📰 Main Event: Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran
- A historic ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Iran after a 12-day conflict, referred to as the "Twelve Day War."
- President Trump announced the ceasefire on Truth Social, emphasizing that:
- Iran would begin the ceasefire first.
- Israel would follow 12 hours later.
- After 24 hours, the war would be officially considered over.
🧨 Military Action and Strategy
- The U.S., under Trump’s orders, conducted precision airstrikes on three major Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
- These strikes were described as a complete obliteration of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
- The operation was noted for its secrecy and precision, involving B-2 bombers and bunker-buster bombs.
🗣️ Media Criticism and Political Commentary
- The episode is strongly critical of mainstream media, especially CNN, accusing them of bias against Trump and hoping for his failure.
- It highlights a moment on CNN where news of the ceasefire broke just after a segment casting doubt on Trump’s strategy.
🧑✈️ Statements from Officials
- Vice President JD Vance and other officials praised Trump’s leadership and the military’s success.
- Trump’s speech emphasized:
- The destruction of Iran’s nuclear program.
- Gratitude to the military.
- A call for peace, while warning of future consequences if Iran resumes aggression.
🧠 Analysis of Iran’s Response
- Iran’s missile strike on a U.S. base in Qatar was described as symbolic and restrained, with no casualties.
- Iran reportedly gave advance warning, signaling a desire to avoid escalation.
- The commentary suggests Iran’s leadership was motivated by fear of regime collapse and internal dissent.
🏛️ Targeted Strikes and Symbolism
- Israel conducted strikes on key Iranian infrastructure, including:
- Airports
- Government buildings
- The notorious Evin Prison, possibly to free political prisoners.
- These strikes were portrayed as both strategic and symbolic, undermining Iran’s internal control mechanisms.
🛡️ Border Security and Domestic Concerns
- The podcast shifts to domestic U.S. security, warning about:
- Iranian sleeper cells potentially entering the U.S. during the Biden administration.
- The contrast between Trump’s strict border policies and Biden’s more lenient approach.
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Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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,
(00:21):
you put that in contrast with what the media wanted,
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
(00:45):
biased the media is and exactly how much they hate
Donald Trump and how much they would rather Trump fail
than there'll 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. Now,
what I'm about to play for you was on CNN,
right the most trusted name in news, and it was
(01:07):
an embarrassing moment. If you were watching it, I hope
you share this everywhere because CNN gets word that Iran
has accepted the cease fire deal, just seconds after Caitlin
Collins sets up a narrative casting doubt on Donald Trump. Yes,
(01:27):
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.
You really can't make this up. And I mean this,
you cannot hate the liberal media enough.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
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 bo agree to this, because
you know, speaking of the fluidity of the situation, it
was just twenty four hours ago that President Trump himself
(02:06):
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 bas 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 bases without
(02:29):
exactly 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 3 (02:48):
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.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Is we were waiting.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
We had not heard from Ron, we had not heard
from Israel. 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 1 (03:21):
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.
(03:43):
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
(04:06):
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
sixth billion that Biden released to Iran, saying the last
administration was quote incredibly unseerious, absolutely terrible for the world.
(04:29):
Here is the comparing contrast of them.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
The US will have visibility and 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
that will be sufficient oversight to make sure that the
request is valid and that it's going through vendors who
(04:52):
we and the cutteries can trust will actually contract for
the goods, 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. Uh uh, and they have no
direct access to it. John Iran made two transactions withdrawing
(05:15):
from the previously frozen funds in Oman.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
What were those transactions for.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
I don't have the details on that, Jackie. You're gonna
have to let me get back to you on that.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
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
(05:47):
the way. Which brings me to the point why did
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 the United States America are
held accountable, and yet again the President made good on
his promise to the American people to protect and defend
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the homeland. Which brings me to the other big point
in the show, and that is what was said on
TV by jd Vance, the Vice President, moments after Trump
announces his ceasefire between Israel and Iran. And I want
you to hear this conversation. I'm not going to interrupt
it because I think it's an important one, and listen
(06:32):
to what JD Van says. He's live on set. This
has been announced moments before they go to him of
this ceasefire, and here's what he had to say to
Brett Baer and the rest of the country and really
the world.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Besce President, thanks for coming.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Absolutely.
Speaker 7 (06:46):
Just seconds ago, the President went to true social and
type this, it has been fully agreed by and between
Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and
total ceasefire.
Speaker 6 (06:59):
Complete and total ceasefires. What he typed?
Speaker 7 (07:01):
Yep, what does that mean? How did it come about?
What's the development?
Speaker 8 (07:05):
Yeah, well, we were actually working on that just as
I left the White House to come over here. So
that's good news that the President was able to get
that across the finish line.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I think what it means Brett's quite simple.
Speaker 8 (07:13):
First of all, the President, without knock on wood having
a single American casualty, obliterated the Iranian nuclear program. We
are now in a place where we weren't a week ago.
Week ago, Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon.
Now Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with
the equipment they have because we destroyed it.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
So that's a very very big thing. Now.
Speaker 8 (07:36):
What that means, I think is we have to talk
to Iran and of course to Israel about what the
future holds. Because while we have obliterated the Iranian nuclear program,
our hope and our expectation is that they're not going
to try to rebuild that program. And I think that's
what the President is really trying to figure out here,
is to build a long term settlement.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Here to where we can have peace in the region.
Speaker 8 (07:56):
Where our regional allies and of course the American people
most importantly can be secure, but where we can ensure
that the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program that has
already happened is not something they try to rebuild.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
I want to get to the obliterated part in just
a minute, but I just want to read this fully
so I get the context. Congratulations to everyone that has
been fully agreed by and between Israel 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 their in progress final missions for twelve hours,
at which point the ceasefire for twelve hours, at which
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point the war will be considered ended officially. Iran will
start the ceasefire, and upon the twelfth hour, Israel will
start the ceasefire, and upon the twenty fourth hour, an
official end to the twelve day War will be saluted
by the world. During each ceasefire, the other side will
remain peaceful and respectful on the assumption that everything works
as it should, which it will. I would like to
congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on having the stamina, courage,
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and intelligence to end what should be.
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Called the Twelve Day War.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
This is a war that could have gone on for
years and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it did
and never will. God Bless Israel, God Bless Iran. God,
God bless Iran. God blessed the Middle East, God bless
the United States of America, and God bless the world.
Speaker 6 (09:09):
He seems confident that this is all coming together.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
That's right.
Speaker 7 (09:13):
And when you left the White House, were you thinking
this was all gelling here?
Speaker 8 (09:18):
When I left the White House, I thought that we
might be able to get it across the finish line
before this broadcast. And it looks like the President has
been able to do that. I mean, look, he's been
working the phones constantly, frankly before the Twelve Day War started.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
But certainly over the past twelve days.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
The President's been extremely clear about America's national objective here.
It is to create a world where a Ran cannot
build a nuclear weapon. We of course destroyed the nuclear
program that they had, and the President told the entire team,
We're going to work to make sure that they don't
try to rebuild that nuclear capability in the future. And
it's Look, this is a great thing for Israel.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Think about this.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
They've accomplished an important military objective.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
They've helped us.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Destroy the Iranian nuclear program. They've also destroyed the conventional
missile capability of Iran that threatened the country of Israel
for the Iranians. I think this is a new opportunity
to actually pursue the path of peace. As I said yesterday,
what the Iranians have showed through their support of terror networks,
through their now failed effort to build a nuclear weapon
is that they're just not very good at war. And
(10:17):
I think the President really hit the reset button and said, look,
let's actually produce.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Long term peace for the region. That's always been his goal.
Speaker 8 (10:26):
I actually think when we look back, we will say
the twelve Day war.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
Was an important reset moment for the entire region.
Speaker 7 (10:32):
Would you be surprised if Iran is sending out signals
that it doesn't have a specific cita's fire plan. How
would the communication have been with the Iranians to get
this level of confidence to put out that detailed statement.
Speaker 8 (10:43):
Well, one of the things I've learned read about the
Iranians in the past four or five months that I've
been in this job is what they say publicly and
privately can sometimes be very different. I think what the
Iranians have shown very clearly is they don't want this
war to go on for much longer. Their air defenses
have been totally destroyed, their conventional missile pro has been
largely destroyed, and of course their nuclear program has been obliterated.
(11:04):
As I said before, So I think the Iranians entered
a place where they don't want to keep on fighting.
You saw the President, and I don't have the truth
in front of me, but he talked about the next
six hours finalizing the attacks. I mean, I think what
he's talking about is right now for the American people watching,
it's dark over there. That's typically when the Israelis and
the Iranians have been shooting at each other. I think
(11:25):
there's some recognition that that might continue for another few hours.
And tomorrow really is a new day, the end of
the twelve day war, the end of the Iranian nuclear program,
and I really do believe the beginning of something very
big for peace of the Middle East.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
I think the Vice President's absolutely right the way you
put it. It is a historic moment, quite possibly for
the Middle East. And it's because the leadership of Donald J.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Trump.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Nothing short of historic. President Donald Trump announcing on Monday
that Israel An 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
(12:13):
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 their 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
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upon the twelfth hour, Israel will start the ceasefire, and
upon 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 ceasefire on the
(12:59):
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. The President then said, God
bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God Bless the
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United States of America, and then in all caps, the
President wrote, God blessed 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,
(13:44):
opening a path for greater peace and prosperity in the
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,
(14:07):
but they also had to save face, and so now
we know more about their strike against American interest in Qatar.
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
(14:28):
to nineteen short and medium range ballistic missiles in response
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 casualties,
(14:51):
thank goodness, and Iran also stated that 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
(15:15):
now noted Qatar and also to the 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
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going to advocate for just twenty four hours earlier, 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. Now, the takeaway
from all of this is that Iran's goal was clearly limited.
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It was also a symbolic blow and not a full
military engagement. Why because Iran had to keep up their
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
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that at all. The Foreign Minister in Iran also came
out condemning the US bombings as a quote heinous crime
and warned of everlasting consequences, reserving all options. Clearly that
wasn't actually what they were planning on as well, and
then the parliament backed that potential closure of the Strait
(16:43):
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 mix of options, the
analysts have said at this hour targeted strikes on US installation,
(17:05):
cyber ap proxy attacks, and even plans to well disrupt
global oil or naval routes. But what really happened is
Iram seemed determined to avoid total war, wanting a balance
and a deterrence for their own people to maybe topple them,
while allowing diplomacy to work In the United States of America.
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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 advance warning matching US strikes
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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
learned their lesson. When Donald Trump tells you you have
sixty days to make a deal, you better make the
damn deal now, you may also be asking yourself a
(18:12):
very important question, why was there a little bit of
leeway to quote wrap things up. I'll give you an
example of exactly why Israel apparently wanted some time to
get a few more things done before the ceasefire took effect.
The entrance gate of Iran Sitorious Even Prison, which holds
political prisoners and dual nationals, was hit as Israel carried
(18:37):
out a wave of coordinated air strikes targeting multiple Sykes
across Tehran. The Israeli Foreign Minister confirmed multiple salts across Iran.
They struck dozens of locations, including barracks and in the
energy ministry. As well as the university, state TV headquarters,
and police compounds, just to name a few. But the
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part that's really interesting is following Friday's US bombardment of
Iran's nuclear facilities, we also found out that the prison
gates were bombed at a prison where many political prisoners
from Israel were being held. According to local reports in
Iranian state media, the strikes began around twelve noon local time.
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Blasts were heard across several Tehran districts, including heavy populated areas.
Windows shattered in residential areas, and electricity was disrupted. One
explosion occurred near one of the town squares and another
in the vicinity of the IRIB State Broadcasting Center. The
entrance gate of that prison was also among the confirmed
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sites that were struck, causing parts of the prison's perimeter
wall to collapse onto a parking lot. Why would that
matter because it would be a way to get out
many of the political prisoners that are being held in
Iran that are Israeli citizens. This this just goes to
show why Israel was saying, hey, we're willing to do
a deal, but we have a few more things that
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we need to get done. There was even a video
posted on x by Iran's Press TV showing the moment
of the impact at the prison. I will share that
for you on social media so that you can have
it now. This prison is well basically a synopsis for
a political detention center in Iran. They housed dissidents, they
(20:29):
house journalists, they house protesters and foreign nationals accused of
quote espionage. It is a core element of the Iranian
regimes diplomatic security apparatus. The targeting of its GAID and
administrative offices may not cripple operations, but it carries deep
symbolic weight as well, highlighting the vulnerability of Iran's internal
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repressive institutions, as well as human rights organizations that have
long documented i Ranian abuse towards and the detention of
many innocent people within their walls. The airports also were
hit earlier in the same day, Israeli fighter jets on
strikes on six major airports across western, Eastern and central Iran.
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Specifically targeting these airports was an important point, the IDF said.
The strikes aimed at degrade Iran's air operations by destroying runways,
underground hangars, fuel systems, and multiple aircraft types. Including the
F fourteen's F five and AHDSH one helicopters. Now, Iran,
(21:38):
as you know, has vowed revenge for this, but we
also know the ceasefire is now here. So the question
is will the radicals within the Iranian government listen to
the leadership that has agreed to this deal. Are they
scared enough now that they could be killed or that
the regime could be toppled if there is not a
deal that's done. That clearly is what is riving the
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Supreme Leader to do this deal right now, after threatening
America and Israel countless times in the last forty eight hours.
So this is exactly why I Israel decided we'll do
a deal, but after we get a few more things done.
They were smart in doing it this way. And now
the big thing is can what Donald Trump say become
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a reality that we say we are going to be peaceful,
that we are going to stop, and that this will
actually hold up even as radical terrorist proxies like Camas
and Hesblah, I'm sure want none of this piece anywhere
close to Iran or Israel. We'll have to wait and see,
but one thing's for sure. The President of the United
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States of America exactly what he promised he was going
to do, and that was to not get us into
another endless war. Sixty days that was the deadline that
Donald Trump gave a rand to come to the table
and make a deal to get rid of their ra
nuclear program. They chose not to. And it's a foreign
policy that's pretty clear. Fa fo. Donald Trump not wasting
(23:08):
any time doing what he needed to do to make
sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Certainly not
while he's in office. And the present made it clear
with the attack on not one, not two, but three
of the Iranian nuclear sites, they should have come to
the table much sooner. Here's the Present in his own
words at the White House.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
A short time ago, the US military carried out massive
precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the
Iranian regime for Doeau, Natans, and Esfahan. Everybody heard those
names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.
(23:52):
Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear intrichment 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. Iranski nuclear and Richmond facilities have been completely
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and totally obliterated. Rand the bully of the Middle East,
must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks
would be.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Far greater and a lot easier.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
For forty years, Iran has been saying death to America,
death to Israel.
Speaker 6 (24:32):
They have been.
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their
legs with roadside bombs, that was their specialty. We lost
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 SOLMANI.
Speaker 6 (24:56):
I decided a long.
Speaker 9 (24:57):
Time ago that I would not let this happen, and
it will not continue. I want to thank and congratulate
Prime Minister, bb Net and Yahoo. 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
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the wonderful job they've done, and most importantly, I want
to congratulate the great American patriots 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. Hopefully we will no longer
need their services and this capacity. I hope that's so.
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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
a and far greater than we have witnessed over the
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last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. The
Nights 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 of them can be taken out in
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a matter of minutes. There's no military in the world
that could have done what we did tonight, not even close.
There has never been a military that could do what
took place just.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
A little while ago.
Speaker 9 (26:37):
Tomorrow, General Kin, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will have
a press conference at eight am 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 6 (26:55):
Protect them.
Speaker 9 (26:56):
God bless the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God
bless America.
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Thank you very much, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
There was also a sincere dead of gratitude you could
hear from the President, so thankful for our men and
women in uniform who are willing to risk their lives
to protect all of us, and a sincere thanks to
God for protecting them in this incredible mission. There was
also another aspect of what just happened that's truly incredible,
not a single leak. You have a president in this
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administration that has a very different staff around him, a
very different cabinet, and what we witnessed was a team
working together to make sure that all the American soldiers
were kept safe, that there were no leaks that came
out about an incredible mission, one that was incredibly complicated,
as you heard from the President, that involved countless people,
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and one that was successful to the point where not
a single shot was fired at us. Jennifer Griffin at
Fox News Channel put it this way.
Speaker 10 (27:58):
Well, Brett, I think yes. So my phone has been
literally ringing off the hook. But what I would say
is that it's notable how much deception was involved in
this operation. All eyes were looking west towards Guam and
the B twos that took off late last night towards Guam.
It's possible that but if the distance there would suggest
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that the B twos may have also flown east from
Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Remember the air refuelers,
many of them were placed in Europe and in the
across the Middle East, and that is what is known
as an air refueling bridge. And all of those BE
twos would require much air refueling in order to make it.
They usually fly round trip from white men. And so
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what we can say, and the President said this in
his truth Social post, is that a full payload of bombs,
those massive ordnance penetrators, the thirty thousand pounds bunker buster
bombs were dropped at four Dough And as we have reported,
there are two entrances to four Dough, so at least
two bombs each two entrants, which suggests at least two
B twos were involved over four Dough. My suspicion is
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that there were more. And then you have the two
other sites, Natons, which is also has an underground enrichment facility.
The Israelis had not been able to reach or take
out that facility despite the last ten days of bombing,
and so now US warplanes likely another B two bomber
had dropped that mop, the thirty thousand pound bunker buster
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on Natons. And then you also have Isfahan, a third
site south of Tehran, and that is also a very
significant enrichment facility. So those B two bombers, It's possible
that as everybody was looking west for the B twos
flying towards Guam, that in fact there was another package
of squadron of B twos that were flying east from
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white Men. It's about a fifteen hour trip from white
Men in Missouri to the Middle East to Iran, and
those bombers often fly round trip and takes them about
thirty hours to get home. But they are out of
danger tonight. They are not in Iranian airspace anymore, according
to the President. The other thing I can point out, Brett,
is that this is an operation. In the last eighteen
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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 empty and all of the information is
coming right now out of the White House. That is
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a significant achievement because 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
indicate some of the when the B twos took off
from white Men, But again, nobody really expected that it
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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 move on
the twenty fifth, So it would have been very very
dark over Iran tonight, and you need that in order to.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Bomb.
Speaker 10 (31:08):
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
very special planes. Only the US military has this kind
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of weaponry and this capability. No other country in the
world could have carried off what occurred tonight at those
three uranium enrichment sites.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Truly incredible work by our men and women in uniform
and is you could hear there from the Pentagon. The
fact that no one knew that this was happening and
no one leaked it truly tells you about how great
this administration is that Donald Trump has around him this time.
It brings me to the final point. There is a
lot of concern about what a Ran is going to
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do next with retaliation. Obviously they are going after Israel
as we speak, but what could happen at home and
how vigilant should we stay. Well, the answer is we
should stay vigilant, We should be careful because there is
one major problem. We had a massive open border for
far too long under Joe Biden, and what we have
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found out is that there was an incredible number of
Iranian nationals that were deliberately released into the interior of
this country, thousands of them. On top of the fact
that we also had another problem those that got away
that we did not catch that we're clearly coming in
from Iran. So is there a real chance that sleeper
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sales from Iran could be activated in this country. The answer,
unfortunately is yes. And who is to blame for that
None other than Joe Biden and the Biden administration who
deliberately opened our borders and allowed the flood of millions
of illegal immigrants into this country. Tom Homan talking on
Fox News about how can concerned he is about this
after the US strikes Iran. Take a listen.
Speaker 11 (33:04):
So I put numbers this morning just from a CBP.
Under Joe Biden, there was one two hundred and seventy
two nationals Iran releasing the country between Ofo and and
the Bordatroll. And you compare that 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
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a secure border. So that was a President Trump's big
win on security this nation. So we're not releasing people
in this country, especially interest aliens aren't crossing that border undetected.
But under Joe Biden, we had over ten million people
across 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 they are,
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where they came from, because they got away because Bordatrol
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 what created the
biggest national security vulnerability this country's ever seen.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
It's an important reminder of how thankful we should all
be that Donald Trump is the president the United States
of America. Not only did he secure the southern border
and protect us from possible sleeper cells that are trying
to get into this country, but he's also protecting us
abroad by making sure that a rand doesn't have a
nuclear weapon. Yes, we can celebrate the fact that that
has happened, but we also have to be careful and
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cautious and vigilant and pray for our men and women
in uniform all at the same time. Make sure you
share this podcast with your family and friends, put it
up on social media wherever you are, and we appreciate
you listening every day. We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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,
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you put that in contrast with what the media wanted,
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
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biased the media is and exactly how much they hate
Donald Trump and how much they would rather Trump fail
than there'll 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. Now,
what I'm about to play for you was on CNN,
right the most trusted name in news, and it was
(01:07):
an embarrassing moment. If you were watching it, I hope
you share this everywhere because CNN gets word that Iran
has accepted the cease fire deal, just seconds after Caitlin
Collins sets up a narrative casting doubt on Donald Trump. Yes,
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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.
You really can't make this up. And I mean this,
you cannot hate the liberal media enough.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
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 bo agree to this, because
you know, speaking of the fluidity of the situation, it
was just twenty four hours ago that President Trump himself
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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 bas 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 bases without
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exactly 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 3 (02:48):
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.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Is we were waiting.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
We had not heard from Ron, we had not heard
from Israel. 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 1 (03:21):
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.
(03:43):
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
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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
sixth billion that Biden released to Iran, saying the last
administration was quote incredibly unseerious, absolutely terrible for the world.
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Here is the comparing contrast of them.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
The US will have visibility and 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
that will be sufficient oversight to make sure that the
request is valid and that it's going through vendors who
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we and the cutteries can trust will actually contract for
the goods, 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. Uh uh, and they have no
direct access to it. John Iran made two transactions withdrawing
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from the previously frozen funds in Oman.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
What were those transactions for.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
I don't have the details on that, Jackie. You're gonna
have to let me get back to you on that.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
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
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the way. Which brings me to the point why did
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 the United States America are
held accountable, and yet again the President made good on
his promise to the American people to protect and defend
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the homeland. Which brings me to the other big point
in the show, and that is what was said on
TV by jd Vance, the Vice President, moments after Trump
announces his ceasefire between Israel and Iran. And I want
you to hear this conversation. I'm not going to interrupt
it because I think it's an important one, and listen
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to what JD Van says. He's live on set. This
has been announced moments before they go to him of
this ceasefire, and here's what he had to say to
Brett Baer and the rest of the country and really
the world.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Besce President, thanks for coming.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Absolutely.
Speaker 7 (06:46):
Just seconds ago, the President went to true social and
type this, it has been fully agreed by and between
Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and
total ceasefire.
Speaker 6 (06:59):
Complete and total ceasefires. What he typed?
Speaker 7 (07:01):
Yep, what does that mean? How did it come about?
What's the development?
Speaker 8 (07:05):
Yeah, well, we were actually working on that just as
I left the White House to come over here. So
that's good news that the President was able to get
that across the finish line.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I think what it means Brett's quite simple.
Speaker 8 (07:13):
First of all, the President, without knock on wood having
a single American casualty, obliterated the Iranian nuclear program. We
are now in a place where we weren't a week ago.
Week ago, Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon.
Now Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with
the equipment they have because we destroyed it.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
So that's a very very big thing. Now.
Speaker 8 (07:36):
What that means, I think is we have to talk
to Iran and of course to Israel about what the
future holds. Because while we have obliterated the Iranian nuclear program,
our hope and our expectation is that they're not going
to try to rebuild that program. And I think that's
what the President is really trying to figure out here,
is to build a long term settlement.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Here to where we can have peace in the region.
Speaker 8 (07:56):
Where our regional allies and of course the American people
most importantly can be secure, but where we can ensure
that the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program that has
already happened is not something they try to rebuild.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
I want to get to the obliterated part in just
a minute, but I just want to read this fully
so I get the context. Congratulations to everyone that has
been fully agreed by and between Israel 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 their in progress final missions for twelve hours,
at which point the ceasefire for twelve hours, at which
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point the war will be considered ended officially. Iran will
start the ceasefire, and upon the twelfth hour, Israel will
start the ceasefire, and upon the twenty fourth hour, an
official end to the twelve day War will be saluted
by the world. During each ceasefire, the other side will
remain peaceful and respectful on the assumption that everything works
as it should, which it will. I would like to
congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on having the stamina, courage,
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and intelligence to end what should be.
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Called the Twelve Day War.
Speaker 7 (08:55):
This is a war that could have gone on for
years and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it did
and never will. God Bless Israel, God Bless Iran. God,
God bless Iran. God blessed the Middle East, God bless
the United States of America, and God bless the world.
Speaker 6 (09:09):
He seems confident that this is all coming together.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
That's right.
Speaker 7 (09:13):
And when you left the White House, were you thinking
this was all gelling here?
Speaker 8 (09:18):
When I left the White House, I thought that we
might be able to get it across the finish line
before this broadcast. And it looks like the President has
been able to do that. I mean, look, he's been
working the phones constantly, frankly before the Twelve Day War started.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
But certainly over the past twelve days.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
The President's been extremely clear about America's national objective here.
It is to create a world where a Ran cannot
build a nuclear weapon. We of course destroyed the nuclear
program that they had, and the President told the entire team,
We're going to work to make sure that they don't
try to rebuild that nuclear capability in the future. And
it's Look, this is a great thing for Israel.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Think about this.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
They've accomplished an important military objective.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
They've helped us.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Destroy the Iranian nuclear program. They've also destroyed the conventional
missile capability of Iran that threatened the country of Israel
for the Iranians. I think this is a new opportunity
to actually pursue the path of peace. As I said yesterday,
what the Iranians have showed through their support of terror networks,
through their now failed effort to build a nuclear weapon
is that they're just not very good at war. And
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I think the President really hit the reset button and said, look,
let's actually produce.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Long term peace for the region. That's always been his goal.
Speaker 8 (10:26):
I actually think when we look back, we will say
the twelve Day war.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
Was an important reset moment for the entire region.
Speaker 7 (10:32):
Would you be surprised if Iran is sending out signals
that it doesn't have a specific cita's fire plan. How
would the communication have been with the Iranians to get
this level of confidence to put out that detailed statement.
Speaker 8 (10:43):
Well, one of the things I've learned read about the
Iranians in the past four or five months that I've
been in this job is what they say publicly and
privately can sometimes be very different. I think what the
Iranians have shown very clearly is they don't want this
war to go on for much longer. Their air defenses
have been totally destroyed, their conventional missile pro has been
largely destroyed, and of course their nuclear program has been obliterated.
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As I said before, So I think the Iranians entered
a place where they don't want to keep on fighting.
You saw the President, and I don't have the truth
in front of me, but he talked about the next
six hours finalizing the attacks. I mean, I think what
he's talking about is right now for the American people watching,
it's dark over there. That's typically when the Israelis and
the Iranians have been shooting at each other. I think
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there's some recognition that that might continue for another few hours.
And tomorrow really is a new day, the end of
the twelve day war, the end of the Iranian nuclear program,
and I really do believe the beginning of something very
big for peace of the Middle East.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
I think the Vice President's absolutely right the way you
put it. It is a historic moment, quite possibly for
the Middle East. And it's because the leadership of Donald J.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Trump.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Nothing short of historic. President Donald Trump announcing on Monday
that Israel An 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
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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 their 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
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upon the twelfth hour, Israel will start the ceasefire, and
upon 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 ceasefire on the
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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. The President then said, God
bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God Bless the
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United States of America, and then in all caps, the
President wrote, God blessed 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,
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opening a path for greater peace and prosperity in the
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,
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but they also had to save face, and so now
we know more about their strike against American interest in Qatar.
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
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to nineteen short and medium range ballistic missiles in response
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 casualties,
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thank goodness, and Iran also stated that 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
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now noted Qatar and also to the 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
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going to advocate for just twenty four hours earlier, 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. Now, the takeaway
from all of this is that Iran's goal was clearly limited.
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It was also a symbolic blow and not a full
military engagement. Why because Iran had to keep up their
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
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that at all. The Foreign Minister in Iran also came
out condemning the US bombings as a quote heinous crime
and warned of everlasting consequences, reserving all options. Clearly that
wasn't actually what they were planning on as well, and
then the parliament backed that potential closure of the Strait
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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 mix of options, the
analysts have said at this hour targeted strikes on US installation,
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cyber ap proxy attacks, and even plans to well disrupt
global oil or naval routes. But what really happened is
Iram seemed determined to avoid total war, wanting a balance
and a deterrence for their own people to maybe topple them,
while allowing diplomacy to work In the United States of America.
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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 advance warning matching US strikes
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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
learned their lesson. When Donald Trump tells you you have
sixty days to make a deal, you better make the
damn deal now, you may also be asking yourself a
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very important question, why was there a little bit of
leeway to quote wrap things up. I'll give you an
example of exactly why Israel apparently wanted some time to
get a few more things done before the ceasefire took effect.
The entrance gate of Iran Sitorious Even Prison, which holds
political prisoners and dual nationals, was hit as Israel carried
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out a wave of coordinated air strikes targeting multiple Sykes
across Tehran. The Israeli Foreign Minister confirmed multiple salts across Iran.
They struck dozens of locations, including barracks and in the
energy ministry. As well as the university, state TV headquarters,
and police compounds, just to name a few. But the
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part that's really interesting is following Friday's US bombardment of
Iran's nuclear facilities, we also found out that the prison
gates were bombed at a prison where many political prisoners
from Israel were being held. According to local reports in
Iranian state media, the strikes began around twelve noon local time.
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Blasts were heard across several Tehran districts, including heavy populated areas.
Windows shattered in residential areas, and electricity was disrupted. One
explosion occurred near one of the town squares and another
in the vicinity of the IRIB State Broadcasting Center. The
entrance gate of that prison was also among the confirmed
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sites that were struck, causing parts of the prison's perimeter
wall to collapse onto a parking lot. Why would that
matter because it would be a way to get out
many of the political prisoners that are being held in
Iran that are Israeli citizens. This this just goes to
show why Israel was saying, hey, we're willing to do
a deal, but we have a few more things that
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we need to get done. There was even a video
posted on x by Iran's Press TV showing the moment
of the impact at the prison. I will share that
for you on social media so that you can have
it now. This prison is well basically a synopsis for
a political detention center in Iran. They housed dissidents, they
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house journalists, they house protesters and foreign nationals accused of
quote espionage. It is a core element of the Iranian
regimes diplomatic security apparatus. The targeting of its GAID and
administrative offices may not cripple operations, but it carries deep
symbolic weight as well, highlighting the vulnerability of Iran's internal
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repressive institutions, as well as human rights organizations that have
long documented i Ranian abuse towards and the detention of
many innocent people within their walls. The airports also were
hit earlier in the same day, Israeli fighter jets on
strikes on six major airports across western, Eastern and central Iran.
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Specifically targeting these airports was an important point, the IDF said.
The strikes aimed at degrade Iran's air operations by destroying runways,
underground hangars, fuel systems, and multiple aircraft types. Including the
F fourteen's F five and AHDSH one helicopters. Now, Iran,
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as you know, has vowed revenge for this, but we
also know the ceasefire is now here. So the question
is will the radicals within the Iranian government listen to
the leadership that has agreed to this deal. Are they
scared enough now that they could be killed or that
the regime could be toppled if there is not a
deal that's done. That clearly is what is riving the
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Supreme Leader to do this deal right now, after threatening
America and Israel countless times in the last forty eight hours.
So this is exactly why I Israel decided we'll do
a deal, but after we get a few more things done.
They were smart in doing it this way. And now
the big thing is can what Donald Trump say become
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a reality that we say we are going to be peaceful,
that we are going to stop, and that this will
actually hold up even as radical terrorist proxies like Camas
and Hesblah, I'm sure want none of this piece anywhere
close to Iran or Israel. We'll have to wait and see,
but one thing's for sure. The President of the United
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States of America exactly what he promised he was going
to do, and that was to not get us into
another endless war. Sixty days that was the deadline that
Donald Trump gave a rand to come to the table
and make a deal to get rid of their ra
nuclear program. They chose not to. And it's a foreign
policy that's pretty clear. Fa fo. Donald Trump not wasting
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any time doing what he needed to do to make
sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Certainly not
while he's in office. And the present made it clear
with the attack on not one, not two, but three
of the Iranian nuclear sites, they should have come to
the table much sooner. Here's the Present in his own
words at the White House.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
A short time ago, the US military carried out massive
precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the
Iranian regime for Doeau, Natans, and Esfahan. Everybody heard those
names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.
(23:52):
Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear intrichment 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. Iranski nuclear and Richmond facilities have been completely
(24:15):
and totally obliterated. Rand the bully of the Middle East,
must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks
would be.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Far greater and a lot easier.
Speaker 9 (24:27):
For forty years, Iran has been saying death to America,
death to Israel.
Speaker 6 (24:32):
They have been.
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their
legs with roadside bombs, that was their specialty. We lost
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 SOLMANI.
Speaker 6 (24:56):
I decided a long.
Speaker 9 (24:57):
Time ago that I would not let this happen, and
it will not continue. I want to thank and congratulate
Prime Minister, bb Net and Yahoo. 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
(25:18):
the wonderful job they've done, and most importantly, I want
to congratulate the great American patriots 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. Hopefully we will no longer
need their services and this capacity. I hope that's so.
(25:41):
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
a and far greater than we have witnessed over the
(26:03):
last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. The
Nights 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 of them can be taken out in
(26:25):
a matter of minutes. There's no military in the world
that could have done what we did tonight, not even close.
There has never been a military that could do what
took place just.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
A little while ago.
Speaker 9 (26:37):
Tomorrow, General Kin, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will have
a press conference at eight am 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 6 (26:55):
Protect them.
Speaker 9 (26:56):
God bless the Middle East, God bless Israel, and God
bless America.
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Thank you very much, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
There was also a sincere dead of gratitude you could
hear from the President, so thankful for our men and
women in uniform who are willing to risk their lives
to protect all of us, and a sincere thanks to
God for protecting them in this incredible mission. There was
also another aspect of what just happened that's truly incredible,
not a single leak. You have a president in this
(27:26):
administration that has a very different staff around him, a
very different cabinet, and what we witnessed was a team
working together to make sure that all the American soldiers
were kept safe, that there were no leaks that came
out about an incredible mission, one that was incredibly complicated,
as you heard from the President, that involved countless people,
(27:48):
and one that was successful to the point where not
a single shot was fired at us. Jennifer Griffin at
Fox News Channel put it this way.
Speaker 10 (27:58):
Well, Brett, I think yes. So my phone has been
literally ringing off the hook. But what I would say
is that it's notable how much deception was involved in
this operation. All eyes were looking west towards Guam and
the B twos that took off late last night towards Guam.
It's possible that but if the distance there would suggest
(28:20):
that the B twos may have also flown east from
Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Remember the air refuelers,
many of them were placed in Europe and in the
across the Middle East, and that is what is known
as an air refueling bridge. And all of those BE
twos would require much air refueling in order to make it.
They usually fly round trip from white men. And so
(28:42):
what we can say, and the President said this in
his truth Social post, is that a full payload of bombs,
those massive ordnance penetrators, the thirty thousand pounds bunker buster
bombs were dropped at four Dough And as we have reported,
there are two entrances to four Dough, so at least
two bombs each two entrants, which suggests at least two
B twos were involved over four Dough. My suspicion is
(29:05):
that there were more. And then you have the two
other sites, Natons, which is also has an underground enrichment facility.
The Israelis had not been able to reach or take
out that facility despite the last ten days of bombing,
and so now US warplanes likely another B two bomber
had dropped that mop, the thirty thousand pound bunker buster
(29:27):
on Natons. And then you also have Isfahan, a third
site south of Tehran, and that is also a very
significant enrichment facility. So those B two bombers, It's possible
that as everybody was looking west for the B twos
flying towards Guam, that in fact there was another package
of squadron of B twos that were flying east from
(29:48):
white Men. It's about a fifteen hour trip from white
Men in Missouri to the Middle East to Iran, and
those bombers often fly round trip and takes them about
thirty hours to get home. But they are out of
danger tonight. They are not in Iranian airspace anymore, according
to the President. The other thing I can point out, Brett,
is that this is an operation. In the last eighteen
(30:09):
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 empty and all of the information is
coming right now out of the White House. That is
(30:30):
a significant achievement because 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
indicate some of the when the B twos took off
from white Men, But again, nobody really expected that it
(30:51):
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 move on
the twenty fifth, So it would have been very very
dark over Iran tonight, and you need that in order to.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Bomb.
Speaker 10 (31:08):
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
very special planes. Only the US military has this kind
(31:28):
of weaponry and this capability. No other country in the
world could have carried off what occurred tonight at those
three uranium enrichment sites.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Truly incredible work by our men and women in uniform
and is you could hear there from the Pentagon. The
fact that no one knew that this was happening and
no one leaked it truly tells you about how great
this administration is that Donald Trump has around him this time.
It brings me to the final point. There is a
lot of concern about what a Ran is going to
(32:00):
do next with retaliation. Obviously they are going after Israel
as we speak, but what could happen at home and
how vigilant should we stay. Well, the answer is we
should stay vigilant, We should be careful because there is
one major problem. We had a massive open border for
far too long under Joe Biden, and what we have
(32:20):
found out is that there was an incredible number of
Iranian nationals that were deliberately released into the interior of
this country, thousands of them. On top of the fact
that we also had another problem those that got away
that we did not catch that we're clearly coming in
from Iran. So is there a real chance that sleeper
(32:42):
sales from Iran could be activated in this country. The answer,
unfortunately is yes. And who is to blame for that
None other than Joe Biden and the Biden administration who
deliberately opened our borders and allowed the flood of millions
of illegal immigrants into this country. Tom Homan talking on
Fox News about how can concerned he is about this
after the US strikes Iran. Take a listen.
Speaker 11 (33:04):
So I put numbers this morning just from a CBP.
Under Joe Biden, there was one two hundred and seventy
two nationals Iran releasing the country between Ofo and and
the Bordatroll. And you compare that 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
(33:24):
a secure border. So that was a President Trump's big
win on security this nation. So we're not releasing people
in this country, especially interest aliens aren't crossing that border undetected.
But under Joe Biden, we had over ten million people
across 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 they are,
(33:46):
where they came from, because they got away because Bordatrol
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 what created the
biggest national security vulnerability this country's ever seen.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
It's an important reminder of how thankful we should all
be that Donald Trump is the president the United States
of America. Not only did he secure the southern border
and protect us from possible sleeper cells that are trying
to get into this country, but he's also protecting us
abroad by making sure that a rand doesn't have a
nuclear weapon. Yes, we can celebrate the fact that that
has happened, but we also have to be careful and
(34:23):
cautious and vigilant and pray for our men and women
in uniform all at the same time. Make sure you
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