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June 17, 2025 • 12 mins

1. Escalation of the Iran-Israel Conflict

  • Ongoing missile exchanges and attacks on infrastructure, including Iranian oil refineries.
  • Daily life in both countries disrupted by sirens and sonic booms.
  • Speculation about Iran potentially using unconventional retaliation methods.

2. U.S. President Trump's Response

  • Trump left the G7 summit early, citing the Middle East crisis.
  • He refused to sign the G7’s joint de-escalation statement, instead urging civilians in Tehran to evacuate.
  • Canceled bilateral meetings with leaders from Ukraine and Mexico.
  • Ordered the National Security Council to be on standby upon his return to Washington, D.C.

3. Trump's Stance on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

  • A lengthy reiteration of Trump’s consistent position: Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.
  • Includes a montage-style repetition of Trump’s past statements from 2015 to 2025 emphasizing this stance.

4. Political and Military Developments

  • 52 Republican senators, led by Senator Ted Cruz, publicly support Trump’s red line on Iran’s nuclear program.
  • Reports from Israeli Channel 14 suggest Trump may soon sign an order to formally join the war.
  • U.S. military movements toward the Middle East are noted, including aircraft carriers and planes.

5. Israeli Perspective

  • The Israeli ambassador hints at surprise military operations later in the week that could escalate the conflict further.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
No nuclear weapons.

Speaker 3 (00:05):
You can't give nuclear weapons.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Now they gonna have a nuclear weapon. Don't let Iran
have nuclear weapons. So you can't have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Can't have nuclear weapons and no nuclear weapons. You can't
have nuclear weapons. I just don't want them to have
a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
They cannot have a nuclear weapons.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Posto country that watched nuclear weapons. The one thing I said,
you cannot have nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat
to this world, to the whole world.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
This is a forty seven Morning Update special edition with
Ben ferguson.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Good Tuesday morning.

Speaker 5 (00:34):
We have a lot of news to talk about on
the forty seven Morning Update, and it all revolves around
day six of the war between Israel and Iran. We
now know that President Trump has left the g seventh Summit,
and he's also gotten together his national security team, and
many things are happening overnight when it comes to bombings
in Tehran. I want to also make sure you guys

(00:56):
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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 as we speak to help

(01:17):
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 the attacks that we're witnessing right now,

(01:40):
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Speaker 2 (01:43):
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you can help stand with the people in Israel that

(02:05):
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Speaker 2 (02:25):
Every dollar helps, don't wait.

Speaker 5 (02:27):
Be the difference IFCJ dot org or eight eight eight
four eight eight IFCJ. It's the forty seven Morning Update
and it starts.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Right now, story number one.

Speaker 5 (02:37):
As we enter day six of the war between Iran
in Israel, there are awful lot of headlines and we're
gonna deal with many of them today, including Iran could
resort to unconventional means of retaliation that coming from the regime.
We also note the IDF underestimated the military strength. That
was a criticism early on, but the reality, say Dams

(03:00):
that Iran doesn't have much of an answer. We have
missile attacks going back and forth and shut down oil
refineries in Iran, sirens, sonic booms, it's all now part
of the daily life in both countries. We also know
that Detanya who said that they could in fact kill
the Supreme leader of Iran. And then there's the other part,

(03:22):
which is even bigger news. The president of the United
States of America has left the G seven Summit early,
which brings us to the big part of the story.
Monday night, the President departed a full day ahead of schedule.
The White House side of the escalating tensions between Israel
and Iran as the reason now. His early exit followed

(03:43):
completing a working dinner with G seven leaders, after which
he also chose not to sign the summit's Joint de
Escalation Statement. Instead, he arded civilians in Tehran to evacuate
via social media post, signaling a firm and unilateral US
stance with Israel. Trump also canceled key bilateral talks scheduled

(04:06):
for Tuesday, including with Ukraine Zolensky and Mexico's president as well.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
And then there was the return to Washington, d C.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
Reuters reporting at this moment that as Trump flew back
to d C, he requested that the National Security Council
be on standby in the White House Situation Room to
closely monitor developments within the Middle East. Additional news outlets
also note that senior national security staff were assembling to
prepare for his return, signaling heightened coordination. Now, the White

(04:38):
House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt told the press that Trump's
return was because of what's going on in the Middle East,
not hiding the reality of the situation. And while in Canada,
Trump secured a trade deal also that is not being
really reported on with the UK, but refused to join
the G seven's collective statement as I mentioned earlier on
the Israel Iran de escalation, underscoring his independent agenda. Now,

(05:03):
the G seven host and other European leaders continued summit
discussions without Trump to press quote for diplomatic pressure on
the Iran Israel situation. So, in short, Trump's early departure
from the summit was driven by immediate security concerns in
the Middle East, and Trump is actively mobilizing his National
security apparatus on his return, putting the NSC on standby

(05:27):
to respond to the unfolding crisis. Now, let me be
very clear, we also have another thing that's happening in
the media, and it's the big lie that Donald Trump
is some guy that wants massive war when clearly he's
saying he wants peace. But he's also been clear about
something else. There was no way that Iran would be
allowed to have a nuclear weapon. How do we know this, Well,

(05:51):
you can go back to when he was running for
president in twenty fifteen, and what did the president say then,
and what has he been saying since then.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
Well, here's a little mon to odds of the present.

Speaker 5 (06:01):
Never wavering on his stance that Iran could never have
a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You cannot
let it happen because bad things will happen if that happens.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
But everybody stopped. They were ready to make a deal.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
We would have made a deal that was great for everybody.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
No nuclear weapons.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
You can't give them nuclear weapons. Now they can have
a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
Don't let Iran have nuclear weapons.

Speaker 1 (06:27):
That's my only thing I have to tell you today.

Speaker 2 (06:29):
Don't let them have it. They would have never had.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
Them, including around we would have They can't have a
nuclear weapon.

Speaker 2 (06:34):
That's so they can't have nuclear weapons.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
It's too destructive, too powerful.

Speaker 2 (06:39):
They can't have it.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
But I wanted to make a deal with them. No
nuclear weapons. You can't have nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are
the single greatest threat to this world, to the whole world,
and Victor Orban understands that, and some others do too.
I just don't want them to have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 2 (06:55):
And they weren't going to have one, and they cannot
have a nuclear weapon. That was the only thing, the
one thing I said, you cannot have.

Speaker 1 (07:02):
I just didn't want Ran to have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 3 (07:04):
I said, you know, we're going to make a great deal.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
Everybody's going to be happy.

Speaker 3 (07:07):
You're going to be rich as hell again, everything's going
to be great.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
But you cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 6 (07:12):
You can't let a Ran have nuclear weapons.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
I Ran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. They
cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Instead, we have a very hostile country that wants nuclear weapons.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
Can't let that happen. The main thing is Iran can't
have a nuclear weapon. That was my main thing. The
deal was a simple deal.

Speaker 1 (07:34):
A Ran can't have a nuclear you know, it can't
have a missile, can't have a nuclear missile. It cannot
have that nuclear capability.

Speaker 3 (07:42):
Roan should not have a nuclear weapon. They should have
never been in a position where they could have had.
If I were president, they wouldn't even be thinking about
a nuclear weapon, and now they're months away from getting one.

Speaker 5 (07:52):
You go back to what the president said. He says
it for a long time, whether it's trade in China,
taking advantage of America when he was saying in the
nineteen eighties that we need to have a trade war
and we need to stop being taken advantage of or
if it's the more than sixteen minutes of a montage
of President Trump's saying that Iran cannot be allowed to
have a nuclear weapon, over and over again. Iran cannot

(08:15):
have a nuclear weapon. They can't have a nuclear weapon.
Very simple, they can't have a nuclear weapon. We're not
going to allow them to have a nuclear weapon. So
why is the media now shocked and the rest of
the world shocked that Donald Trump is actually standing up
and saying yet again that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
It is truly amazing just how crazy the media has become.

(08:38):
And now they want to say, oh, well, what's really
happening here is Donald Trump is war mongering, got to
get us into warld War three.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Here's what I can say.

Speaker 5 (08:47):
It is obvious that the President of the United States
of America wasn't lying and he was telling you the
truth in fifteen and sixteen and seventeen and eighteen, in
twenty nineteen and twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, two twenty
twenty three, twenty two, twenty four, twenty twenty five, when
he said that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon. There's
also something else that's happening right now in the Senate.

(09:09):
Fifty two Republican centers are now agreeing with President Trump.
Senator Cruz talking to Ben Shapiro, saying this.

Speaker 6 (09:16):
Well, Bena, as you know, I led a letter of
fifty two Republican senators that we all came together and
we said we agree with President Donald J.

Speaker 3 (09:24):
Trump.

Speaker 6 (09:25):
President Trump has said repeatedly the red line is that
Iran must have complete dismantlement of its enrichment capacity, that
every centrifuse must be shut down. They must have no
capacity to enrich uranium at all. Now, what President Trump
said is you can either do that nicely through diplomacy
or you can do that through warfare.

Speaker 5 (09:45):
So it's very clear that President Trump is building a
coalition with many members on Capitol Hill. And then there's
also speculation about what could be next. In fact, according
to Israeli Channel fourteen, President Trump out reporting is expected
their words to sign an order in the coming hours

(10:05):
to formally join the war between Israel and Iran. Channel
fourteen Israel saying this. There are also reports the US
itself is already attacking Tehran. There is very very significant
development in the coming hours that the Americans are behind
them and are moving forces towards the Middle East, moving aircraft,
carriers and planes and general towards the Middle East, really

(10:28):
to reinforce the forces and enter the war in a
very very official way. Now, again this is coming from
Israeli Channel fourteen. It is obvious that there's a lot
that is moving right now. Some of it may turn
out to be very real. Other reports may be inaccurate.
But there's one thing you can take to the bank.
That is that Donald Trump is said over and over

(10:50):
again that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon. We know
that Israel and the people there are under attack and
surrounded on all sides. And it's also very clear that
the President says we will stand with Israel, allowing Israel
to protect and also to defend itself. Now, the Israeli
ambassador also was on TV earlier saying this about what's happening.

(11:13):
Pulled off a number of surprises. When the dust settles,
you're going to see some surprises on Thursday night and
Friday that will make the deeper operation almost seem simple,
the Israeli ambassador saying that the world should expect a
quote surprise later this week in its attacks on Iran

(11:36):
that will make the masad hesbela pager operation quote look simple. Now,
the President of the United States of America leaving the
summit to go back to Washington. What happens next for
the US we don't know, But what we do know
is that the President is clearly standing side by side
with our ally Israel.

Speaker 4 (11:55):
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