 (48:56):
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Every day for free. And I'll see you back here tomorrow.
There are moments when you will remember exactly where you
were when something big happens in history. I will always
remember exactly where I was when I heard the news
that when you FAFO with Donald Trump, America is coming
after you. The US totally obliterated Iran's nuclear sites, Trumped
(00:23):
warned Tehran to make peace or there will be more coming.
After the three nuclear sites that we attacked over the
last day. JD Vance Marco Rubio making it very clear
over and over again, there will be no boots on
the ground or regime change. That is not what we're
(00:44):
advocating for. And what is happening in right now in Iran,
the mulla Is or the Mullahs, I should say, are defiant.
The unprecedented US strike has clearly wrecked Iran's nuclear program.
The Defense Secretary Pete Heads has said Sunday that other
officials are cautioning in Iran the extent of the damage.
(01:08):
The bottom line, America hit them hard, hit them in
a way they didn't see coming. And all of our
men and women involved are home safe in the United
States of America right now now, no doubt about it.
Iran is saying they are going to have revenge their present,
vowing it as again the United States of America is saying,
(01:30):
we are not advocating for regime change.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
We are not at war with you.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
But Iranian president offered a response to the use attacks
on Iran's nuclear sites by attending a rally in the
capital city of Tehran, attended by crowds chanting revenge, revenge,
also death to America. The Times of Israel reporting it
this way that Iran's presidence says the United States must
receive a response to attacks on nuclear sites in the
(01:56):
Islamic Republic. During a phone call with the French press Macron,
he took part in protests the President of Iran today
denouncing the US strikes and their nuclear facilities being hit
revenge revenge. The protesters shouted with her fists rays as
the president was seen making his way through the crowd
(02:18):
gathered in a square in central Tehran. Israel, by the way,
enjoyed a day at the beach after well, enjoying the
fact that they knew that America was able to do
what they needed to do. Iran also responding that they
might close the straight up Hormos that is a major
(02:39):
oil shipping port in the world, and it's twenty five
percent of all the oil that moves every day in
the world, in twenty percent of natural gas. It is
a major attempt by Iran to inflict economic pain over
the rest of the world and obviously the US, but
it would also hurt the regime itself as well as
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other trading partners, specifically China.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
If they chose to choke off the oil.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Exports, it would see prices rise obviously as well.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And then there's this update.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
There is also pro Iran, anti Trump protests that are
happening among left wing activists right now as we speak
in New York City. I'm not joking, and there are
concerns about Iranian sleeper cells that could be in America.
How'd they get here across the open border that was
open because of the last regime in this country, the
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Biden Harris administration. Now I tell you all of that
to kind of let you know where we are at
this moment, but I also want you to hear directly
from the President of the United States of America and
what he had to say as he announced this news
to the world.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
A short time ago, the US military carried out massive
precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the
Iranian regime, Fordeaux, Ntance and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names
for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Our objective was the destruction.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the
nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor
of terror. Tonight, I can report to the world that
the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear
and Richmond facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran,
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the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace.
If they do not, future attacks would be far greater
and a lot easier. For forty years, Iran has been
saying death to America, death to Israel. They have been
killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their
legs with roadside bombs, that was their specialty. We lost
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over a thousand people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the
Middle East and around the world have died as a
direct result of their hate. In particular, so many were
killed by their general Cassem Solimani. I decided a long
time ago that I would.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Not let this happen. It will not continue.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister phoeb Netnyau.
We worked as a team like perhaps no team has
ever worked before, and we've gone a long way to
erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank
the Israeli military for the wonderful job they've done. And
most importantly, I want to congratulate the great American patriots
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who flew those magnificent machines tonight, and all of the
United States military on an operation the likes of which
the world has not seen in many, many decades.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Hopefully we will no longer need their.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Services and this capacit I hope that's so. I also
want to congratulate the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
General Dan Raisin Kine, spectacular general, and all of the
brilliant military minds involved in this attack. With all of
that being said, this cannot continue. There will be either
peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater
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than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember,
there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult
of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal.
But if peace does not come quickly, we will go
after those other targets with precision, speed and skill. Most
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of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes.
There's no military in the world that could have done
what we did tonight, not even closed. There has never
been a military that could do what took place just
a little while ago. Tomorrow General Kane, Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth, will have a press conference at eight am
(07:05):
at the Pentagon. And I want to just thank everybody,
and in particular God. I want to just say, we
love you God, and we love our great military.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Protect them.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
God bless the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God
bless America.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Thank you very much, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
In President of the United States of America, making it
short and sweet, giving thanks to God and to men
and women in uniform. Now, if you go back to
what the world should learn from this moment, the big
takeaway is the Trump doctrine. It is clearly a doctrine
of FAFO. When Donald Trump says you've got sixty days
(07:47):
to make a deal, Donald Trump means you have sixty
days to make a deal, not sixty one days or
sixty two days.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
He means sixty days.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
I also love the fact that the President use the
proper word really well obliterated referring to what the goal
was for the nuclear sites. And just a point of context,
you may remember when Donald Trump posted an American flag
after taking out Iran's top general Solomani. Well, he just
(08:18):
did it again after the attack on the nuclear sites.
This is what strong leadership looks like. And also this
is what America voted for. We've also had so many
of you that have asked the question, how can I
help people in Israel? And we've been telling you about
the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and the work
they are doing is incredible. They are deploying bomb shelters
(08:41):
as we speak to help keep people safe in Israel.
When things get bad, that is when they step up
and protect families and loved ones. And if you want
to get involved and stand with the people in Israel
right now, you can do it by giving food and
shelter to Jewish families that are under threat. As I said,
they're building bomb shelters for children. They're helping survivors of
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the attacks that we're witnessing right now, and they are
doing it daily.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Your gift of.
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Only forty five dollars will help support life saving work
by providing food, shelter and so much more. I was
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about just how hard it is for so many families
in Israel right now and what they're doing on the
ground and the bomb shelters that are needed. And she said,
very simply, if you can help stand with the people
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Be the difference IFCJ dot org or eight eight eight
four eight eight IFCJ. There's also another aspect of this story,
which if you've ever worked in politics, especially in Washington,
d c. Especially either on a presidential campaign or with
a White House like I've been able to do, there
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are stories like this one that are truly incredible for
the fact that no one leaked the plans to the press. Now,
let me explain why I say that knowledge is power
in Washington, d C. Knowledge shows that you have access.
Knowledge shows that you are in the know and that
you are an important person. And so there's a lot
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of people that leak just to show the level of
access that they have to an administration, right like they're
in the know and it makes them important. That's one
of the main reasons why people leak in DC. It's
not actually just stop something, it's just to be able
to flex their muscles and and show their political capital, like, hey,
I know what's going on. One of the most amazing
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things about this administration and this second term for Donald
Trump is the fact that he has true teammates I
think this time that are working with him. I have
no doubt that this story would have leaked in the
first Bush or the first I say, Trump White House.
And the reason why I say that is because there's
a lot of people there that were not loyalist to
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the president at all. And that may be one of
the most incredible parts of stories that the President said, Hey,
I'm going to make the decision within the next two weeks,
and this plan was clearly already in play and already
being worked on and already being planned out the logistics
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of it. When he gave that, I guess you could
say a fake timeline to make sure he kept our
assets and Americans safe and keep Iran maybe on their toes,
but also a little bit relaxed, like all right, we've got.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Some more time here.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
This is incredible and it tells you I think about
how good this cabinet is, and the Director of National
Intelligence and the DoD leadership and the CI director John
Radcliffe like they're teammates, and they're.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Acting like teammates.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
And even Fox News reporter Pentagon reporter Jeffer Griffin put
it this way as she described how no one knew
that this was happening, and by the way, there was
a lot of people that knew, and no one leaked.
Speaker 5 (12:32):
The other thing I can point out, Brett, is that
this is an operation. In the last eighteen years since
I've been at the Pentagon, I've never seen such operational security.
There was nobody speaking about this any of the preparations.
There was a complete lockdown, almost a blackout of information
for the last few days. I'm sitting here in the
Pentagon right now, I can tell you the hallways are
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empty and all of the information is coming right now
out of the White House. That is a significant achievement
because there was there were no leaks about the timing. Now,
sometimes I think those who a lot of the flight trackers,
the open source intelligence flight trackers, that flight radar did
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indicate some of the when the B twos took off
from Whiteman, But again, nobody really expected that it would
take place this evening. If you looked at the moon schedule,
you might have had a clue because it was a
waning crescent and almost a new moon on the twenty fifth,
so it would.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Have been very very dark over.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
Iran tonight, and you need that in order to bomb.
That's the ideal condition for something like a B two
That is, yes itself stealth, but it still has to
be escorted in in case any Iran were to put
up any planes or there were any opportunities to fire
on those B twos, which are such valuable and very
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very special planes.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
Only the US military.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
Has this kind of weaponry and this capability. No other
country in the world could have carried off what occurred
tonight at those three uranium enrichment sites in Iran.
Speaker 6 (14:11):
Yeah, Jen, you're exactly right on the operational security here
and the fact that there were obviously some red herrings,
and in a world where decisions are made and the
world digests the decision even before it's made because of
social media and everyone's watching everywhere, this was a pretty
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amazing operation. When you start thinking that the President said
within two weeks, we are two days from within two weeks,
and this happens with a post on truth social and
no other word. Really getting out ahead of that is
pretty stunning.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
I mean, this was just stunning. The great I mean
a great job to defend secretary headset on this like
this was just unbelievable. You look a that post that
came out from the President and he said, we have
completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites
in Iran. All planes are now outside of Iranian airspace.
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A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site.
Four to oh all planes are safe on their way home.
Congratulations to our great American warriors. There's not another military
in the world that could have done this. Now is
the time for peace. All caps. Thank you for your
attention on this matter. The presidents made it clear and
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these radical zealots of Iran I don't know if you.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Can help them.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
At this point, he said, I'm not advocating for regime change.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
I'm trying to get this over with.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
I want to make sure that you guys understand this
was about your nuclear program. I wouldn't retaliate. If you
come after Americans, there will be hell to pay. And
if you and we have total control over your airspace
and so eye on Earth, would I Ran respond is
beyond me yet?
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Okay, keyword.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Yet, we're hearing that Iran is saying, Oh, we're going
to respond, and we're going to you know, we're going
to do this. The complete package being struck is another
way it was described. I want you to hear again.
Jeffer Griffin described it as.
Speaker 5 (16:19):
Well, thirty thousand pound bunker buster is dropped, It goes
into a hole that's about a radius of about twenty
five feet, I'm told, and then the second bomb is
dropped in the same hole. And so at first that
thirty thousand pound bunker buster will go down about two
hundred feet. And so what's interesting about it, Brett, is
(16:42):
that you would have had to have at least two
B twos. But I believe that it was likely a
package of six B twos that would be flying, they
each had two mop massive wornip penetrators on board at
the time, and they would have hit both those entrances
four doau.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
The president saying.
Speaker 5 (17:01):
That four doau that the complete package was struck. That
is significant because that means, as you said that, it
would probably be multiple passes and multiple bombs dropped there.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
This goes back to the argument and Irana is saying, oh, well,
you didn't really hurt our nuclear facilities, and you didn't
really do that much damage, and we'd already moved our
stuff away from the site. I think America would know
that if it happened. I want to be clear. I
think America would would have hit wherever they think that
they are, wherever they moved it to. Like the idea
that this is somehow you know, like they tricked us
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is absurd, and this is one you know, Oh wow,
you didn't really get us, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Oh, I tell you know, you thought you got us,
but you didn't.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Like I don't, I don't believe anything the Iranians are
saying right now.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I do not.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
I want to be very very very very queer about
that this was successful. And by the way, if it
wasn't successful, then we would go back and do it again.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
I go back also to just the history here.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
How is it that we got to the point where
Donald Trump had to do this? I'll take exactly how
because other presidents refuse to act. And I'm going to
go through a timeline for you just to let you
know how bad it was in the past.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
We should have never allowed a rand to.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Get this close to a nuclear weapon ever, and yet
we did.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
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to two Patriot. Let's also talk about the history for
a moment of how we got to the point where
Donald Trump had to clean up everybody else's mess. I
want to take you back to nineteen ninety five. In
nineteen ninety five, Bill Clinton said this quote, we are
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determined to prevent a ran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
What are you to do? Nothing?
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Fast forward to George H. W. Bush or George let
me rephrase that. Let me take you back to George W.
Bush quote. Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, period.
He said that in two thousand and six, but we
didn't stop them from moving forward. You fast forward to
twenty fifteen Barack Obama's present, and he said, quote, I
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have stated that Iran will never be allowed to obtain
a nuclear weapon, but I'm going to send him over
a billion dollars to help with their nuclear Programme when
we sent them literally palots to cash one point four
billion dollars if I remember correctly, Yeah, that was Barack Obama.
So so much for Hey, I've stated it before, I'm
never gonna allow them to get a nuclear weapon. Well,
why did you send him over a billion dollars? Then
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fast forward to twenty twenty two, Joe Biden in his
own words, we will not allow rand to acquire a
nuclear weapon. That was clearly a lie because you got
to the point where they were more than sixty percent
of capacity of what you needed for a nuclear weapon,
which is far beyond what you need for a peaceful program.
Some of this you have to understand the science. It's
(22:14):
very clear you don't need to have enrichment of sixty
plus percent if it is for a peaceful program. When
you get sixty percent above, it's for one reason, only
nuclear weapons. And then you look at what Donald Trump inherited.
A I ran that was days or weeks away from
a nuclear capability, a country that is saying over and
(22:35):
over again, we want to kill you, and a country
that is more than happy to sponsor terrorists that will
kill you in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
We saw it.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Hamas has Blot and the list goes on and on.
They're terrorist proxies around the world. Hell, we're worried about
sleeper sells in America tonight as And by the way,
I do believe that's real.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
We had a wide open border.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
We know that a lot of people from the Middle
East came across our southern borders. I have no doubt
that there's a Ranian sleeper selves in this country right now.
It's the same reason why I said this on TV
and people look at you like you're crazy when you
say it, And I'll say it again here. This is
exactly why you should be packing heat. This is why
I carry a firearm with me virtually everywhere I go.
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I'm not gonna be caught in a situation, whether it's
in church or at a movie or at a mall
where I'm a sitting duck. I'm just not gonna do it.
And I encourage others. But you look at Donald Trump
in twenty twenty five, what does Donald Trump say quote
RAN's key nuclear enrichment facility has been completely and totally
obliterated thank you for your attention to this matter. The
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difference between him and the and Bill Clinton and George W.
Bush and Barack Obama and Joe Biden is he actually said,
here's a sixty.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Day deadline for you.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
You want you want to you wanna FAFO, fine, but
I'm giving you sixty days to come to the table
and get this done, and let's be done with it.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
I mean. And the other thing is the left is
falling all.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Over themselves today, all over themselves, trying to act like
Donald Trump is now putting you in danger. Like the
same people that say that Iran that we shouldn't take
out the nuclear facilities are now telling that you should
be afraid of Iran and what they're going to do
to us now like that, I mean, that is liberal logic,
one on one.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
So let me get this straight.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
You're fine with Iran getting a nuclear weapon, but now
you're saying we should be afraid of Iran because we
took out their nuclear program. Tell me that's not liberal
logic and total insanity. And what are they doing. They're like, well,
Iran really isn't that bad. I say that I'm going
to play for you a perfect example. Former Obama official
(24:33):
who led counter terrorism communications for Obama set on MSNBC
that quote Iran chanting death to America doesn't really mean
they don't like America. You cannot make this stuff up.
Listen carefully, well, the Chairman.
Speaker 7 (24:49):
Of the Joint Chiefs says, I mean your point that
you made before, Katie.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
It speaks to this, which.
Speaker 7 (24:56):
Is that he's not explaining what the issues are for America.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Are the issues for America?
Speaker 7 (25:01):
Why? Why shouldn't why do we?
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Why is it a.
Speaker 7 (25:04):
Foundational issue for Trump that Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon?
Why is this something that the US should be involved in?
Why are we allied with it?
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Because they chant death to America?
Speaker 7 (25:16):
They chant death to America. I went to Iran in
twenty fourteen. I was sitting at a rally. These young
guys with chanting death to America had a minder.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I said, what are they saying? The saying death to America.
Speaker 7 (25:27):
They finished the chance and two young men came over
and said, are you American? I said yes, we want
to welcome you to our country. We love American culture
and love American movies.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
They wanted to talk about all these things.
Speaker 7 (25:37):
Iran is the most Western nation in the whole Middle East.
We have much more in common with them with a
lot of than a lot of countries that we do
have alliances with.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
Well.
Speaker 7 (25:46):
The huge X factor too, is what Ben Rhades, Obama's
security guy, described as what we could have as a
catast I.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Just sat there.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
This is how crazy are Oh really, they don't really
mean it? No, I mean, yeah, yeah, they're killing American
troops in rack in Afghanistan. They're helping the roadside bombs
and they're and they're killing and it's Jews and helping
with the training of the attack on Israel. And they
chanted from death to Israel and depth to America.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
But they don't really mean it. No, no, they don't really
mean it.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
That is how out to lunch and how psychotic. This
former Obama official who led literally led counter terrorism communication
says Iran channing death to America doesn't really mean they
don't like America. Oh no, no, they're westernized. No, they're not.
Before the shaw of Iran felt they were more westernized
or not. Right now they're under like sadistic leadership. And
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then you look at these other groups, the United Nations.
The United Nations is siding with Iran. I'm gravely alarmed
by the use of force by the United States against
Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in the region
already on the edge, and a direct threat to international
peace and security. So let me get this straight. A
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country that wants a nuclear web and to then kill us.
The UN is now putting out a statement saying that
the real threat is now that we hit their nuclear
sites when they say they want to kill us. Now,
this is somehow America's fault.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Quote. There's a growing risk that.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
This conflict could rapidly get out of control, with catastrophic
consequences for civilians the region of the world. Well, imagine
what would happen they had a nuclear weapon and then this.
I call a member states to de escalate and to
uphold their obligations under the UN Charter and other rules
of international law. At this perilous owl hour, it is
critical to avoid a spiral of chaos. There's no military solution.
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The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace. Okay,
So Antonio Gutierrez putting that out there, Secretary General of
the United Nations, this is the guy that we're supposed
to think is going to bring the world together and
everything's going to be totally fine now, God help us.
Like this organization is totally and utterly worthless. The headquarters
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of the UN I'm being serious. I mean that, I'm
not joking, should move to Tehran?
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Why not? Why?
Speaker 1 (28:14):
I mean really, why not? Why not just have the
headquarters of you in move to Iran? Because this is
if you're putting out this type of propaganda and saying this,
and you're the Secretary General and saying there's no military solution.
The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Like we're not. I mean, it's not only is it disgraceful,
it's sick because.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
The aim of the United Nations in twenty twenty five
is apparently to defend the terrace Iranian regime, push climate disinformation,
prop up globalist elites, erase borders and attack an undermine
America and Western values. At ever return, they are completely
and utterly useless. So, as the President of Iran responds
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saying the US and this rally in Tehran revenge, revenge
that to America, I believe them. I actually think that
they do want to kill us. They every chance they
get to kill Americans.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
They do it.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Every chance they get to finance somebody that will kill Americans,
what do they do?
Speaker 2 (29:20):
They do it.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
So this idea as we are sitting here, this somehow
these people are logical or saying or that these people
are going to like want to work with us. No,
And that's why Donald Trump has said it again over
and over and over again. I want to be peaceful.
(29:43):
I don't want to escalate this thing. I want to
de escalate. But you guys have got to understand saying
I have to protect and I have to defend the
United States of America and our allies.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
And that is exactly what he did here.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
And it's so vitally important that we say thank you
to having actually having a president Okay, like thank you
that we actually have a president of the United States
of America. We have a president of the United States
that cares about America and his word actually means something.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
You don't think Iran. The rest of the world now understands.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Like, hey, if he gives you sixty days, you better
be ready because you already know what the outcome is.
He's not bluffing, unlike all these other presidents that I
mentioned earlier who didn't have the guts, didn't have the
conies to actually do their damn job.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
It's incredible.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
I also want to play for you something else, and
this just goes back to just how scumbaggy the media is.
Margaret Brennan had on her Sunday morning show Marco Rubio,
and she tried to act like she is some expert
on Iran, that she knows more about Iran than Marco
Rubio knows about Iran right now with an I gotcha question.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
It did not.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Go well, but but I want to play this for
you just for you to understand like they're not rooting
for America. They're rooting for Donald Trump to to be
wrong or to get it wrong, or there to be
some disaster that they can report on. You know, when
all these planes come back.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
And this is how just messed up the left is.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
Right now and they land and the President puts out
a tweet that our men and women in uniform are
home safely, that those those amazing pilots that flew all
the way around the world and back right without without stopping.
It's unbelievable what these bombers did and the men and
women that were that were coordinating and the refueling in
the air, just everything that had to go right.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
And I'm sure that.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
There are those on the left that like wish there
would have been some sort of problems they could be
see Donald Trump screwed it up, and Americans that it
costs them.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Their lives and no, no, no, no, no, like they're that's sick.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
And if you look at listen to to Margaret Brennan
here on CBS Face the Nation, she Rubio does an
amazing to responding to a terrible and also an ignorant
attempt at a quote I got your question from the
network because they're not actually rooting for our safety. They
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just want Trump to fail at all costs. This is
Trump derangement syndrome.
Speaker 8 (32:15):
One oh one, listen, oh on a phrase, you just
word weaponization ambitions. Are you saying there that the United
States did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had
ordered weaponization.
Speaker 9 (32:29):
That's irrelevant. I think that question being asked on the media,
that's an irrelevant question that.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
Met in US intelligence assessment.
Speaker 7 (32:36):
You know no, it's not.
Speaker 8 (32:37):
Yes, it was political.
Speaker 9 (32:39):
I know that better than you know that, and I
know that that's.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
Not the case.
Speaker 9 (32:42):
But whether the order was given, and the people who
say that it doesn't matter if the order was given.
They have everything they need to build nuclear weapons. Why
would you bury Why would you bury things in a
mountain three hundred feet under the ground. Why would you
bury six Why do they have sixty percent in enrich uranium?
You don't need sixty percent in rich area. The only
countries in the world that have uranium at sixty percent
are countries that have nuclear weapons, because it can quickly
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make it ninety. They have all the elements they have.
Why are they Why do they have a space program?
Is Aron going to go to the moon? No, they're
trying to build an ICBM.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
No, But that's a question.
Speaker 8 (33:12):
That's a question, that's a question of intent. And you
know in the intelligence assessment that it was that Iran
wanted to be a threshold.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
See you know use this.
Speaker 8 (33:20):
I'm talking about what the intelligence March assessment. And that's
why I was asking you if you know something.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
More from it.
Speaker 9 (33:26):
That's also an inaccurate representation of it. That's inaccurate representation
of it. That's not how intelligence is read, that's not
how intelligence is used. Here's what the whole world knows.
Forget about intelligence with the IAEA knows they are enriching
uranium well beyond anything you need.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
For a for a for a civil nuclear program.
Speaker 9 (33:45):
So why would you enrich uranium at sixty percent if
you don't intend to one day use it to take
it to ninety and.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Build a weapon.
Speaker 9 (33:51):
Why why are you developing ICBMs? Why do you have
eight thousand short range missiles in two to three thousand
long mid range missiles that you can take you to develop?
Why do you do all these things? I have everything
they need for a nuclear weapon. They have the delivery mechanisms,
they have the enrichment capability, they have the highly enriched.
Speaker 4 (34:08):
Uranium that is stored.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Yeah, that's all we need to see, right, Well, the regime,
that's our Thank you Marco Rubio for calling her out
the way that he called her out there. And I
go back to the people who are obsessing of Iran's
response and fear mongering. Are the same idiots that weren't
afraid of Iran getting a nuclear weapon? Tell me how
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messed up that is? Like, it's it's just truly incredible.
And by the way, you want to talk about the
real threat now, there is a real threat now of
Iran sleeper cells in this country. Did you know under
Joe Biden there was one thousand, two hundred and seventy
two nationals of Iran that were released into the country
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after crossing the border illegally that we caught and then released.
That doesn't count all the Iranians that got across that
are got aways. Tom Homan talking about that on Fox
News Channel, the real possibility of sleeper cells in America.
Speaker 10 (35:08):
So I put numbers this morning just from a CBP
under Joe Biden, who was one two hundred and seventy
two nationals Iran releasing the country between Ofo And and
the Borbatrow. And you compare that to the Trump administration zero right,
zero releases and right now, because of President Trump's leadership,
we have the most secure border in my lifetime, most
secure border in history of this nation. So we have
(35:30):
a secure border. So that was a President Trump's big
win on secure in this nation. So we're not releasing
people in this country, especially in Aliens aren't cross that
border undetected. But under Joe Biden, we had over ten
million people cross that border. But my biggest concern from
day one, beyond the fat and all beyond the sex trafficking,
women and children were the two man known godaways. Over
two million people cross that border. We don't know who
(35:52):
they are, where they came from, because they got away,
because Borbatrol was so overwhelmed with the humanitarian crisis that
Biden created that over two million people cross the border
and got away. That is my biggest concern. And that's
where it created the biggest national security vulnerabilly this country's
ever seen.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
He's right, under Joe Biden, there is one thousand, two
hundred and seventy two nationals of Iranian descent that were
released into this country after crossing the border illegally, and
we don't know who they are. We also know that
other Iranians got across the border that are got aways.
And under Joe Biden, they said, oh no, no, no, you're
from Iran, come on in. And now what is the
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biggest concern. What is our biggest worry right now? That
Iran's going to do what Arena has always done. I Rana,
by the way, is a massive history of targeting Americans.
Nineteen seventy nine US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, sixty
six Americans held for one.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
Hundred and forty four days by Iranian.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Student backed by the new leader of Iran.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
So that happened in seventy nine.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Fast forward in nineteen eighty three US embassy bombing in Beiru,
seventeen Americans killed by hes Blah, where they declare Islamic
jihad who backed them, Iran who paid for it, Iran
who trained them?
Speaker 2 (37:10):
Iran That was nineteen eighty three. Go back to.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Nineteen eighty three be Route Marine Derek's bombing. Two hundred
and forty one US servicemen primarily Marines killed by HESBLA
truck bomb who were they backed by.
Speaker 2 (37:22):
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
Speaker 1 (37:25):
Nineteen eighty four US Embassy am X bombing in Beirut,
two Americans killed by HESBLA with Iranian backing. Nineteen ninety
six you had the bombing in Saudi Arabia where nineteen
US airmen killed by hes Blah with Iranian support. Nineteen
ninety eight US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzanaia twelve
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Americans killed by Al Qaeda with hesbload Iranian tactical support.
Tactical support twenty twenty one to twenty twenty attacks on
US forces in Afghanistan thirty plus US personnel killed injured
by Tabiban it with Iranian aid. Twy three twenty eleven
attacks on US forces in Iraq, Hundreds killed by Shia
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militia's using Iranian supplied devices that blew up bombs. I
have another page and a half of this I could
read for you. Do you understand when Iran says they
want to kill Americans and they'll do it.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
They mean it.
Speaker 1 (38:19):
They mean it, folks, they mean it. Something else happened,
and you may not have seen this. There was an
early morning press conference seven o'clock central eight eastern AM,
and you had Dan Raisin Kine just gave the most
detailed description of the attacks that happened. It was named
Operation Midnight Hammer. The Defense Segretary Pete Headseth introducing him,
(38:44):
and I want you to hear how amazing this attack
was and how afraid the world has got to be
right now with the President United States of America because
of what we just pulled off.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Listen carefully for specifics.
Speaker 11 (38:57):
Thank you, Miss strick Terry, thanks for recognizing all of
our folks out there doing our nation's work. And nice
to see everybody on this early Sunday morning. Last night,
on the President's orders, US Central Command, under the command
of General Eric Killa, executed Operation Midnight Hammer, a deliberate
and precise strike against three Iranian nuclear facilities. This was
(39:21):
a complex and high risk mission carried out with exceptional
skill and disciplined by our joint force. I want to
thank every service member, planner, operator that made this mission possible.
Their actions reflect the highest standards of the United States
Armed Forces. This operation was designed to severely degrade RAN's
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nuclear weapons infrastructure.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
It was planned and executed across multiple.
Speaker 11 (39:47):
Domains and theaters with coordination that reflects our ability to
project power globally with speed and precision. At the time
and place of our nation's choosing, this was a highly
c classified mission, with very few people in Washington knowing
the timing or nature of this plan. I'll refer you
to the graphic on the side as I walk you
(40:09):
through some of the operational details. At midnight Friday into
Saturday morning, a large B two strike package comprised of
bombers launched from the continental United States as part of
the plan to maintain tactical surprise.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
Part of the package proceeded.
Speaker 11 (40:26):
To the West and into the Pacific as a decoy,
a deception effort known only to an extremely small number
of planners and key leaders here in Washington and in Tampa.
The main strike package, comprised of seven B two Spirit bombers,
each with two crew members, proceeded quietly to the east
(40:47):
with minimal communications. Throughout the eighteen hour flight into the
target area. The aircraft completed multiple inflight refuelings. Once over land,
the V twos linked up with escort and support aircraft
in a complex, tightly timed maneuver requiring exact synchronization across
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multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace, all done
with minimal communications.
Speaker 4 (41:17):
This type of.
Speaker 11 (41:17):
Integration is exactly what our Joint force does better than
anyone else in the world. At approximately five pm Eastern
Standard time last night, and just prior to the strike
package entering Iran, a US submarine in the Central Command
Area of responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk land
(41:39):
attack cruise missiles against key surface infrastructure targets at Esfahan.
As the Operation Midnight Hammer Strike package entered Iranian airspace,
the US employed several deception tactics.
Speaker 4 (41:54):
Including decoys.
Speaker 11 (41:55):
As the fourth and fifth generation aircraft pushed out in
front of the strike package at high altitude and high
speed sweeping in front of the package for enemy fighters
and surface to air missile threats. The strike package was
supported by US Strategic Command, US Transportation Command, US Cyber Command,
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US Space Command, US Space Force, and US European Command.
As the strike package approached for DOE and NATANCE, the
US protection package employed high speed suppression weapons to ensure
safe passage of the strike package, with fighter assets employing
(42:40):
preemptive suppressing fires against any potential Iranian surface to air threats.
We are currently unaware of any shots fired at the
US strike package on the way in. At approximately six
forty pm Eastern Standard time two ten am Iran time,
(43:02):
the lead B two dropped two GBU fifty seven massive
ordnance penetrator weapons on the first of several aim points
at four doh. As the President stated last night, the
remaining bombers then hit their targets as well, with a
total of fourteen mops dropped against two nuclear target areas.
(43:24):
All three Iranian nuclear infrastructure targets were struck between six
forty pm and seven h five pm Eastern time. Again,
that's about two ten in the morning local time in Iran,
with the Tomahawk missiles being.
Speaker 4 (43:40):
The last to strike at Esfahan.
Speaker 11 (43:43):
To ensure we retain the element of surprise throughout the operation.
Following weapons release, the midnight hammer Strike package exited Iranian
airspace and the package began its return home. We are
unaware of any shots fired at the package on the
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way out. Iran's fighters did not fly, and it appears
that Iran's surface to air missile systems.
Speaker 4 (44:12):
Did not see us.
Speaker 11 (44:14):
Throughout the mission, we retained the element of surprise. In total,
US forces employed approximately seventy five precision guided weapons during
this operation. This included, as the President stated last night,
fourteen thirty thousand pounds GBU fifty seven massive ordnance penetrators,
marking the first ever operational use of this weapon. I
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know that battle damage is of great interest. Final battle
damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments
indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.
More than one hundred and twenty five US aircraft participated
in this mission, including B two stealth bombers, multiple flights
(45:03):
of fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens and dozens of
air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine, and a full
array of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as
hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals. As the Secretary said,
(45:23):
this was those largest B two operational strike in US
history and the second longest B two mission ever flown,
exceeded only by those in the days following nine to eleven.
Well prior to the strike, General Carilla elevated force protection
measures across the region, especially in Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf.
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Our forces remain on high alert and are fully postured
to respond to any Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks, which
would be an incredibly poor choice. We will defend ourselves.
The safety of our service members and civilians remains our
(46:08):
highest priority. This mission demonstrates the unmatched reach, coordination, and
capability of the United States Military. In just a matter
of weeks, this went from strategic planning to global execution.
Speaker 4 (46:24):
This operation underscores the.
Speaker 11 (46:26):
Unmatched capabilities and global reach of the United States military.
As the President clearly said last night, no other in
the no other military in the world, could have done this.
I joined the President and the Secretary and being incredibly
proud of the air crews, naval forces, cyber operators, planners
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and support teams and commanders who made this mission possible.
It is their skill, discipline, and teammate teamwork that makes
this operation possible. Particularly proud of our discipline related to
operational security, something that was of great concern to the President,
the Secretary General, Carilla and me, and we will continue
(47:12):
to focus on this. As we stand here this morning,
many assets are still airborne and we have hundreds deployed.
I asked that we keep our warfighters on their way
home and our deployed service member in our thoughts. Our
joint force remains ready to defend the United States, our troops,
and our interests in the region.
Speaker 4 (47:34):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (47:36):
Truly incredible.
Speaker 1 (47:38):
You listened to Raisin Cain there just gave the most
detailed description of that attack. There was a single shot
fired at our men on the way in or the
way out. That how that's just how unexpected this operation
was to Iran. Quote initial battle damage assessments indicate that
all three sites have stayed extremely severe damage and destruction regards.
(48:00):
Ardless of the propaganda that you're hearing from Iran. You
look at this over one hundred and twenty five US
military aircraft for var involved large B two strike package
left the continental US on Friday. On midnight Friday, part
of the package went east, the other went west as
a decoy. The main strike package was comprised of seven
(48:20):
B two bombers, which flew.
Speaker 2 (48:22):
For eighteen hours into the target area.
Speaker 1 (48:25):
Fourteen bunker buster bombs were dropped, seventy five precision guided
weapons were used during the operation, and more than one
hundred and twenty five US aircraft participated in the mission.
Multiple fighters of the fourth and fifth Gen fighters, dozens
of air refueling tankers, a guide that missiles, a submarine,
and a full array of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft,
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as well as hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals. God
bless America.
Speaker 2 (48:54):
It's amazing.
Speaker 1 (48:56):
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