October 13, 2025 • 29 mins
On one of the most pivotal days for world peace in decades, 20 hostages were released in a momentous agreement shaped by American diplomacy under President Trump, as highlighted on The Sean Hannity Show. Sean underscores how Trump's coalition-building efforts with both Muslim and non-Muslim nations were instrumental, forging peace where decades of efforts had failed. Guest experts like Newt Gingrich and Nathan Sales emphasize Trump's unique ability to unite reluctant Arab nations, take decisive action against Iranian nuclear threats, and effectively isolate Hamas. This episode frames the event as a testament to American global leadership and a breakthrough for Israeli security, showcasing the human impact of reunited families and lasting regional alliances. The significance lies in creating a foundation for lasting peace and redefining U.S. influence in the Middle East.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hour two Sean Hannity Show, eight hundred and nine point one, Sean,
if you want to be a part of the program.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Big News of
the Day. Today is one of the most important days
in world peace in fifty years, maybe one hundred. Watching
these hostages get released, seeing these countries, that many of
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these countries that have been so resistant over the decades
to ever get involved in any part of the peace process,
and that goes fundamentally to the coalition that Donald Trump
was able to build. I keep going back to my
four main points. Only Trump could convince a coalition of
neighboring Arab countries to join in these peace efforts after
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decades of wanting basically nothing to do with being part
of the solution here with only a perspective that he
can bring former Speaker of the House really in his
heart of hearts, he is a professor, historian. New Gingrich
is with us, dying to get your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
All of this.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
We know even Chlust and I watched both the Knesset
and then Charmel Shak and I have to say that,
first of all, this clearly puts him in the same
league as Roosevelt or Churchill, and in some ways like
Lincoln and Jefferson, and that he's now a world figure. Uh.
And to see him assemble, that's what he did. He
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assembled all those countries, both Muslim and non Muslim, to
come to Charmel Shakuh and who operate together. And if
you watch the body language, and I tweeted a while
ago that this is of the most amazing photo op
I've ever seen, where he stood there and leader after
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leader after leader came up to get a picture with him.
This is a level of personal impact that even Ronald Reagan,
who was extraordinary and who did ultimately defeat the Soviet Empire.
I'm not sure Reagan ever had quite the world presence
the Trump is now developing. And it's a it's a
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presence based on achievement, based on the fact that over
a long period of time he has accumulated a network
of genuine friends who don't even trust him. And you know,
we'll have to wait and see how with Hamas, but
he has certainly isolated Hamas in a way that is
pretty remarkable.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
It really is remarkable.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Look, maybe maybe the president's right, Maybe maybe the easy
part will be the rebuilding part. I think keeping together
the coalition is going to be the hard part, or
demilitarizing God's is going to be the hard part. And
the same with his Ballah in the North at Elebanon.
Although the President seemed optimistic that the new leader there
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is committed towards deradicalizing that part of the world, I
think one of the key components, and correct me if
you think I'm wrong, because you would know better than me,
is after the President gave fifty days to the Iranians
that they had to dismantle the nuclear facilities or make
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a peace deal, and they refused to do so, they
would they just shut the door in Israel's face and
the President's face. On day fifty one, Israel went in
there took out their ballistic missile systems, their air defense systems,
which paved the way for President Trump to go in
there and take out their nuclear sites. I don't think
we can really underestimate the impact of all of that
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on this day being able to happen, because in my view,
I think without that happening, peace through strength personified. I'm
not sure I think taking out those sites opened the
door for a lot of these Arab countries now because
they were scared the death of Iran as much as
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Israel was that you know, they were, you know, forming
alliances that nobody knew about to fight against the radiant hedgemon,
and they didn't want a nuclear on Duran.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well, I think that's part of the part of it is, frankly,
just the psychological effect of being able to launch aircraft
from Missouri, have them fly almost halfway around the world
and with enormous precision, take out the Iranian nuclear program
and then fly home. If you're a leader anywhere in
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the world, you look at that and you know there's
no other country that could do that. And as he announced,
as a commassadory referred to it, they're buying twenty six
of the next generation, which is going to follow the
B two, and this next generation will be even more capable,
more stealthy, and carry even more weapons. So he's just
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communicating that we will retain our global reach and that
we don't want to use it, but when we have to,
we will use it with devastating effect.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
What about the fact that they're and we saw something
that was pretty remarkable. Person that pointed it out was
after the announcement that this deal had been reached, and
I actually ended up having President Trump on the TV
show that night, and we've played it here on radio.
You know, Trey Yanks says, it's the first time in
all the years he's been covering Israel, both the people
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in Gaza and the people of Israel were celebrating simultaneously.
He'd never seen that before.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
What is your.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Reaction, you know to that, because you know, one of
my I think one of the reasons that some of
the neighbor states have been so reluctant and resistantto bringing
in or absorbing some of the population of the Palestinians
has been that they are radicalized from a very young age.
You know, we have played the cartoons that young kids
watch on TV, and we've shown the school books, the
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math books. You know, you have ten Jews, you kill seven,
how many are left to kill? I mean pretty much,
that's what it's saying. And they've been resistant. But we
saw a very different reaction this time. What does that tell.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
You, Well, first of all, people need to understand this
is very hard in a free society where we really
don't like to use force. But the fact is, the
President had concluded that until the population of Gaza was
sufficiently reduced in capability that they just desperately wanted peace,
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that they were fed up with what Hamas had done
to them, that this would never be solvable. And of
course by weakening Hamasa this decisively, they've actually created a
space where local Arab families, many of them hundreds of
years old, have begun to emerge and are openly contesting
Hamas in terms of being able to run Gaza. And
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so the other thing to remember is when you start
bringing in Jordans, Saudi Arabia, Gotter Egypt, these are countries
that have very very good police, very good secret police,
and a great capacity to go in there and to
hunt down and stop any kind of armed AMAS effort.
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So I think what you're going to see in part
is Hamas may either disarm or disappear, but it's very
unlikely in the world that's going to exist as they
go through reconstruction, that Hamas is going to be able
to be an effective force.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Having been to Israel numerous times and having been there
during points of conflict when exchanges were going on, and
having visited border cities like that in you know which oversea,
which overlooks at Gaza. You can see it with the
naked eye. You know, a town that when I was
last there, maybe in what twenty fifteen or so, had
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been hit with ten thousand rockets in ten years, and
you know, kids played in underground bunker playgrounds, and I'd
been in some of the terror tunnel networks that they
had built out at that point, and you know, it
just was to me becoming unsustainable. I was using the
phrase that the miss defense systems that the Israelis were
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using now were becoming a bit of a band aid.
It's that they can no longer withstand this onslaught, especially
as the rockets get bigger and more lethal and more powerful.
I mean the Iranians, for example, when they were attacking
Tel Aviv were using two thousand pound ballistic missiles, and
now they were moving towards four thousand pound ballistic missiles,
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inflicting real, real damage in Tel Aviv and other places
for those few missiles that were able to sneak through.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Well. Look, I think the obxecutive reality was that had
Hermas not precipitated total war, that there was going to
be a long period of continuing attrition. And I think
that in an ironic way, the great tragedy of the
Hamas attack, the hostages, the people who were killed, the
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babies who were killed, actually triggered a final decision that
it was simply unacceptable to have this kind of a neighbor.
And so I think the Israeli people were totally unified
in going after it. And Netanya who, as the President
said in his speech, the concept and net now who
they had somebody tough enough and strong enough to wage
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war no matter what other countries, with the Europeans, for example,
who weren't at rest, you know. So they all piously
decided they would recognize a non existent Palestinian state. And
I think met Yao, who understood this was a historic
one time moment because in Trump, he had an ally
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actually willing to wage war if that's what it took,
and actually willing to support Israel in waging war. And
neither Netanyahu nor Trump cared about world opinion because they
knew in the long run what mattered with success.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
And now the Israel in many ways, and I think
many regards, is that they had won this war. It
was a matter of them just finishing it up. And
Donald Trump threw a lifeline to the region.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Well, I think the cost of the next phase was
going to be pretty horrendous. And I think that by
stepping in, Trump created in an environment where and then
I have to get some real credit to Jared, because
Jared really Kushner started this process with a speech day
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back in twenty sixteen. And the very first trip Trump
took after they're elected in twenty sixteen was to reod
in Saudi Arabia, where the king had brought together fifty
four Muslim countries to meet with the American president. And
so in many ways, Trump had been laying the framework
for this for many years. And the Biden administration with
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US is left wing incompetence and its complete misunderstanding of
the importance of being prepared to use force on some
of what Trump did. But within weeks of Trump becoming
president again, all those networks have been rebuilt. These are
his personal friends, They trusted him, understand the importance of
using force when necessary. And you now have this extraordinary
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seeing at charmeu Sake. I mean, if you looked at
all the flags that were there, you looked at the
leaders that were there from all over the place, from
from Indonesia, from Turkey, I mean, this was an extraordinary
bringing together of a potential alliance for peace in the
least and for the reconstruction of Gossam.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You know, that's our hope.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Quick break more with former Speaker of the House New
King Rich than your Call's coming up, and we'll play
some of the highlights of President Trump from this historic day.
These hostages, now after two plus years released, the remains
still of many need to be handed over apparently AMAS
terrorists or don't know where they all are.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
We'll update you on that and much more.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Also, we'll check in with Ambassador Nathan Sales, who served
as the first first Trump administration Ambassador at Large for
counter Terrorism and acting on Secretary of State. Will get
his take on this historic day.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
A full coverage tonight nine Eastern on Hannity as well
as we continue. I would continue now Former Speaker of
the House, New Kingridge wighs in on what has been
an incredibly historical day. You know, I have a hard
time understanding the mindset of you know, the the rise
in anti Semitism that we have seen worldwide, in the
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halls of Congress, on college campuses, you know, on the airwaves,
et cetera. I'm not sure what Americans really expected Israel
to do. It seems like there is a total lack
of awareness about how many hundreds of thousands of rockets
over the years have been fired from all directions into
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Israel and the impact that it has had on that
small country of less than ten million people. I have
a hard time understanding what part of what happened on
October seventh people didn't understand. I mean mean, you know,
two thousand people were murdered, all these people kidnapped, and
then rapes and beheadings and everything else that took place.
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But based on their population sized versus ours, it's forty
thousand dead Americans in a day. And then people are saying, well,
Israel's committing genocide. What did they expect Israel to do?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
What would we do? What would we expect our government
to do?
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Well, remember that there is a segment of the American
left which doesn't think Israel should exist. So their attitude
is anything Hamas did was legitimate because Israel shouldn't be
allowed to exist. And in fact, you'll notice many of
the people who are saying peace now now that they
have peace a mad because their idea of peace now
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is the elimination of Israel. And in fact, this piece
is actually going to make Israel more secure than it's
ever been. So it's the exact.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Opposite of what the left wingers wanted.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
And that's why in places like Columbia University there's not
the level of joy you would expect because it's turned
out the peace now actually meant white about Israel.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Well, they said they were proclaiming they wanted an end
to the war and end to the fighting and and
to the death. Well now they've got it, and you're right.
I think the silence among many of these people is deafening.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Yes, they didn't actually mean what they were saying. What
they wanted was an end of Israel.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Well how am I supposed to know that.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
By watching them?
Speaker 4 (14:26):
That's a good point. Just observe them anyway.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Speaker of Gingrich, we always appreciate you on this historic day.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
Thank you for being with us.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
It is a historic day and some of the best
most incredible moments for the the videos that were put
out by the families being reunited with their loved ones
after two plus years pretty incredible. We saw this miracle
live twenty live hostages returning to their families. It was
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pretty amazing. A little over two years ago, October seventh.
You know, it's President Trump has been able to negotiate
this peace deal, putting together this coalition that we were
discussing with Duke King Rich and as Christians, you know,
those of us have been standing faithful with the Jewish
people as they were fighting for their very survival this
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whole time, and for peace and democracy. And through their faithfulness,
often in the face of great adversity, they were instrumental
and literally, you know, helping the people of Israel in
their greatest time and need. They were fighting for their survival,
make no doubt about it. All right now, we're going
to in the last hour today because most of you
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were sleep as all these events were unfolding, I of
course was awake. I couldn't. I didn't want to miss it.
I wanted to see these hostages released. And seeing the
reaction of the families was unbelievable to me. And you know,
I mean, imagine a loved one, you know, for two years,
missing their loved ones, not knowing if they would ever look,
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if they'd live or die, if they'd ever see them again.
I mean, it was just so historic. But again I
go back to the fundamentals here. What are the fundamental
How did we get to this point? We got to
this point. I think Donald Trump was uniquely qualified to
do it. I mean, you have this idiot wink and
Tony Blincoln. He's actually trying to take credit for this,
as I discussed in the first hour, and well, we
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shut the founder.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
You didn't do anything. You did nothing anyway.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
But it was President Trump's relationship with Israel that that
caused them. They could have obliterated Gaza at this point.
They could have, but President Trump negotiated with him and said, no,
that's not the best option. We want long term peace,
President Trump. And I was there on the trip to
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the Gulf States. President Trump. He convinced the coalition of
neighboring Arab countries to join in these peace efforts. Remember,
for decades and decades they wanted nothing to do with
being part of the solution. And it was President Trump
that forged these alliances with all these countries because they
respected him. And then you can't, you know, you can't
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underestimate the impact of Donald Trump taking out the Iranian
nuclear sites. That was huge and it played a big
part in this because when Hamas was told take the
deal or you will be obliterated, Hamas hurt him loud
and clear. You can do it the easy way, you
will do it the hard way. Whatever you want, and
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that's peace through strength. Anyway, we want to get some reaction.
Nathan Sales, former ambassador, served in the first Trump administration
Ambassador at Large for counter Terrorism, acting under Secretary of State.
He played a key role in the maximum pressure campaign
against the Iranian regime and its terror proxies. You might
remember that's when he took out Solomany and Bagdaddy and
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beat the ISIS Caliphate. Nathan Sales, Welcome back to the program, Ambassador.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
John, thanks for having me.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Let's get your overall reaction to today.
Speaker 6 (18:04):
It's a great day to see the twenty moos come
out now, not at some point in the future, and
all of them at once, not dribs and drabs. It's
a great day for Israel. But I've also got to
say it's a great day for America because none of
this happens without American leadership. Can together the Arab leaders
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and mothers on the one side and Israel on the
art to forge a cease fire deal that's good for
all parties. And you know, Hamas finds itself completely isolated
now It's chief benefactor Iran. It's capabilities to threaten Israel
are in tatters because of Israel's relentless campaign against Iran
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and US finishing off the Iranian nuclear program over the
summer under Trump's leadership. So this is a great day
for the hostage families. But let's also take our victory
lap as Americans, because it was a Maria leadership that
made this all possible.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
It really is, and I think in many ways, especially
after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and then after President
Trump's successful military effort against the Iranian nuclear sites, coupled
with his ability to forarde these relationships with countries that
have been so resistant. Why do you think these Arab
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countries have been so reluctant to ever be a part
of the peace process. I would argue in my mind
one of the reasons what was because they too feared Iran.
They didn't want a nuclear armed Iran. And I think
this now created a window of opportunity for the rest
of the Middle East to side with the United States.
And I think the President re established America's role in
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the world as the leader of the free world.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
I think that's exactly right. The untold story of the
past two years was how quietly many of the Arab
states were still cooperating on security matter with their Israeli counterparts.
They weren't doing it for the headlines, but they were
doing it just like they had before, and in some
cases even intensifying it. And the reason for that cooperation.
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Forget about what you read from the diplomats or the
criticisms of Israel at the UN. What really matters is
those working level relationships between spies and spies soldiers, and
the reason why those relationships were deepening was because everybody
in the region shares a common interest in preventing Iran
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from becoming a regional hedgemond. The worst case scenario is
that I ran that's backed by the threat of nuclear weapons.
Israel doesn't want that, but the Saudis don't want that either,
and neither do the Qataris. And so I think it
was the genius of the first Trump administration to recognize
that common shared set of interests across through the religion
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that transcends language, and that was the instant that opened
the door to the Abraham Accords relations between Israel and
other Arab countries in the region. And my hope now
that Hamas is as isolated as it has ever been,
now that there is a cease firing Gaza, hopefully that
will open the door, don't the Cords?
Speaker 4 (21:16):
Well, I hope.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
So it looks like and I think that was the
untold story in his first term, I mean, never got
credit for it, that he had created intelligence sharing alliances
with the with the US and Israel and Jordan and
Egypt and the Saudis and the Emirates, all against the
reigny in hegemony. So I think your analysis is spot on,
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Ambassador Nathan Sales. We appreciate you. Thank you, sir for
being with us. We're going to play each aspect of
what happened today. In the early morning, most people were sleeping,
and because I think it's so historic, you're going to
want to hear it. In the meantime, let's get to
our busy phones. Dan is in Connecticut, Dan the man,
how are you glad you called saray Sean.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
It's good to talk to you. Uh, finally got through.
It's an honor. No I was calling. I was in Israel.
I went there, so I went there like twenty something
years ago, but I went there just for the first
time in a long time earlier this year, and I
just wanted to reiterate what I've heard you saying. They
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they I can say from experience, they loved Trump over there. Definitely.
I definitely saw some Maga hats over there in coffee shops,
which is, you know, awesome to see that. So I
don't know, I'm just thrilled that these people are finally home.
And I don't know, I just it still feels to me,
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I just like there's I don't know, hopefully, I'm so
thrilled these people are home, but I just I still want,
like these Moss guys they gotta it still feels like
there's unfinished business with them. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
So listen, I mean, it's like a cancer.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
If you leave a couple of cancer cells, the cancer
is going to grow and it's going to come back.
And it's got to be something that we are forever
vigilant and monitoring and watching. And now the world is
an opportunity. What we're going to need in this next
step is critical, and that is we're going to have
to make sure that Gaza could no longer be a
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militarized zone, and that has to be policed by these
countries coalition partners now that are involved in this. It's
not going to be US troops on the ground in Gaza.
That's not going to happen. And it's really going to
be up to these countries now to do their part.
And I suspect they're probably sick and tired of the
radicalism on their own, and you root that cancer out.
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And I'm telling you there is no telling. I mean,
it could be the golden Age for the entire Middle East,
not just for Israel. That's our hope. Appreciate the call, Dan,
Thank you. Charlotte, Florida my free state. What's up, Charlotte,
how are you?
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Sean? I just wanted to say, my heart is broken.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Okay, tell me why.
Speaker 6 (24:04):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
It's hard for me to talk for Trump. Everything he does,
he's criticized for it. And I just finished watching Hamas videos.
I would urge everyone to please watch both sides. Please
don't just watch CNN, watch Fox News, watch both sides.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
I do so I know that.
Speaker 7 (24:29):
People they're ignorant. They are just ignorant. They haven't gotten
the whole story. And as for Trump, I wish there
was some way that we could let him know.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You know, look, there's always going to be the political
battles that ensue in life, but you know, you don't
let not your heart be troubled because the world is
now a safer place. And there were many critics, many
people out there that didn't understand them importance have taken
out Iran's nuclear sites donald Trump did. There were those
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of us that were criticized for encouraging the president when
he had this window of opportunity to do so. The
thought of a nuclear armed Iran would have would have
made for a world that was so unsafe it would
be incalculable. I think when you take that rigid, you know,
convert or die mentality, and you couple it with those
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weapons of mass destruction and the threat of you know,
death to Israel, death to America, I think that they
mean what they say. I take them at their work.
So the good news is Donald Trump got re elected.
That's why everything was on the line in this past election.
Everything will be on the line in the midterm. One
year from now. You will hear urgency in my voice
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just like you heard before the twenty twenty four elections,
and that is, do not let these radical Democrats get
back in power anyway, Charlotte, God bless you, let not
your heart be troubled. Today's a good day. We should
celebrate the good days, all right, quick break, right back
to the phones. Eight hundred ninety four one Shawn is
a number if you want to be a part of
the program. If you are asleep, like most people in
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the country are asleep as all these events were unfolding,
We're going to play it for you. Considering this historic
day uh now hopefully the beginning of a lasting piece
in the Middle East. We'll have all of the details
on the other side as we continue, and more of
your calls. Eight hundred and nine one Shawn straight ahead.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
The final hour roundup is next.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
You do not want to miss it, and stay tuned
for the final hour free for all on the Sean
Hannity Show. My finet busy phones. Eight hundred nine one
Shawn our number. Brad in Alabama. What's up, Brad? How
are you hey?
Speaker 5 (26:50):
Mister Sean. Thank you for allowing me to convey my
comments on your show, and I just want to follow
up on some You said, today is a historic day
for world peace, and how do we achieve long term peace?
Something you said in my idea, and it came to
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me in an epiphany, so to speak, is we need to
build a brand new United Nations in Gadza, do away
with the name Godza, called it city of Peace. Have
a new United Nations there because there'll be trillions of
dollars they're going to be flowing in to the Middle East.
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Every architect, every engineer, every country would want to be
part of a brand new United Nations, a brand new
United Nations for peace in a country that's going to
be known now as a country of peace. United Nations
in New York is what's eighty years old?
Speaker 6 (27:50):
Fun?
Speaker 1 (27:50):
I'd say I'd send the United Do you into China myself?
I mean, they have been historically antisemitic and anti American,
but I hear what your idea is. Look having been
on that trip to the Gulf States and having been
to Saudi Arabia, and having been to Katar, and having
been to the UAE and Abu Dhabi, et cetera, I
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learned a lot. There is so much money flowing over there,
and they have built spectacular cities and infrastructure. That it
is really in many ways the NBA of the world.
I don't agree with their politics, their policies, but that's
just a reality. You can you can look online, you'll
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see the images of these cities yourself, pretty spectacular. And
if we had a hope on this day that would
be ten years from now in Gaza, that they can,
you know, build a land where where the people there
are going to reject radicalism once and for all, that
is demilitarized, that these radical extremists are eradicated completely and policed,
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you know, routinely, and and that this would be a
sustaining piece and one that the world would you know,
look back on and realize, Wow, this was more historic
than we even knew. Anyway, my friend, I do appreciate
your call. Thank you for checking in. Eight hundred nine
four one. Shawn is a number
Hour two Sean Hannity Show, eight hundred and nine point one, Sean,
if you want to be a part of the program.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Big News of
the Day. Today is one of the most important days
in world peace in fifty years, maybe one hundred. Watching
these hostages get released, seeing these countries, that many of
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these countries that have been so resistant over the decades
to ever get involved in any part of the peace process,
and that goes fundamentally to the coalition that Donald Trump
was able to build. I keep going back to my
four main points. Only Trump could convince a coalition of
neighboring Arab countries to join in these peace efforts after
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decades of wanting basically nothing to do with being part
of the solution here with only a perspective that he
can bring former Speaker of the House really in his
heart of hearts, he is a professor, historian. New Gingrich
is with us, dying to get your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
All of this.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
We know even Chlust and I watched both the Knesset
and then Charmel Shak and I have to say that,
first of all, this clearly puts him in the same
league as Roosevelt or Churchill, and in some ways like
Lincoln and Jefferson, and that he's now a world figure. Uh.
And to see him assemble, that's what he did. He
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assembled all those countries, both Muslim and non Muslim, to
come to Charmel Shakuh and who operate together. And if
you watch the body language, and I tweeted a while
ago that this is of the most amazing photo op
I've ever seen, where he stood there and leader after
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leader after leader came up to get a picture with him.
This is a level of personal impact that even Ronald Reagan,
who was extraordinary and who did ultimately defeat the Soviet Empire.
I'm not sure Reagan ever had quite the world presence
the Trump is now developing. And it's a it's a
(02:05):
presence based on achievement, based on the fact that over
a long period of time he has accumulated a network
of genuine friends who don't even trust him. And you know,
we'll have to wait and see how with Hamas, but
he has certainly isolated Hamas in a way that is
pretty remarkable.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
It really is remarkable.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Look, maybe maybe the president's right, Maybe maybe the easy
part will be the rebuilding part. I think keeping together
the coalition is going to be the hard part, or
demilitarizing God's is going to be the hard part. And
the same with his Ballah in the North at Elebanon.
Although the President seemed optimistic that the new leader there
(02:48):
is committed towards deradicalizing that part of the world, I
think one of the key components, and correct me if
you think I'm wrong, because you would know better than me,
is after the President gave fifty days to the Iranians
that they had to dismantle the nuclear facilities or make
(03:08):
a peace deal, and they refused to do so, they
would they just shut the door in Israel's face and
the President's face. On day fifty one, Israel went in
there took out their ballistic missile systems, their air defense systems,
which paved the way for President Trump to go in
there and take out their nuclear sites. I don't think
we can really underestimate the impact of all of that
(03:33):
on this day being able to happen, because in my view,
I think without that happening, peace through strength personified. I'm
not sure I think taking out those sites opened the
door for a lot of these Arab countries now because
they were scared the death of Iran as much as
(03:53):
Israel was that you know, they were, you know, forming
alliances that nobody knew about to fight against the radiant hedgemon,
and they didn't want a nuclear on Duran.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well, I think that's part of the part of it is, frankly,
just the psychological effect of being able to launch aircraft
from Missouri, have them fly almost halfway around the world
and with enormous precision, take out the Iranian nuclear program
and then fly home. If you're a leader anywhere in
(04:22):
the world, you look at that and you know there's
no other country that could do that. And as he announced,
as a commassadory referred to it, they're buying twenty six
of the next generation, which is going to follow the
B two, and this next generation will be even more capable,
more stealthy, and carry even more weapons. So he's just
(04:44):
communicating that we will retain our global reach and that
we don't want to use it, but when we have to,
we will use it with devastating effect.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
What about the fact that they're and we saw something
that was pretty remarkable. Person that pointed it out was
after the announcement that this deal had been reached, and
I actually ended up having President Trump on the TV
show that night, and we've played it here on radio.
You know, Trey Yanks says, it's the first time in
all the years he's been covering Israel, both the people
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in Gaza and the people of Israel were celebrating simultaneously.
He'd never seen that before.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
What is your.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Reaction, you know to that, because you know, one of
my I think one of the reasons that some of
the neighbor states have been so reluctant and resistantto bringing
in or absorbing some of the population of the Palestinians
has been that they are radicalized from a very young age.
You know, we have played the cartoons that young kids
watch on TV, and we've shown the school books, the
(05:46):
math books. You know, you have ten Jews, you kill seven,
how many are left to kill? I mean pretty much,
that's what it's saying. And they've been resistant. But we
saw a very different reaction this time. What does that tell.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
You, Well, first of all, people need to understand this
is very hard in a free society where we really
don't like to use force. But the fact is, the
President had concluded that until the population of Gaza was
sufficiently reduced in capability that they just desperately wanted peace,
(06:21):
that they were fed up with what Hamas had done
to them, that this would never be solvable. And of
course by weakening Hamasa this decisively, they've actually created a
space where local Arab families, many of them hundreds of
years old, have begun to emerge and are openly contesting
Hamas in terms of being able to run Gaza. And
(06:43):
so the other thing to remember is when you start
bringing in Jordans, Saudi Arabia, Gotter Egypt, these are countries
that have very very good police, very good secret police,
and a great capacity to go in there and to
hunt down and stop any kind of armed AMAS effort.
(07:05):
So I think what you're going to see in part
is Hamas may either disarm or disappear, but it's very
unlikely in the world that's going to exist as they
go through reconstruction, that Hamas is going to be able
to be an effective force.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Having been to Israel numerous times and having been there
during points of conflict when exchanges were going on, and
having visited border cities like that in you know which oversea,
which overlooks at Gaza. You can see it with the
naked eye. You know, a town that when I was
last there, maybe in what twenty fifteen or so, had
(07:41):
been hit with ten thousand rockets in ten years, and
you know, kids played in underground bunker playgrounds, and I'd
been in some of the terror tunnel networks that they
had built out at that point, and you know, it
just was to me becoming unsustainable. I was using the
phrase that the miss defense systems that the Israelis were
(08:02):
using now were becoming a bit of a band aid.
It's that they can no longer withstand this onslaught, especially
as the rockets get bigger and more lethal and more powerful.
I mean the Iranians, for example, when they were attacking
Tel Aviv were using two thousand pound ballistic missiles, and
now they were moving towards four thousand pound ballistic missiles,
(08:22):
inflicting real, real damage in Tel Aviv and other places
for those few missiles that were able to sneak through.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Well. Look, I think the obxecutive reality was that had
Hermas not precipitated total war, that there was going to
be a long period of continuing attrition. And I think
that in an ironic way, the great tragedy of the
Hamas attack, the hostages, the people who were killed, the
(08:49):
babies who were killed, actually triggered a final decision that
it was simply unacceptable to have this kind of a neighbor.
And so I think the Israeli people were totally unified
in going after it. And Netanya who, as the President
said in his speech, the concept and net now who
they had somebody tough enough and strong enough to wage
(09:12):
war no matter what other countries, with the Europeans, for example,
who weren't at rest, you know. So they all piously
decided they would recognize a non existent Palestinian state. And
I think met Yao, who understood this was a historic
one time moment because in Trump, he had an ally
(09:32):
actually willing to wage war if that's what it took,
and actually willing to support Israel in waging war. And
neither Netanyahu nor Trump cared about world opinion because they
knew in the long run what mattered with success.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
And now the Israel in many ways, and I think
many regards, is that they had won this war. It
was a matter of them just finishing it up. And
Donald Trump threw a lifeline to the region.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Well, I think the cost of the next phase was
going to be pretty horrendous. And I think that by
stepping in, Trump created in an environment where and then
I have to get some real credit to Jared, because
Jared really Kushner started this process with a speech day
(10:21):
back in twenty sixteen. And the very first trip Trump
took after they're elected in twenty sixteen was to reod
in Saudi Arabia, where the king had brought together fifty
four Muslim countries to meet with the American president. And
so in many ways, Trump had been laying the framework
for this for many years. And the Biden administration with
(10:44):
US is left wing incompetence and its complete misunderstanding of
the importance of being prepared to use force on some
of what Trump did. But within weeks of Trump becoming
president again, all those networks have been rebuilt. These are
his personal friends, They trusted him, understand the importance of
using force when necessary. And you now have this extraordinary
(11:06):
seeing at charmeu Sake. I mean, if you looked at
all the flags that were there, you looked at the
leaders that were there from all over the place, from
from Indonesia, from Turkey, I mean, this was an extraordinary
bringing together of a potential alliance for peace in the
least and for the reconstruction of Gossam.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You know, that's our hope.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Quick break more with former Speaker of the House New
King Rich than your Call's coming up, and we'll play
some of the highlights of President Trump from this historic day.
These hostages, now after two plus years released, the remains
still of many need to be handed over apparently AMAS
terrorists or don't know where they all are.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
We'll update you on that and much more.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Also, we'll check in with Ambassador Nathan Sales, who served
as the first first Trump administration Ambassador at Large for
counter Terrorism and acting on Secretary of State. Will get
his take on this historic day.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Well.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
A full coverage tonight nine Eastern on Hannity as well
as we continue. I would continue now Former Speaker of
the House, New Kingridge wighs in on what has been
an incredibly historical day. You know, I have a hard
time understanding the mindset of you know, the the rise
in anti Semitism that we have seen worldwide, in the
(12:25):
halls of Congress, on college campuses, you know, on the airwaves,
et cetera. I'm not sure what Americans really expected Israel
to do. It seems like there is a total lack
of awareness about how many hundreds of thousands of rockets
over the years have been fired from all directions into
(12:46):
Israel and the impact that it has had on that
small country of less than ten million people. I have
a hard time understanding what part of what happened on
October seventh people didn't understand. I mean mean, you know,
two thousand people were murdered, all these people kidnapped, and
then rapes and beheadings and everything else that took place.
(13:08):
But based on their population sized versus ours, it's forty
thousand dead Americans in a day. And then people are saying, well,
Israel's committing genocide. What did they expect Israel to do?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
What would we do? What would we expect our government
to do?
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Well, remember that there is a segment of the American
left which doesn't think Israel should exist. So their attitude
is anything Hamas did was legitimate because Israel shouldn't be
allowed to exist. And in fact, you'll notice many of
the people who are saying peace now now that they
have peace a mad because their idea of peace now
(13:44):
is the elimination of Israel. And in fact, this piece
is actually going to make Israel more secure than it's
ever been. So it's the exact.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Opposite of what the left wingers wanted.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
And that's why in places like Columbia University there's not
the level of joy you would expect because it's turned
out the peace now actually meant white about Israel.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Well, they said they were proclaiming they wanted an end
to the war and end to the fighting and and
to the death. Well now they've got it, and you're right.
I think the silence among many of these people is deafening.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
Yes, they didn't actually mean what they were saying. What
they wanted was an end of Israel.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Well how am I supposed to know that.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
By watching them?
Speaker 4 (14:26):
That's a good point. Just observe them anyway.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Speaker of Gingrich, we always appreciate you on this historic day.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
Thank you for being with us.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
It is a historic day and some of the best
most incredible moments for the the videos that were put
out by the families being reunited with their loved ones
after two plus years pretty incredible. We saw this miracle
live twenty live hostages returning to their families. It was
(14:55):
pretty amazing. A little over two years ago, October seventh.
You know, it's President Trump has been able to negotiate
this peace deal, putting together this coalition that we were
discussing with Duke King Rich and as Christians, you know,
those of us have been standing faithful with the Jewish
people as they were fighting for their very survival this
(15:16):
whole time, and for peace and democracy. And through their faithfulness,
often in the face of great adversity, they were instrumental
and literally, you know, helping the people of Israel in
their greatest time and need. They were fighting for their survival,
make no doubt about it. All right now, we're going
to in the last hour today because most of you
(15:37):
were sleep as all these events were unfolding, I of
course was awake. I couldn't. I didn't want to miss it.
I wanted to see these hostages released. And seeing the
reaction of the families was unbelievable to me. And you know,
I mean, imagine a loved one, you know, for two years,
missing their loved ones, not knowing if they would ever look,
(16:01):
if they'd live or die, if they'd ever see them again.
I mean, it was just so historic. But again I
go back to the fundamentals here. What are the fundamental
How did we get to this point? We got to
this point. I think Donald Trump was uniquely qualified to
do it. I mean, you have this idiot wink and
Tony Blincoln. He's actually trying to take credit for this,
as I discussed in the first hour, and well, we
(16:23):
shut the founder.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
You didn't do anything. You did nothing anyway.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
But it was President Trump's relationship with Israel that that
caused them. They could have obliterated Gaza at this point.
They could have, but President Trump negotiated with him and said, no,
that's not the best option. We want long term peace,
President Trump. And I was there on the trip to
(16:49):
the Gulf States. President Trump. He convinced the coalition of
neighboring Arab countries to join in these peace efforts. Remember,
for decades and decades they wanted nothing to do with
being part of the solution. And it was President Trump
that forged these alliances with all these countries because they
respected him. And then you can't, you know, you can't
(17:11):
underestimate the impact of Donald Trump taking out the Iranian
nuclear sites. That was huge and it played a big
part in this because when Hamas was told take the
deal or you will be obliterated, Hamas hurt him loud
and clear. You can do it the easy way, you
will do it the hard way. Whatever you want, and
(17:32):
that's peace through strength. Anyway, we want to get some reaction.
Nathan Sales, former ambassador, served in the first Trump administration
Ambassador at Large for counter Terrorism, acting under Secretary of State.
He played a key role in the maximum pressure campaign
against the Iranian regime and its terror proxies. You might
remember that's when he took out Solomany and Bagdaddy and
(17:54):
beat the ISIS Caliphate. Nathan Sales, Welcome back to the program, Ambassador.
Speaker 6 (18:00):
John, thanks for having me.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
Let's get your overall reaction to today.
Speaker 6 (18:04):
It's a great day to see the twenty moos come
out now, not at some point in the future, and
all of them at once, not dribs and drabs. It's
a great day for Israel. But I've also got to
say it's a great day for America because none of
this happens without American leadership. Can together the Arab leaders
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and mothers on the one side and Israel on the
art to forge a cease fire deal that's good for
all parties. And you know, Hamas finds itself completely isolated
now It's chief benefactor Iran. It's capabilities to threaten Israel
are in tatters because of Israel's relentless campaign against Iran
(18:47):
and US finishing off the Iranian nuclear program over the
summer under Trump's leadership. So this is a great day
for the hostage families. But let's also take our victory
lap as Americans, because it was a Maria leadership that
made this all possible.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
It really is, and I think in many ways, especially
after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and then after President
Trump's successful military effort against the Iranian nuclear sites, coupled
with his ability to forarde these relationships with countries that
have been so resistant. Why do you think these Arab
(19:23):
countries have been so reluctant to ever be a part
of the peace process. I would argue in my mind
one of the reasons what was because they too feared Iran.
They didn't want a nuclear armed Iran. And I think
this now created a window of opportunity for the rest
of the Middle East to side with the United States.
And I think the President re established America's role in
(19:45):
the world as the leader of the free world.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
I think that's exactly right. The untold story of the
past two years was how quietly many of the Arab
states were still cooperating on security matter with their Israeli counterparts.
They weren't doing it for the headlines, but they were
doing it just like they had before, and in some
cases even intensifying it. And the reason for that cooperation.
(20:10):
Forget about what you read from the diplomats or the
criticisms of Israel at the UN. What really matters is
those working level relationships between spies and spies soldiers, and
the reason why those relationships were deepening was because everybody
in the region shares a common interest in preventing Iran
(20:30):
from becoming a regional hedgemond. The worst case scenario is
that I ran that's backed by the threat of nuclear weapons.
Israel doesn't want that, but the Saudis don't want that either,
and neither do the Qataris. And so I think it
was the genius of the first Trump administration to recognize
that common shared set of interests across through the religion
(20:53):
that transcends language, and that was the instant that opened
the door to the Abraham Accords relations between Israel and
other Arab countries in the region. And my hope now
that Hamas is as isolated as it has ever been,
now that there is a cease firing Gaza, hopefully that
will open the door, don't the Cords?
Speaker 4 (21:16):
Well, I hope.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
So it looks like and I think that was the
untold story in his first term, I mean, never got
credit for it, that he had created intelligence sharing alliances
with the with the US and Israel and Jordan and
Egypt and the Saudis and the Emirates, all against the
reigny in hegemony. So I think your analysis is spot on,
(21:37):
Ambassador Nathan Sales. We appreciate you. Thank you, sir for
being with us. We're going to play each aspect of
what happened today. In the early morning, most people were sleeping,
and because I think it's so historic, you're going to
want to hear it. In the meantime, let's get to
our busy phones. Dan is in Connecticut, Dan the man,
how are you glad you called saray Sean.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
It's good to talk to you. Uh, finally got through.
It's an honor. No I was calling. I was in Israel.
I went there, so I went there like twenty something
years ago, but I went there just for the first
time in a long time earlier this year, and I
just wanted to reiterate what I've heard you saying. They
(22:21):
they I can say from experience, they loved Trump over there. Definitely.
I definitely saw some Maga hats over there in coffee shops,
which is, you know, awesome to see that. So I
don't know, I'm just thrilled that these people are finally home.
And I don't know, I just it still feels to me,
(22:43):
I just like there's I don't know, hopefully, I'm so
thrilled these people are home, but I just I still want,
like these Moss guys they gotta it still feels like
there's unfinished business with them. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
So listen, I mean, it's like a cancer.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
If you leave a couple of cancer cells, the cancer
is going to grow and it's going to come back.
And it's got to be something that we are forever
vigilant and monitoring and watching. And now the world is
an opportunity. What we're going to need in this next
step is critical, and that is we're going to have
to make sure that Gaza could no longer be a
(23:23):
militarized zone, and that has to be policed by these
countries coalition partners now that are involved in this. It's
not going to be US troops on the ground in Gaza.
That's not going to happen. And it's really going to
be up to these countries now to do their part.
And I suspect they're probably sick and tired of the
radicalism on their own, and you root that cancer out.
(23:45):
And I'm telling you there is no telling. I mean,
it could be the golden Age for the entire Middle East,
not just for Israel. That's our hope. Appreciate the call, Dan,
Thank you. Charlotte, Florida my free state. What's up, Charlotte,
how are you?
Speaker 7 (24:00):
Sean? I just wanted to say, my heart is broken.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Okay, tell me why.
Speaker 6 (24:04):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
It's hard for me to talk for Trump. Everything he does,
he's criticized for it. And I just finished watching Hamas videos.
I would urge everyone to please watch both sides. Please
don't just watch CNN, watch Fox News, watch both sides.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
I do so I know that.
Speaker 7 (24:29):
People they're ignorant. They are just ignorant. They haven't gotten
the whole story. And as for Trump, I wish there
was some way that we could let him know.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You know, look, there's always going to be the political
battles that ensue in life, but you know, you don't
let not your heart be troubled because the world is
now a safer place. And there were many critics, many
people out there that didn't understand them importance have taken
out Iran's nuclear sites donald Trump did. There were those
(25:05):
of us that were criticized for encouraging the president when
he had this window of opportunity to do so. The
thought of a nuclear armed Iran would have would have
made for a world that was so unsafe it would
be incalculable. I think when you take that rigid, you know,
convert or die mentality, and you couple it with those
(25:27):
weapons of mass destruction and the threat of you know,
death to Israel, death to America, I think that they
mean what they say. I take them at their work.
So the good news is Donald Trump got re elected.
That's why everything was on the line in this past election.
Everything will be on the line in the midterm. One
year from now. You will hear urgency in my voice
(25:49):
just like you heard before the twenty twenty four elections,
and that is, do not let these radical Democrats get
back in power anyway, Charlotte, God bless you, let not
your heart be troubled. Today's a good day. We should
celebrate the good days, all right, quick break, right back
to the phones. Eight hundred ninety four one Shawn is
a number if you want to be a part of
the program. If you are asleep, like most people in
(26:10):
the country are asleep as all these events were unfolding,
We're going to play it for you. Considering this historic
day uh now hopefully the beginning of a lasting piece
in the Middle East. We'll have all of the details
on the other side as we continue, and more of
your calls. Eight hundred and nine one Shawn straight ahead.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
The final hour roundup is next.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
You do not want to miss it, and stay tuned
for the final hour free for all on the Sean
Hannity Show. My finet busy phones. Eight hundred nine one
Shawn our number. Brad in Alabama. What's up, Brad? How
are you hey?
Speaker 5 (26:50):
Mister Sean. Thank you for allowing me to convey my
comments on your show, and I just want to follow
up on some You said, today is a historic day
for world peace, and how do we achieve long term peace?
Something you said in my idea, and it came to
(27:10):
me in an epiphany, so to speak, is we need to
build a brand new United Nations in Gadza, do away
with the name Godza, called it city of Peace. Have
a new United Nations there because there'll be trillions of
dollars they're going to be flowing in to the Middle East.
(27:31):
Every architect, every engineer, every country would want to be
part of a brand new United Nations, a brand new
United Nations for peace in a country that's going to
be known now as a country of peace. United Nations
in New York is what's eighty years old?
Speaker 6 (27:50):
Fun?
Speaker 1 (27:50):
I'd say I'd send the United Do you into China myself?
I mean, they have been historically antisemitic and anti American,
but I hear what your idea is. Look having been
on that trip to the Gulf States and having been
to Saudi Arabia, and having been to Katar, and having
been to the UAE and Abu Dhabi, et cetera, I
(28:11):
learned a lot. There is so much money flowing over there,
and they have built spectacular cities and infrastructure. That it
is really in many ways the NBA of the world.
I don't agree with their politics, their policies, but that's
just a reality. You can you can look online, you'll
(28:34):
see the images of these cities yourself, pretty spectacular. And
if we had a hope on this day that would
be ten years from now in Gaza, that they can,
you know, build a land where where the people there
are going to reject radicalism once and for all, that
is demilitarized, that these radical extremists are eradicated completely and policed,
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you know, routinely, and and that this would be a
sustaining piece and one that the world would you know,
look back on and realize, Wow, this was more historic
than we even knew. Anyway, my friend, I do appreciate
your call. Thank you for checking in. Eight hundred nine
four one. Shawn is a number
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