WEBVTT - THE U.S. HAS WON THE WAR AGAINST IRAN 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:07.120 The voice of free speech, the truth delivered, common sense 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:12.800 for the American people. Welcome to the Scott Jennings Show. 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:18.760 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant says the United States is launching 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:23.840 Economic d Day designed to further isolate the Iranian regime 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:27.880 and to punish countries that continue doing business with it. 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:31.360 Press conference underway right now in Washington will bring you 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.320 the audio from Bessant as soon as we have it. 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:38.400 The Trump Administration's fight against drug cartels continues as the 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:42.800 US military has destroyed a suspected drug smuggling vessel in 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.879 the Eastern Pacific. Two are killed in that attack, and 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:51.640 democratic infighting continues as House Democrat Leader Hakim Jeffries is 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:55.279 facing intense criticism from within his own party after privately 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:59.280 meeting with Jared Kushner. The two met to discuss possible 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:04.600 bipartisan cooperation on housing, affordability and immigration, but some Democrats 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.959 are none too pleased with Jeffreys over this meeting. It 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:12.040 is Monday, August twenty fourth. I'm Scott Jennings broadcasting for Salem. 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:12.120 Men. 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.640 Were coming to you live from Louisville, Kentucky today on 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:20.360 this day in eighteen fourteen, the British army was marching 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:26.840 towards Washington. American forces had collapsed at Bladensburg. President James 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.040 Madison fled the Capitol and at the White House. First 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:35.119 Lady Dolly Madison was being urged to leave before the 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:39.800 enemy arrived, but she refused to go until one national 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:45.920 treasure was secured, Gilbert Stewart's full length portrait of George Washington. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.200 The enormous painting was fastened to the wall. 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.160 There was no time to carefully unscrew it, so at 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.800 Dolly Madison's direction, White House workers broke the frame, removed 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:03.000 the canvas, and carried President Washington to safety, and only 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:07.240 then did Dolly Madison escape. Hours later, British troops entered 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.480 the President's house, ate the food that had been left behind, 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:14.320 and set the building ablaze. They also burned the Capitol 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:19.120 and other government buildings. Washington was in flames, but the 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:22.280 portrait of the man who had defeated the British and 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:27.760 ultimately created the presidency did survive. Dolly Madison saved George 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.400 Washington in the War of eighteen twelve. On this day, 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.639 August twenty fourth, eighteen fourteen, that painting, by the way 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.600 hangs at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Always nice 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.040 to stop by and see mister Washington and the other 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.480 presidents when I'm in DC, one of my favorite museums. 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.320 In other news this hour, as I mentioned Scott Bezen 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:51.680 announcing what he calls Economic d Day for Iran. Bessett 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.880 describes it as the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled 0:02:55.919 --> 0:03:00.200 against an American adversary. And I believe this announcement may 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:05.000 confirm something that many in our political class refuse to acknowledge. 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:10.080 The United States has won the war against Iran. Wars 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:14.320 are one when one side achieves its strategic objectives and 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.200 the other loses the ability to achieve its own. Iran 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:22.160 entered this war with four great pillars of strength. It's 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:26.120 nuclear program, its missiles and drones, its regional terror network, 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:30.200 and its ability to hold the world economy hostage through 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:34.320 the strait of war moves. Every one of those pillars 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:40.080 has been severely damaged or outright destroyed. But Democratic Senator 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:46.880 Chris Murphy Democratic Senator Chris Murphy sees it differently. Listen 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.040 to him on Meet the Press this weekend. Cut seven. 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:54.040 Donald Trump has lost this war. America is weaker, Iran 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:59.120 is stronger. The price to reopen the strait increases by 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:00.080 the day. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:03.560 Even though Iran has lost the war, they haven't lost 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.920 their public relations agency. I see listen to ha Kiem 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.280 Jeffreys cut number eight. 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:14.480 Donald Chaupen Republicans have plunged America into a reckless and 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:22.960 costly war of choice that has been a disaster. There 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:27.320 has been few cases in our lifetime where a president 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.560 started a foreign policy endeavor that has been such a 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:32.120 colossal failure. 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.240 Democratic Party, it seems, is unified in its desire for 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.240 the American people to believe that we have lost this war, 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.600 even though it's clear the opposite is true. Has Iran 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.320 built a nuclear weapon No, and they couldn't build one 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.920 for decades based on the destruction wrought by the United 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:55.360 States and Israel. Has Iran defeated the United States military? No, 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:58.119 quite the opposite. The Navy is fully sunk, The army 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.520 is decimated. Has it driven the United States Navy out 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.240 of the Strait of Hormuz? 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:06.960 No, our ships travel at will. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.159 Is Iran able to stop oil from moving in and 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:10.960 out of the strait? 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:11.159 No. 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:15.200 In fact, millions of barrels of oil are transiting the 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.600 Strait of Hormos every day more and more every day. 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.719 In fact, the Iranian military has been devastated, its missile 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:27.320 and drone attacks have dramatically declined, its economy is disintegrating, 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:31.480 and its neighbors are aligning against it. Yet Chris Murphy 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.920 and a Keen Jeffreys, and Corey Booker and virtually every 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:39.760 other Democrat wants you to believe that America has lost. 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.400 This is what Trump hatred has done to the Democratic Party. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:49.039 If Trump succeeds, it's something anything, then Democrats lose politically. 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:53.320 So if America wins, Trump receives the credit, so they 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:58.719 minimize every American excess success, They exaggerate every setback, and 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:04.000 they declare defeat while our enemy is barely able to survive. 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.000 There's nothing wrong with questioning a war or debating its 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:12.640 costs and tactics. But there is something deeply wrong with 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:17.240 allowing partisan hatred to make you so emotionally invested in 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:22.560 American failure, especially when that leads you to openly lie 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.799 to the American people about what's actually going on here. 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:29.880 Let's look at the balance sheet. Iran spent decades and 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:35.400 billions of dollars building, underground missile sites, drone factories, naval shipyards, 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:40.520 air defenses, revolutionary guard installations. The United States military has 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:44.440 systematically took it all apart. The Pentagon said months ago 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.840 that Iranian missile and drone attacks had fallen by more 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:50.200 than ninety percent, and that more than two thirds of 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:54.520 Iran's missile, drone and naval production facilities and shipyards had 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:58.760 been damaged or destroyed. Now, Iran may still possess the 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.479 ability to lash out a wounded animal, after all, does 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:06.800 remain dangerous, but it no longer possesses the military power 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.560 it claimed to have before the war began, and they 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.920 no longer possess the ability to make a nuclear bomb. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:18.560 Iran may retain nuclear knowledge, but knowledge is different than 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:22.960 making a bomb. A bomb requires facilities, machinery, material protection, 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:27.880 and delivery systems. America has demonstrated that whenever Iran attempts 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:31.120 to assemble those pieces, we can find them, reach them, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.240 and destroy them, and that will be true forever. That's 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.320 what we call deterrence, and it's also what we should 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:41.240 be calling victory. The strait of horror moves. This was 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.200 supposed to be Iran's ultimate weapon. Tehran believed it could 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.000 close the straight choke off the world's energy supply and 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.960 force America to retreat. And in fact, that's what the 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:56.720 Democrats wanted, full retreat. But what's the situation today? Oil 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.440 is moving. Tankers are crossing through a system coated and 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.440 protected by the US Navy. Iran tried to close the 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:09.360 world's oil highway, but the United States Navy punched a 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.520 lane right through it and found other ways to get 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:16.720 oil out of the region. And now comes Economic d 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:21.360 Day today from Scott Bessen. The administration is dramatically expanding 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.760 secondary sanctions and what that means in plain English is 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.600 that any foreign bank, refinery, shipping company, or government helping 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.720 Iran sell oil or move money will face a choice. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.080 You can do business with Iran or you can do 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:38.120 business with the United States, but you cannot do both. 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.840 China purchases more than eighty percent of Iran's shipped oil, 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.480 so this message is aimed directly at Beijing and at 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:50.800 anyone else who is financing the Iranian regime. The pressure 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.720 is working, and the Iranian currency has fallen beyond two 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:57.680 million to one American dollar. Iran's economy is projected to 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.680 shrink by more than five percent this year. Prices for 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:05.439 basic food or soaring. The American naval blockade is strangling 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.280 the oil revenue that Iran uses to finance it's terrorism 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.760 and terrorist proxies. This is the strategic position that Trump 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:15.439 has created. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:18.200 And all that's left. 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.920 All that's left is for our president to come to 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:27.760 the American people and say we've won, declare victory. And 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:31.600 I suspect you're going to see that sooner rather than later. 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.120 When it comes to supplements, Dear listeners, I'd like to 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.000 ask you a couple of questions. Do these things work? 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.120 And can you trust it? 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Here's Scott Jennings. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:59.640 Monday, August the twenty fourth, Common Sense for the American People. 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:04.520 Scott Jennings is here on Salem, joining us now. Elizabeth Pipco, 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:09.560 former GOP national spokeswoman and Trump campaign official, also an 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:13.840 author and outspoken activist on Behalf of the Jewish People. 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:17.800 She's also the founder of Lest People Forget, a digital 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:22.719 initiative dedicated to preserving Holocaust history and combating anti Semitism. 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.280 MS Pipco, Welcome back to the Scott Jennings Show. 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:28.480 Thanks for having me. Good to see you. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.640 Well, I'm glad to see you, glad to hear your voice. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:35.680 I want to get your thoughts on what's going on 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:39.720 up in Michigan to me. And you've been outspoken in 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.719 your fight against anti Semitism in our politics, and you've 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:48.280 also been outspoken in your warnings about socialism. But to me, 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.040 the greatest convergence of these things is happening in that 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:54.920 Senate race up in Michigan. The Democrat is Abdul l 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:59.080 Sayed and the Republican there is Mike Rogers. But when 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:03.480 you consider what Abdul l Sied has said, what his 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.640 campaign surrogates are saying every day, the fact that the 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:11.160 Michigan Attorney General, a Jewish Democrat herself, is feeling so 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.840 unsafe that she can't go to the Democratic convention up there. 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.000 I'm just curious, Elizabeth, about your thoughts and feelings on 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:23.160 what's going on in Michigan. To me, this is the 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:27.280 battle line on these two issues. What say you about 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:28.640 the stakes of the race in Michigan. 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:34.400 Yeah, I mean, I think, fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.240 fact that we're here and having this conversation kind of 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.679 proves just how much these two issues go together. Right, 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.800 Those who hate Jews and hate Israel, despite Israel being 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.880 one of our closest allies, also very often find themselves 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:49.000 on the side with those who hate America. It's blatantly obvious, 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:50.920 and it happens time and time again. But I don't 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.120 know if there is a case as clear and blatant 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.319 as El sa Ed in Michigan as this people speaking 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.520 for his campaign, those he refuses to distance himself from 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.520 the common that he has made, despite every single person 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.200 that's already endorsed him standing by him. I don't see 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.840 there being anything he could possibly do or say right 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:11.000 now that would cause anyone to, you know, kind of 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.800 withhold an endorsement. I think someone like Bernie Sanders going 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.760 out saying he supports him, then Elsayad going out and 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.320 saying he's actually a capitalist, and then saying he wants 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.080 to take things further than Bernie does when it comes 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:25.280 to socialism, proofs that words, unfortunately don't matter anymore. They 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.920 don't even know what they're saying anymore. They changed their 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.040 mind to daily, and yet what they don't change their 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.439 mind on is standing with folks like Hassan Piker who 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.280 say we deserved nine to eleven. So I have warned 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.760 people for years. I've had the privilege of getting to 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:41.319 understand this problem because I come from a family of immigrants. 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:43.960 Both my parents fled the Soviet Union. I was told 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.040 about anti Semitism almost at the same level that I 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.400 was warned about socialism and communism by my parents and grandparents. 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.480 And to see folks in our country really proudly taking 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.120 on all of these beliefs and these policy proposals and 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.440 winning these primaries is very, very scary, especially for a 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.960 party that you know, was the party of JFK that 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.360 my parents became, you know, proud members of when they 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.640 came to this country. And seeing it happen is incredibly scary. 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.439 But ironically, it's exactly what my grandfather warned me about 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:11.760 for many, many years. 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:17.040 Elizabeth Pipco, former national spokesperson for the Republican Party and 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.280 for the Trump campaign, is our guest here on the 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:23.800 Scott Jetting Show. Elizabeth, I am curious about your reaction 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:28.400 to how the Democrats are treating Natalie Harp. I've talked 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.280 a lot about this on the show and on CNN 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:34.040 the last several days, but you know, you as an 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:37.600 accomplished female political operative who rose up in the ranks 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:42.080 of the Republican Party. When you see Democrats dragging Natalie 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.840 Harp's name through the mud, punching down on someone who's 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.960 not a famous person, who's not a household name, and 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:53.360 clearly communicating this sexism and misogyny, do you think voters 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.120 are going to be repulsed by this? I certainly hope 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:58.800 they see what's going on here. What do you think, 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:00.880 you know? 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.520 I hope so. I think those that are undecided tho 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.320 in the middle certainly would be. Unfortunately, I think we're 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.760 so polarized. I don't know how large that percentage of 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.800 American voters actually is at this point. But Natalie is 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.120 a friend. She's a wonderful person. She is someone who 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.000 has never sought the limelight in any way, shape or form. 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.840 She just wants to serve the president and this country. 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.400 To see the attacks is not surprising to see the 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.240 lack of people having the courage to go out and say, hey, 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.040 this is wrong. We can hate Donald Trump, or we 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:29.800 can't treat the staffers this way. Again, it's to be 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.240 expected at this point in time, but we noticed this 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.160 back in twenty sixteen. People have always been really really 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:38.760 nasty during primaries during election cycles to the candidates, but 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.640 they've never attacked their families, their staffers, and their supporters 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.400 as they do and have for ten years with President Trump. 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.040 Everyone excuses it, but Natalie doesn't deserve it. None of 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.040 us deserve it. Very similar comments. Let's say I've been 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.120 made about me and it hurt me, and it hurts 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:53.920 me to watch Natalie go through it. I know she's 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:55.760 tough enough to deal with it, but I would hope 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:57.920 there are enough You ask me the number of people. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.320 I'm hoping there are enough people that realize that they're 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.680 repulsed by this and that no amount of hatred for 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:04.680 Donald Trump excuse us as kind of behavior. 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:06.360 That's amazing. 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:09.400 When you begin to be totally consumed by hate the 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:13.040 way the president's enemies are exactly, you can really get 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:14.880 off the rails in a hurry. I think that's what's 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.280 happening here with Harp and the Party of Women has 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.440 lost its way. Elizabeth Pipcoh, thanks for joining us here 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.440 on the Scott Jennings Show. Grateful for your insights today. 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.040 We have to take a break when we come back. 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.680 Brent Sadler from the Heritage Foundation is here. He's our 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.040 naval blockade expert. We're going to talk more about Iran 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.720 and have some audio from Scott Besson right after this. 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:39.920 The very definition I've never backed down. Here's Scott Jennings. 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.880 In about thirty seconds, we're gonna get to our friend 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:46.960 Brent Sadler from the Heritage Foundation. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:47.640 You've heard Brent. 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.520 He's our expert on naval warfare and this naval blockade 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.680 that is going on, and I want to get him 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.520 to react to this as promised. Here's some audio from 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:02.000 our Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, who has launched today what 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.159 he is calling Economic d Day for Iran. This is 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:10.600 a set of crippling sanctions designed to really put the 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:15.480 proverbial boot on the throat of the Iranian terror regimes. 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.600 Here is Scott Besson and cut number twelve. 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:24.119 Nation economic outcasts to foreclose every other option available to 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:30.359 the Iranian regime. Treasury has mapped every node, every facilitator, 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:34.119 and every network that Iran has used to smuggle oil 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:39.439 and evade sanctions. Beginning today, the actions of Treasury and 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:43.960 other agencies will tighten the noose and block every potential 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:48.320 source of revenue that funds the IRGC and the evil 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:53.119 Iranian regime. We are enforcing a zero leakage approach. There 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.960 will be no minimal breathing space for the regime to 0:17:56.119 --> 0:18:01.560 rebuild this capacity to inflict terror against America and the world. 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:06.240 The final refuge of this regime is a mistaken conclusion 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:10.239 of nations that still finance the Iranian threat in the 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:11.480 hopes of evading it. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.119 All right, that was Scott Bessant just moments ago announcing 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:19.919 these new sanctions against Iran. Let's bring Brent Sadler in 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.920 here from the Heritage Foundation. Brent, welcome back to the 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:26.520 Scott Jennings Show. You are a research fellow for Naval 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:30.520 Warfare and Advanced Technology at the Heritage Foundation. Twenty six 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:34.200 years in the Navy, you had operational assignments aboard nuclear 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.439 powered subs, and you worked on the staff over at 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.479 the Pentagon of its most senior officials. Brent, when you 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.520 hear Scott Bessant today and when you look at the 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.320 news over the weekend that basically Iran has lost control 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:49.480 of the Strait of Horror moves, what does this tell 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.560 you about where we stand in this war against Iran? 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.280 Thanks for having me back on I mean, clearly militarily, 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:00.800 the United States has won this fight quite a long 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:04.440 time ago. It's really you know, inaction or to kind 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:06.440 of acquiesce that we could lose all of the hard 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:10.199 fought advantages and putting this terroristic regime in perhaps the 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:13.679 weakest place it's ever been since its revolution in nineteen 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:17.880 seventy nine. The economic tools that are being brought to bear, 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:20.400 there's a kinetic element to it that I think kind 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.119 of gets not really mentioned enough, and that is the 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.719 target of these economic d day is going to be 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:29.160 breaking down the networks, the finance networks, of course, which 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:33.239 includes people moving some very insanity characters, moving suitcases of 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:37.399 cash and interdicting that as well as keeping those that 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:41.680 are benefiting and maybe moving liquid finances through global finance 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:45.160 markets to be able to benefit by facilitating even at 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:48.639 the higher level the trade and energy in particular with 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:51.160 this regime. So it's going to have to be comprehensive, 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:53.280 and it's going to get dirty and a level that 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:56.960 we haven't really seen or associated with the word economic 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:58.879 sanctions in the past. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.919 This appears, I think you're right to go well beyond 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.200 what we normally think of as sanctions and in fact, 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:07.720 if you listen carefully to Bessent there, it sounds like 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:13.560 they have basically tracked down every possible source of funding 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:17.880 for Iran and in fact, they leave no stone unturned here. 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:19.880 Let's listen to bess In here. 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:23.080 About what he's expecting this week on that very front, 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:24.639 Cut thirteen, and. 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:28.439 I would expect that you will see a major announcement 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:32.879 of a financial institution being sanctioned by the end of 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:33.399 this week. 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.920 So brand it sounds like the US government is at 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:41.280 the point where they're saying to the rest of the world, 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:43.320 either with us or you with the Iranians, and we're 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:46.359 not going to tolerate anybody out there who's trying to 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:48.679 go behind our backs or play both sides of that. 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:53.400 Is that what you hear, I think something very close 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:55.919 to that, if nothing else, is a very principled approach. It's like, 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.520 if you continue with your activities that are in the 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:01.560 dark a, we're going to bring it out to the 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:04.240 public to see to the world, and we're also going 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:06.359 to start to go after and make it, you know, 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:09.320 a detriment or a liability for you to continue doing 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:12.560 this activity. So I'm pretty sure the Secretary knows and 0:21:12.600 --> 0:21:16.040 has a list more than one of institutions that are 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:19.040 on the list, and that includes, you know, not just 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:22.480 financial institutions. Might it could be shipping firms, It could 0:21:22.520 --> 0:21:25.680 be those that are ensuring those those shipping interests to 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.280 move Iranian petroleum. But it's not just petroleum, of course, 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:30.160 it's at risk here. 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:34.280 Brent Sadler from the Heritage Foundation is our guest. Brent, 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:36.959 let's talk about the naval blockade for a moment. You know, 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:40.480 for weeks we were told by Democrats that we had 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:44.040 lost the war because Iran had taken control of the 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:47.000 Strait of Horror Moves. There was no oil flowing, we 0:21:47.040 --> 0:21:49.760 had no capacity to do anything about it. Fast forward 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:53.119 just a few weeks and there's headlines now even in 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:55.440 CNN that say Iran has lost control of the Strait 0:21:55.480 --> 0:21:58.720 of Horror Moves. We've seen millions of barrels of oil flowing, 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:04.359 and so it's like this sort of last ditch effort 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:06.440 by the Iranians to have any leverage here. The Strait 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:09.960 of Hormuz is gone. It's evaporated for them, and it's 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:11.920 in large part because of the US Navy. 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:12.640 How did we do it? 0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:17.000 Yeah, so there's a couple of things. I mean, again 0:22:17.040 --> 0:22:19.720 where we are right now, there's a military element, and 0:22:19.760 --> 0:22:24.840 that's sinking the Iranian Navy degrading significantly any of their 0:22:24.880 --> 0:22:27.600 missile forces and drone forces to threaten shipping in the 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:30.120 straight oh hor moves. But it's not zero. I mean 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:32.360 they're relying on a terror campaign to try to get 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:35.600 inside the mind of the shippers and the captains of 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.679 these ships so that they don't make the transit. It 0:22:38.800 --> 0:22:41.159 still is lethal. You had two sailors that died in 0:22:41.200 --> 0:22:44.880 the last week trying to make that transit. But more 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:48.040 and more ships are passing through. But also importantly, and 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:50.640 this is an important point, that this is a fight 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:54.359 for the US to lose really by our own actions. 0:22:54.760 --> 0:22:56.840 The oil markets have adjusted in a way they're not 0:22:56.880 --> 0:23:00.320 going to go back to one. Petroleum is moving through pipes, 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:03.320 the East West Pipeline across from the Persian Gulf to 0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:06.040 the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. There's pipeline at max 0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:09.639 capacity in UAE that is now moving well over a 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:13.080 majority of the crude oil over pipelines, and more of 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:15.399 that is coming. It's going to take time, of course, 0:23:15.440 --> 0:23:18.960 to build the pipelines. A big question is you know LNG, 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:21.520