June 24, 2025 • 13 mins
Main Event:
- Former President Donald Trump announces a "complete and total ceasefire" between Israel and Iran after a 12-day war.
- The ceasefire is structured in phases: Iran begins first, followed by Israel, with a full cessation of hostilities within 24 hours.
Key Developments:
- The conflict escalated after Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites, prompting a symbolic Iranian missile retaliation targeting a U.S. base in Qatar.
- Iran's response was calibrated and pre-warned, aiming to avoid full-scale war while maintaining domestic and international posture.
- Ben emphasizes that Iran's actions were measured, avoiding escalation like closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s Framing:
- Trump refers to the conflict as the "Twelve Day War", drawing a parallel to the Six-Day War of 1967.
- He positions the ceasefire as a historic diplomatic victory, crediting his leadership and foreign policy strategy.
Media Criticism:
- The episode is highly critical of mainstream media, especially CNN, accusing them of bias against Trump and hoping for his failure.
- It highlights a moment where CNN is caught off guard by Iran’s agreement to the ceasefire, allegedly undermining their narrative.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
A ceasefire that will lead to peace is a wonderful thing.
And the only reason we're talking about ceasefire is bec
also Donald J. Trump. But here's my question. The Rani
and Foreign Minister said at four o'clock midy's time they
would no longer attack Israel if Israel doesn't attack them.
What I want him to say tomorrow morning is, not
only will we not attack Israel in the future, we
recognize Israel as a legitimate member of the Midies.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Good Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have you with
us on the forty seven Morning Update. And the big
story is obviously Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire in Iran.
This coming after our first big story, which was Iran
who decided to retaliate, this time against United States of America.
But the story behind the retaliation is one that's very
(00:50):
interesting and we're going to explain that to you, and
we're also going to cover what Donald Trump said and
what this ceasefire means and what could happen moving forward.
We've got it all. It's all for you right now.
As it's a historic day in American history and a
massive victory for President Trump and his leadership. And it
starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Story number one nothing.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Short of historic. President Donald Trump announcing on Monday that
Israel and Iran have agreed to a quote complete and
total ceasefire after twelve days of ongoing war between the
two countries. The present putting it this way, saying, quote,
congratulations to everyone. It has been fully agreed by Israel
(01:33):
and Iran that there will be a complete and total
ceasefire in approximately six hours from now, when Israel and
Iran have wound down and completed there in progress final
mission for twelve hours, at which point the war will
be considered ended all capital letters, Trump putting this on
true social saying officially, Iran will start the ceasefire, and
(01:56):
upon the twelfth hour, Israel will start the ceasefire, and
on the twenty fourth hour, an official end to the
twelve day war will be saluted by the world. During
each cease fire, the other side will remain peaceful and respectful.
Trump added for having agreed to a cease fire on
(02:16):
the assumption that everything worked as it should, saying, quote,
this is a war that could have gone on for
years and destroyed the entire Middle East. But it didn't
and never will. God bless Israel. President then said, God
bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God Bless the
United States of America. And then in all caps, the
(02:39):
President wrote, God bless the world. Now, Trump's chosen title,
the Twelve Day War is a clear allusion to the
Sixth Day War of nineteen sixty seven, another dramatic victory
by Israel over its enemies. The Twelve Day War is
no less dramatic of victory, and perhaps even greater one,
opening a path for greater peace and prosperity in the
(03:00):
region and for the India Middle East European Economic Corridor,
the trade route that Trump has been talking about a
lot lately. Now, the other part of this is what
happened after Israel struck those Iran nuclear sites. It was
clear that Iran wanted to get a deal done quickly,
but they also had to save face. And so now
(03:22):
we know more about their strike against American interest in Qutar.
What we now know is that strike was symbolic and
also calibrated retaliation the missile strike on guitars and our
air Force base, Iran launched a barrage reportedly of fourteen
to nineteen short and medium range ballistic missiles in response
(03:43):
to US bunker buster bombings of the three nuclear sites
that the President ordered in America. Most missiles were intercepted.
Why because they said beforehand this was going to happen.
One of those missiles reportedly struck the base, but caused
no oh casualties, thank goodness. And Iran also stated that
(04:04):
this was a proportional and measured response as they described it.
In fact, they fired exactly as many missiles as the
US drop bombs, emphasizing symmetry and avoiding escalation by also
saving face as a radical Islamic regime. It also provided
advanced notice we now knowed Qatar, and also to the
(04:25):
US signaling quote unquote restraint and then the de escalation
signals began. Despite that strike, Iran avoided broader disruptions. It
didn't threaten global supplies or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.
That is something that their parliament in essence had said
they were going to advocate for just twenty four hours earlier,
(04:48):
but clearly the leadership in Iran didn't want to do that.
Iran indicated it would quote stand down if Israel halted
its bombings, hinting at a conditional truce. So the takeaway
from all of this is that Iran's goal was clearly limited.
It was also a symbolic blow and not a full
military engagement. Why because Iran had to keep up their
(05:13):
strong rhetoric but no escalation. The Supreme Leader, for example,
and the IRGC emphasized their quote readiness to hit the
Achilles heel of US forces, but they actually didn't do
that at all. The Foreign Minister in Iran also came
out condemning the US bombings as a quote heinous crime
and warned of ever lasting consequences reserving all options. Clearly
(05:38):
that wasn't actually what they were planning on as well.
And then the parliament backed that potential closure of the
Strait of Hormuz, but the Council did not act. So
what does this mean? Overall? It's clear that this was
a broader Iranian well miscalculation that they tried to get
under control quickly. Iran is seen preparing a mix of
(05:59):
option the analysts have said at this hour, targeted strikes
on US installation, cyber or proxy attacks, and even plans
to well disrupt global oil or naval routes. But what
really happened is Aram seem determined to avoid total war,
wanting a balance and a deterrence for their own people
(06:20):
to maybe topple them, while allowing diplomacy to work. In
the United States of America, the bottom line is this
Iran has responded with a deliberate, proportional missile strike that
was pre warned, carefully designed to deter further US or
Israeli aggression without triggering full blown escalation, and by giving
(06:40):
advance warning matching US strikes one for one and tying
any ceasefire to Israel stopping its attacks, Tehran now appears
intent on framing its move as a strategic and restrained,
not reckless regime who clearly learn their lesson when Donald
Trump tells you UF sixty days to make a d
you better make the damn deal now.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Story number two.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
There is a massive ceasefire that we all now know about,
and it is a historic moment for the President of
the United States of America who said, I do not
want regime change, I do not want to take out
the leader in Iran. I do want to make sure
that we are safe and that they never receive nuclear weapons. Well,
you put that in contrast with what the media wanted,
(07:26):
and my ow, Mai, is it a very different story.
We know the mainstream media hates Donald Trump. We know
that they care more about him being a failure than
they do about the success of making sure that our
foreign policy keeps Americans and others safe around the world.
But if you need a moment to highlight exactly how
biased the media is and exactly how much they hate
(07:49):
Donald Trump and how much they would rather Trump fail
than there'd be success and safety and security for the
United States of America, then you just need to listen
to what I'm going to play for you right now.
What I'm about to play for you was on CNN
right the most trusted name in news, and it was
an embarrassing moment if you were watching it. I hope
you share this everywhere because CNN gets word that Iran
(08:12):
has accepted the cease fire deal just seconds after Caitlin
Collins sets up a narrative casting doubt on Donald Trump. Yes,
this happened in real time. No, this is not me
putting two different segments together from different parts of the day.
I want you to listen to this to the very end.
(08:33):
You really can't make this up. And I mean this,
you cannot hate the liberal media enough.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
We're hearing incredibly optimistic views coming out of the White
House as far as how long this can hold and
what this is going to look like. That obviously still
remains to be seen on the implementation side of this,
and waiting to see if the firing does stop and
if Iran and Israel do both agree to this, because
you know, speaking of the fluidity of the situation, it
was just twenty four hours ago the President Trump self
(09:00):
was suggesting a regime change in Iran was a possibility,
and obviously right before that having the United States strike
Iran and so yes, there have been a lot of
phone calls going back and forth. In part this has
to do with Iran's limited response earlier where they fired
on a US base in Qatar, but there were no casualties.
We know that they did give a heads up that
they were going to be firing on US bass without
(09:22):
exactly specif specifying which ones. But that is the question
here is if the United States felt that it did
not need to respond to the Iranian retaliation, did that
create the space for this That is what we've been
hearing from administration officials, and so the question is whether
or not this still holds for the next few hours.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Caitlin, I just been given a word that Iran, according
to a diplomat who brief CNN, Iran has agreed to
the cease fire. So this is significant. I just want
to try to learn some more information as soon as
we get it about that. But if that is the case,
that's incredibly significant because that is we were waiting. We
had not heard from Ran, we had not heard from Israel.
(10:02):
All we were going on so far has been the
president's social media post, which was some two hours ago.
So again, that is the first indication we have that
Iran has agreed to this.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Oops, right, like, you cannot make this up. And this
is the media showing you just how much they were
hoping that what Donald Trump put out would somehow not
become reality, that it would be a failure, that they
could then point to him and say he's starting World
War three. Donald Trump is putting everyone's lives at risk.
(10:34):
Donald Trump is the problem, and you can hear it
in real time. Now, That's not the only thing I
want to remind you about. And this goes back to
liberals that are in charge. I want to take you
back to guy by the name of Scott Kirby. He
is a guy that was at the White House, a
guy that was there under the Biden regime. And what
(10:54):
did Scott Kirby say back on September the thirteenth of
twenty twenty three, and then what did he say January
fourth of twenty twenty four. Remember this Kirby on the
six billion that Biden released to Iran, saying the last
administration was quote incredibly unseerious, absolutely terrible for the world.
(11:16):
Here is the comparing contrast of them.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
The US will have visibility. We'll be able to engage
in oversight about where the money was going and for
what purpose. If Ron tries to divert the funds, we'll
take action and we'll lock them up again. And there
will be sufficient oversight to make sure that the request
is valid and that it's going through vendors who we
and the cutteries can trust will actually contract for the goods,
(11:40):
the medical equipment, the food, whatever it is. The regime
doesn't get to touch the money. Peter doesn't go to them.
They don't get to they don't get to decide ultimate
destination and they have no direct access to it. John
arn made two transactions withdrawing from the previously frozen funds
in Oman. What were those transactions for. I don't have
(12:04):
the details on that, JACKI you're gonna have to let
me get back to you on that.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
There's the line. Whether it's the media or whether it
was the Biden administration, they were lying to you the
entire time about what was happening with their administration, and
they were not holding Iran accountable. And now that President
Trump has done it, they're now furious that it is
a success and they're rooting against it every step of
the way. Which brings me to the point why did
(12:29):
so many Americans vote for Donald Trump. It's actually very
simple because they wanted to make sure that countries like
Iran who are a threat to United States America are
held accountable. And yet again, the President made good on
his promise to the American people to protect and defend
the homeland.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here tomorrow
A ceasefire that will lead to peace is a wonderful thing.
And the only reason we're talking about ceasefire is bec
also Donald J. Trump. But here's my question. The Rani
and Foreign Minister said at four o'clock midy's time they
would no longer attack Israel if Israel doesn't attack them.
What I want him to say tomorrow morning is, not
only will we not attack Israel in the future, we
recognize Israel as a legitimate member of the Midies.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Good Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have you with
us on the forty seven Morning Update. And the big
story is obviously Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire in Iran.
This coming after our first big story, which was Iran
who decided to retaliate, this time against United States of America.
But the story behind the retaliation is one that's very
(00:50):
interesting and we're going to explain that to you, and
we're also going to cover what Donald Trump said and
what this ceasefire means and what could happen moving forward.
We've got it all. It's all for you right now.
As it's a historic day in American history and a
massive victory for President Trump and his leadership. And it
starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Story number one nothing.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Short of historic. President Donald Trump announcing on Monday that
Israel and Iran have agreed to a quote complete and
total ceasefire after twelve days of ongoing war between the
two countries. The present putting it this way, saying, quote,
congratulations to everyone. It has been fully agreed by Israel
(01:33):
and Iran that there will be a complete and total
ceasefire in approximately six hours from now, when Israel and
Iran have wound down and completed there in progress final
mission for twelve hours, at which point the war will
be considered ended all capital letters, Trump putting this on
true social saying officially, Iran will start the ceasefire, and
(01:56):
upon the twelfth hour, Israel will start the ceasefire, and
on the twenty fourth hour, an official end to the
twelve day war will be saluted by the world. During
each cease fire, the other side will remain peaceful and respectful.
Trump added for having agreed to a cease fire on
(02:16):
the assumption that everything worked as it should, saying, quote,
this is a war that could have gone on for
years and destroyed the entire Middle East. But it didn't
and never will. God bless Israel. President then said, God
bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God Bless the
United States of America. And then in all caps, the
(02:39):
President wrote, God bless the world. Now, Trump's chosen title,
the Twelve Day War is a clear allusion to the
Sixth Day War of nineteen sixty seven, another dramatic victory
by Israel over its enemies. The Twelve Day War is
no less dramatic of victory, and perhaps even greater one,
opening a path for greater peace and prosperity in the
(03:00):
region and for the India Middle East European Economic Corridor,
the trade route that Trump has been talking about a
lot lately. Now, the other part of this is what
happened after Israel struck those Iran nuclear sites. It was
clear that Iran wanted to get a deal done quickly,
but they also had to save face. And so now
(03:22):
we know more about their strike against American interest in Qutar.
What we now know is that strike was symbolic and
also calibrated retaliation the missile strike on guitars and our
air Force base, Iran launched a barrage reportedly of fourteen
to nineteen short and medium range ballistic missiles in response
(03:43):
to US bunker buster bombings of the three nuclear sites
that the President ordered in America. Most missiles were intercepted.
Why because they said beforehand this was going to happen.
One of those missiles reportedly struck the base, but caused
no oh casualties, thank goodness. And Iran also stated that
(04:04):
this was a proportional and measured response as they described it.
In fact, they fired exactly as many missiles as the
US drop bombs, emphasizing symmetry and avoiding escalation by also
saving face as a radical Islamic regime. It also provided
advanced notice we now knowed Qatar, and also to the
(04:25):
US signaling quote unquote restraint and then the de escalation
signals began. Despite that strike, Iran avoided broader disruptions. It
didn't threaten global supplies or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.
That is something that their parliament in essence had said
they were going to advocate for just twenty four hours earlier,
(04:48):
but clearly the leadership in Iran didn't want to do that.
Iran indicated it would quote stand down if Israel halted
its bombings, hinting at a conditional truce. So the takeaway
from all of this is that Iran's goal was clearly limited.
It was also a symbolic blow and not a full
military engagement. Why because Iran had to keep up their
(05:13):
strong rhetoric but no escalation. The Supreme Leader, for example,
and the IRGC emphasized their quote readiness to hit the
Achilles heel of US forces, but they actually didn't do
that at all. The Foreign Minister in Iran also came
out condemning the US bombings as a quote heinous crime
and warned of ever lasting consequences reserving all options. Clearly
(05:38):
that wasn't actually what they were planning on as well.
And then the parliament backed that potential closure of the
Strait of Hormuz, but the Council did not act. So
what does this mean? Overall? It's clear that this was
a broader Iranian well miscalculation that they tried to get
under control quickly. Iran is seen preparing a mix of
(05:59):
option the analysts have said at this hour, targeted strikes
on US installation, cyber or proxy attacks, and even plans
to well disrupt global oil or naval routes. But what
really happened is Aram seem determined to avoid total war,
wanting a balance and a deterrence for their own people
(06:20):
to maybe topple them, while allowing diplomacy to work. In
the United States of America, the bottom line is this
Iran has responded with a deliberate, proportional missile strike that
was pre warned, carefully designed to deter further US or
Israeli aggression without triggering full blown escalation, and by giving
(06:40):
advance warning matching US strikes one for one and tying
any ceasefire to Israel stopping its attacks, Tehran now appears
intent on framing its move as a strategic and restrained,
not reckless regime who clearly learn their lesson when Donald
Trump tells you UF sixty days to make a d
you better make the damn deal now.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Story number two.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
There is a massive ceasefire that we all now know about,
and it is a historic moment for the President of
the United States of America who said, I do not
want regime change, I do not want to take out
the leader in Iran. I do want to make sure
that we are safe and that they never receive nuclear weapons. Well,
you put that in contrast with what the media wanted,
(07:26):
and my ow, Mai, is it a very different story.
We know the mainstream media hates Donald Trump. We know
that they care more about him being a failure than
they do about the success of making sure that our
foreign policy keeps Americans and others safe around the world.
But if you need a moment to highlight exactly how
biased the media is and exactly how much they hate
(07:49):
Donald Trump and how much they would rather Trump fail
than there'd be success and safety and security for the
United States of America, then you just need to listen
to what I'm going to play for you right now.
What I'm about to play for you was on CNN
right the most trusted name in news, and it was
an embarrassing moment if you were watching it. I hope
you share this everywhere because CNN gets word that Iran
(08:12):
has accepted the cease fire deal just seconds after Caitlin
Collins sets up a narrative casting doubt on Donald Trump. Yes,
this happened in real time. No, this is not me
putting two different segments together from different parts of the day.
I want you to listen to this to the very end.
(08:33):
You really can't make this up. And I mean this,
you cannot hate the liberal media enough.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
We're hearing incredibly optimistic views coming out of the White
House as far as how long this can hold and
what this is going to look like. That obviously still
remains to be seen on the implementation side of this,
and waiting to see if the firing does stop and
if Iran and Israel do both agree to this, because
you know, speaking of the fluidity of the situation, it
was just twenty four hours ago the President Trump self
(09:00):
was suggesting a regime change in Iran was a possibility,
and obviously right before that having the United States strike
Iran and so yes, there have been a lot of
phone calls going back and forth. In part this has
to do with Iran's limited response earlier where they fired
on a US base in Qatar, but there were no casualties.
We know that they did give a heads up that
they were going to be firing on US bass without
(09:22):
exactly specif specifying which ones. But that is the question
here is if the United States felt that it did
not need to respond to the Iranian retaliation, did that
create the space for this That is what we've been
hearing from administration officials, and so the question is whether
or not this still holds for the next few hours.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Caitlin, I just been given a word that Iran, according
to a diplomat who brief CNN, Iran has agreed to
the cease fire. So this is significant. I just want
to try to learn some more information as soon as
we get it about that. But if that is the case,
that's incredibly significant because that is we were waiting. We
had not heard from Ran, we had not heard from Israel.
(10:02):
All we were going on so far has been the
president's social media post, which was some two hours ago.
So again, that is the first indication we have that
Iran has agreed to this.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Oops, right, like, you cannot make this up. And this
is the media showing you just how much they were
hoping that what Donald Trump put out would somehow not
become reality, that it would be a failure, that they
could then point to him and say he's starting World
War three. Donald Trump is putting everyone's lives at risk.
(10:34):
Donald Trump is the problem, and you can hear it
in real time. Now, That's not the only thing I
want to remind you about. And this goes back to
liberals that are in charge. I want to take you
back to guy by the name of Scott Kirby. He
is a guy that was at the White House, a
guy that was there under the Biden regime. And what
(10:54):
did Scott Kirby say back on September the thirteenth of
twenty twenty three, and then what did he say January
fourth of twenty twenty four. Remember this Kirby on the
six billion that Biden released to Iran, saying the last
administration was quote incredibly unseerious, absolutely terrible for the world.
(11:16):
Here is the comparing contrast of them.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
The US will have visibility. We'll be able to engage
in oversight about where the money was going and for
what purpose. If Ron tries to divert the funds, we'll
take action and we'll lock them up again. And there
will be sufficient oversight to make sure that the request
is valid and that it's going through vendors who we
and the cutteries can trust will actually contract for the goods,
(11:40):
the medical equipment, the food, whatever it is. The regime
doesn't get to touch the money. Peter doesn't go to them.
They don't get to they don't get to decide ultimate
destination and they have no direct access to it. John
arn made two transactions withdrawing from the previously frozen funds
in Oman. What were those transactions for. I don't have
(12:04):
the details on that, JACKI you're gonna have to let
me get back to you on that.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
There's the line. Whether it's the media or whether it
was the Biden administration, they were lying to you the
entire time about what was happening with their administration, and
they were not holding Iran accountable. And now that President
Trump has done it, they're now furious that it is
a success and they're rooting against it every step of
the way. Which brings me to the point why did
(12:29):
so many Americans vote for Donald Trump. It's actually very
simple because they wanted to make sure that countries like
Iran who are a threat to United States America are
held accountable. And yet again, the President made good on
his promise to the American people to protect and defend
the homeland.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here tomorrow
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