1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: So absolutely massive developments now in our war with the Iran. 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: But now President Trump has basically said, this war with 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: Iran will be over. We will be leaving that region 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: and the conflict two to three weeks absolute maximum. He 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: is now done with the war. Okay, let me tell 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: you exactly what is now taking place. President Trump now 7 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: has told his aids, and they have now leaked to 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: the media that the President now believes that it is 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: up to the Europeans and to the Gulf nations, the 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: Persian Gulf nations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. As 11 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: you know, the Iranians have blocked the strait as a 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: retaliation for the bombing campaign led by our country in Israel. 13 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: And now the ships, most of them are not getting through. 14 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: Oil tankersertilizer is not getting through, and this has now 15 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: led to massive oil shocks across the world. The price 16 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: of oil and gas has gone up dramatically, price of 17 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: fertilizer has gone up dramatically. You need that for food making. 18 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: Food becoming much more expensive around the world. The fear 19 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: now is if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for 20 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: another couple months, it will trigger a global recession. And 21 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: a global recession will affect our economy here. And so 22 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: President Trump now does not want to reopen the Strait 23 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: of Hormuz unless our European allies and other Gulf nations 24 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: pony up, send their warships, send their experts, send some 25 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: of their troops to clear the passageway. And so he 26 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: has now told AIDS, I'm done. This war for his 27 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: purposes is effectively over. There will be no regime change. 28 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: In fact, he's claiming there already has been a regime change. 29 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: And I'll get to this in a second, but the 30 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: Mullahs will remain intact. The regime will remain intact. And 31 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: he now essentially wants to continue to finish degrading and 32 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: destroying Iran's nuclear program, their missile stalks, continue to wipe 33 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: out what is left of their navy and what is 34 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: left of their air force, which is almost nothing, and 35 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: then in about two to three weeks, declare victory and 36 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: go home. He now says it is up to the 37 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: Europeans to clear the Strait of Hormuz. Furthermore, he now 38 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: says that he's going to stick to his timeline. He 39 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: does not want the war to go on for more 40 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: than two to three weeks. Why because he believes that 41 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: now it is going to hurt him badly in the midterms. 42 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: He believes now that the price of oil, the price 43 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: of gas, inflation is hurting him in the polls. It's 44 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: hurting the economy here at home obviously. I mean gas 45 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: is now over four bucks a gallon nationally, in some 46 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: places it's five six dollars a gallon. And so Trump 47 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: now believes that the Democrats will campaign on the high 48 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: cost of gas and energy, and that that will they 49 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: will absolutely crucify him in the midterms. And so he's 50 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: now telling his aids, we have to now get out 51 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: of this conflict and pivot to the economy. On top 52 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: of everything else, everything else that is now going on, 53 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: Trump now has given an interview to the Daily Telegraph 54 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: in which he now says he is seriously considering, in 55 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: fact beyond seriously considering, polling the United States completely out 56 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: of NATO. And the reason is that you have European countries. 57 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: Italy was now the latest. Yesterday, in a shock development, 58 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: the Prime Minister of Italy, Georgia Maloney, came out and 59 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: said the United States will not be allowed to use 60 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: Italian military bases for US planes and fighter jets to 61 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 1: conduct missions in Operation Epic Fury. They are joining Spain 62 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: and other European countries, the French, the Brits, the Germans. 63 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: None of them want to help US with clearing the 64 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz or to allow their bases to be 65 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: used for US to bomb or target Iran. And so 66 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: President Trump came out in an interview with The Telegraph 67 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: saying that this this relationship with NATO is becoming a 68 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: one way street. We were there for Europe on Ukraine. 69 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: We didn't ask for the war in Ukraine. We didn't 70 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: ask for this conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It affected 71 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: Europe primarily, not US. But we sent hundreds and hundreds 72 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: of billions of dollars and provided all kinds of assistance, 73 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: much more than what the Europeans contributed. And so Marco Rubio, 74 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: the Secretary of State, has now come out and said, 75 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: when this war is over in two to three weeks, 76 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: the United States will reassess our relationship with NATO. And 77 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: now there is growing pressure within the administration for US 78 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: to just leave NATO completely. Trump now says NATO is 79 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: a paper tiger. The Europeans can contribute little to defense, 80 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: and what it really has now become is that the 81 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: United States just protects Europe on our dime, our cost, 82 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: our taxpayer dollars, our men and women, our blood and treasure. 83 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: And Trump says this is not a sustainable relationship, it's 84 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: a parasitical relationship. It's a one way relationship. And he 85 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: says he's done, he's done with the Europeans. And I 86 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: agree with him. I completely agree with him. As I 87 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: said on X we have been protecting Italy now, and 88 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: it's not just Italy, it's Spain, it's France, it's Poland, 89 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: it's Germany, it's England. I could go on and on 90 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: it has. We have paid over twenty two trillion dollars 91 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: over the years, decades and decades and decades. Twenty two 92 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: trillion dollars. You know what twenty two trillion dollars is. 93 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: That's an unimaginable amount of money to protect every country 94 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: in Europe going back decades. We bailed them out in 95 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: World War One, we bailed them out in World War II, 96 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: we protected them from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. 97 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: We've now basically protected them since the end of the 98 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: Cold War for the last thirty years, and they can't 99 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: allow us to use a couple of military bases, or 100 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: they can't send in a warship or two or a 101 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: couple of mind sweepers to help with the clearing of 102 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz, which, by the way, as Trump 103 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: rightly points out, we get less than two percent of 104 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: our oil through the Strait of Hormuse. Most of the 105 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: oil that goes through that strait that is now currently 106 00:07:52,520 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: blocked primarily goes to Asia and then secondarily to Europe. 107 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: We don't even use the oil, or very little. And 108 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: we've got to do the heavy lifting. We've got we 109 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: have to risk our soldiers, our sailors, our ships, always 110 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: on our dime. No, no, no, no, enough enough. They've 111 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: been a bunch of ingrates for decades, and they've been 112 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: free riding us and free loading off of us for 113 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: forty to fifty sixty years. And President Trump now says 114 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: this relationship is fundamentally now over. Listen now to President 115 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: Trump saying, when asked, does Iran have to make a 116 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: deal for the United States to end its operation in Iran? Now, 117 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: it's a it's a very testy reporter an arrogant reporter. 118 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: So he and Trump go back a little bit, but 119 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: basically Trump is saying, no, I don't even need a deal. 120 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: They don't want to sign the fifteen point plan I 121 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: sent them, no problem, because he believes now we have 122 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,719 Speaker 1: effectively militarily won the war, and if the Mullas want 123 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: to stay, let him stay. If the Straight of hor 124 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: Moos remains closed, let it be closed. It will no 125 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: longer be our problem. It shouldn't be our problem. Roll 126 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: cut one, Mike, does a ron have to make a 127 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: deal for the US to end it's operation at. 128 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 2: Doesn't have to make a deal now. Yeah, I've spoken 129 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,719 Speaker 2: to a lot of people. It's a new regime. They 130 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 2: are much more accessible, and they are right. You know. 131 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 2: They said we have a present for you, mister President, 132 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 2: out of respect, and they said, wait a minute, you 133 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 2: want to me to answer the question. You're a fresh person. 134 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 2: You know we had a lot of problems with you, 135 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 2: haven't we. No, they don't ask me a question. No, 136 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: they don't have to make a deal with me. When 137 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 2: we feel that they are for a long period of 138 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 2: time put into the Stone ages and they won't be 139 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 2: able to come up with a nuclear weapon then you 140 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 2: have a deal or nuts irrelevant. 141 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: So basically what he's now saying is they're going to 142 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: continue bombing for about another two weeks. They want to 143 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: finish off certain other targets, hit some other sites, and essentially, 144 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: as Trump said in his interview with the Daily Telegraph 145 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: and now with other media outlets, this means that Iran 146 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: will not be able to have a bomb, he believes, 147 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: for fifteen years. So he says, I've solved the issue 148 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: for our generation. They will not be able to have 149 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: a nuke at least for the next fifteen years, and 150 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: once that is completed, once the complete nuclear program. Okay, 151 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: President Trump will be addressing the nation tonight at nine 152 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: pm Eastern all the networks I've given him, I guess 153 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: what ten to fifteen minutes. He will be speaking to 154 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: the entire country about the war in Iran. And this 155 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: is what he's expected to now tell the country. That 156 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 1: we've achieved most of our military objectives regarding Iran's nuclear program, 157 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: regarding their ballistic program, that we have essentially now destroyed 158 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: their navy, their air force, their air defenses. We have 159 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: so degraded their nuclear capabilities that Trump believes now that 160 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: the nuclear threat has been handled for at least about 161 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: fifteen years. That it will take them fifteen years, he 162 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: believes to rebuild or reconstitute anything resembling a nuclear weapon, 163 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: a nuclear bomb, or a nuclear weapon capability, And that 164 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: he will now tell the world that he will not 165 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 1: open up or the United States will not open up 166 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuse, that it will remain blocked, which 167 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: means oil is going to remain high for a while. 168 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: Gas prices are going to remain high for a while, 169 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: and that he expects the Europeans, the Asians, and the 170 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: Gulf nations to come in there and clear the strait. 171 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 1: He believes it's in their interest to do so because 172 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: most of the oil goes through that passageway. For those countries, 173 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: we get very little oil that comes in through the 174 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuse. It's mostly the Asians and the Europeans, 175 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: and that he expects them to take care of it 176 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: when they're ready to take care of it. Now. He 177 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: says also that and I'll play you the cut, but 178 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: he's going to say it tonight that the war will end. 179 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: He guarantees it in two to three weeks. He is 180 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: sticking to his timeline. He is not to budge, and 181 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: so they want to finish hitting some more targets, continue 182 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: to utterly destroy and obliterate what remains of their nuclear program, 183 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: their ballistic program. And then, as far as he's concerned, 184 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: the war has achieved its goals, and he is now 185 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: going to call the troops back home, send all the 186 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: forces back, and he will declare victory. And he then 187 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: wants to focus on domestic issues all the way until November. 188 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: Listen now to President Trump yesterday saying that I don't 189 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: need a deal. They rejected my fifteen point plan, which 190 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: is fine, they don't want it. That's okay. As far 191 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: as I'm concerned. As long as they can't have a 192 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: nuclear weapon, then we've won. We've achieved are the goal 193 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: and the objective of Operation Epic Fury Roll Cut one 194 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: a Mike. 195 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: Now, it's possible that we'll have a deal because they 196 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:09,599 Speaker 2: want to make a deal. They want to make a 197 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 2: deal more than I want to make a deal. But 198 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 2: in a fairly short period of time will be finished. 199 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 2: They will not be able to do a nuclear weapon 200 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: four years and when they already maybe in a long 201 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 2: time from now, able to do a nuclear weapon, you'll 202 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 2: have a president that will be like me, and that 203 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 2: he will go there and he'll knock the hell out 204 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 2: of him again because they cannot have a nuclear weapon. 205 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 2: They are very radicalized people, they're very sick leaderships. And 206 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 2: I will say though, that the leadership we're dealing with 207 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 2: now with the new regime, because we have a new regime, 208 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: and the new regime is much better than the better. 209 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: So basically what he's saying is, I've solved it for 210 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: art whatever, ten fifteen years, and you know, we've pushed 211 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: a nuclear issue. We've taken care of it to the 212 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: foreseeable future, and the ballistic missiles into the foreseeable future, 213 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: and in you know whatever, in two three administrations from now, 214 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: if the Molas rear their ugly head again, they will 215 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: have to take care of it. Number one. Number two, 216 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: he's now claiming that there's a new regime in Iran, 217 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: and I know what he means by that. He believes 218 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: this leadership is maybe not as radical or as militant 219 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: or as extremist as it was under the previous Ayatola, 220 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: and so that he's taken out most of the senior 221 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: leadership and so effectively he's done regime change without doing 222 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: regime change. This is by the way he's made He's 223 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: making this argument now repeatedly, and so is Pete. Hegseth. 224 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: Now he then comes out and says two weeks, three 225 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: weeks tops, and it's over. We are going to leave 226 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: Iran or that area and we are going to end 227 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: the war. Roll cut to Mike. 228 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: I would say that within two weeks, maybe two weeks, 229 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: maybe three. We're hitting him very hard. Last night we 230 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: knocked out tremendous amounts of missile making facilities. As you 231 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: probably read or wrote, we knocked out excuse. 232 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 3: Me, partner, verrupting will be the US will be gone 233 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: or done with the warrant. 234 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: I think we two through action. We'll leave because there's 235 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 2: no reason for us to do so. 236 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: We're leaving it. And that's what he's going to tell 237 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: the country tonight. Everyone's expecting him to tell the country 238 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: tonight in his address to the country on National TV. Okay, 239 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: let me just say a couple of things and then 240 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: want to go to the phone lines. Number one. I 241 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: don't believe this is regime change. The IRGC is still 242 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: in power, The besiege are still in power. The Iyatola's 243 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: son may be wounded, but he's still there as the figurehead, 244 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: and you still have key people from the previous regime 245 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: still calling the shots. So they may be a little 246 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: bit more pragmatic, Okay, they may not be as completely 247 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,479 Speaker 1: crazy and fanatical. Okay, but this is not a new regime. 248 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, that's just not true. I don't believe it. 249 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: So I think Trump's making a mistake by pushing that line. Secondly, 250 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 1: he's leaving the Mullahs in power. He is, and he's 251 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: now saying that another president is going to have to 252 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: deal with this in fifteen to twenty years. Okay. Like 253 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: I said, huge huge developments over the last twenty four 254 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: to forty eight hours. President Trump will be speaking to 255 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: the nation a nationally televised address from the Oval Office 256 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: at nine pm. He is now going to tell us 257 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: the war will end no matter what, in two to 258 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: three weeks. He's going to stick to that timeline. And 259 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: now he is very seriously considering not reopening the Strait 260 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: of Hormuse to declare victory and leave it up to 261 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: other countries to clean up the mess. One of the 262 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: problems with that is that Iran now will be tightening 263 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: its grip over the Strait of Hormuse. That was their strategy, 264 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,959 Speaker 1: that was their ace in the hole, that they were 265 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: going to block the straight drive up oil and gas 266 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: prices around the world, inflict economic punishment and pain on 267 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: the West, on Europe, and on the United States, on 268 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: our economies. And now the Iranian regime has come out 269 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: and said they are going to be charging a toll. 270 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: It's going to be a payment system that if you 271 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: want to get your ships through the Strait of Hormuz, 272 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: you got to pay. And they believe it's going to 273 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: generate billions and billions of dollars in revenue every single month. 274 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: And many of our allies are living with us right now, 275 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: especially Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain. They say, 276 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: we didn't want this war. We warned everybody it was 277 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: going to destabilize the region, and now we're going to 278 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: have to pay an extortion fee essentially for our oil 279 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: to get through the Strait of Hormouse, which is going 280 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: to help the Mullas rebuild their country and rebuild their 281 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: military and eventually their nuclear program down the road. And 282 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: so they are urging President Trump to reopen the Strait 283 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: of Hormuse so much so, and this broke just a 284 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: couple of minutes ago. The United Arab Emirates says, we 285 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: will join the fight against Iran. We are willing to 286 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: join you militarily, send troops, send our ships to help 287 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: clear the strait, but you cannot leave it closed. So 288 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: there is that development furthermore, and then I want to 289 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: go to the phone lines. I want to ask all 290 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: of you. President Trump now says that the goal of 291 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: Operation Epic Fury was to completely destroy, wipe out, and 292 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: set back Iran's nuclear program. He says now he will 293 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: not topple the iatolas. They will remain intact this but 294 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: he's taken care of the nuclear threat for about the 295 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: next he believes, fifteen years, and then it will be 296 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: up to another administration should they try to rebuild or 297 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: attain a nuclear weapon, and that that administration will then 298 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: have to do what he just did. Do you support 299 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: this policy now of Trump declaring victory and essentially going home, 300 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: and do you believe he met the objectives that he 301 00:20:54,080 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: set out or do you feel disappointed that he did 302 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: not do what many of you wanted him to do, 303 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: which was to take Tehran and overthrow the Ayatolas, and 304 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: is Trump now trying to spin his way out of 305 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: a war that obviously did not go the way he 306 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: and the generals and Pete Hegseth and Israel believed it 307 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: was going to go. The neo cons who told him 308 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: this would be over in ten days, Lindsey Graham in particular, 309 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: now have a lot to answer for. But my question 310 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: to you is this an acceptable result? Six seven? In 311 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: other words, was the conflict worth it? Six one seven 312 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: two six six sixty eight sixty eight Linda in Medford, 313 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: you're going to kick us off? Linda, thanks for holding 314 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: and welcome. 315 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: Good morning Hiland. 316 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 4: Well, I might have a little different spin on this. 317 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 4: If this war gets us out of NATO, it's worth 318 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 4: every petty worth it. Now, if we can find another 319 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 4: law that gets us out of the UN, I'll be 320 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 4: really happy, And we can make the UN building into 321 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 4: something for the homeless veteran and I think that would 322 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 4: be a lot better service to us than the UN 323 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 4: cocktail parties. So I'm pretty much a happy camper here. 324 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: That's funny. That is very funny, Linda. Are you surprised 325 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: that Italy that was the one that really stuck in 326 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: Trump's craw because he's got a great relationship with Georgia Maloney. 327 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: You know, she is a conservative, She's kind of like, 328 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: you know, the Italian version of Maga. And when she 329 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: came out with that decision saying you will not use 330 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: our military basis for any you know, operations regarding Operation 331 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: Epic Fury, Trump said this was the mother of all betrayals. 332 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: And the French let him down, the Germans let him down, 333 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: the Spanish obviously they have a socialist government, they let 334 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: him down. He really savages care Starmer, the Prime Minister 335 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: of Britain, in his latest interview with that British newspaper, 336 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: that Telegraph. Were you surprised at Italy? And do you 337 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: think Trump is right? I think it, you do that 338 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: now we should just pull out of NATO and end this. 339 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: But were you surprised at the Italians? 340 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 4: Remember reading like a year ago or two years ago 341 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 4: in this emigration started on some of the islands and 342 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 4: the Mediterranean, and on the Italian islands. The people were 343 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 4: on the shoreline refusing to let them come on, telling 344 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 4: them not to come on, and they went up into Italy. 345 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 4: So I would think the people would be behind our 346 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 4: being involved. If that's you know, if that's the case, 347 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 4: I don't understand why Europe has done this to us. 348 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 4: But again, it's one more reason to get out of NATO. 349 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 5: Oh. 350 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: I'm with you, Linda, I'm with you all the way. 351 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: We've got to get out. Yeah enough. I mean, they're 352 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: like a huge leech or parasite, and they're just bleeding 353 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: us white. They really are. And Trump is right, you know, 354 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: when they need us, we're always there for them, always. 355 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 1: But now this was a test, as Trump put it, 356 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 1: and were they going to be there for us? And 357 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: they weren't. They weren't. None of them were. Literally none 358 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: of them were. Linda, thank you so much for that call. 359 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: Six one seven two six x sixty eight sixty eight. 360 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: And by the way, just to be clear, you know 361 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,719 Speaker 1: Trump rightly and he said this, and even Rubio they 362 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: came out and said, we didn't ask you to send 363 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: one soldier. We're not asking you to fight and die 364 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: with us. What are we asking for? Can we use 365 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: your bases? By the way, we pay for a lot 366 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: of those bases, but let that go. Can we use 367 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: your bases? Can you help us with a couple of 368 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: mind sweepers. Maybe you know the British Navy, you have 369 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: a couple of warships. Could you send a warship or 370 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: two to help, you know, clear the Strait of Hormouse 371 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: and help you know oil go through and the tankers 372 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: and the cargo. And their answer was, you're on your 373 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: own now. I'll tell you why, you know. Linda said, well, 374 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: why because this is what happens when your country is 375 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: overrun with Muslim migrants. You have a massive fifth column 376 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: now inside your own country. Let me tell you what's 377 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: driving Georgia Maloney. She's petrified of a Muslim uprising in 378 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: her own country if Italy gets involved in this war. Macron, 379 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: same thing, Caro Starmer ditto. You know, Chancellor Frederick Mertz 380 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: of Germany, same thing. You have seething, large hostile Muslim 381 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: populations in all of your major cities by the millions, 382 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,959 Speaker 1: what millions, tens and tens of millions. So they're worried 383 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: this could lead to massive blowback at home, massive terrorism protests, 384 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: basically a domestic uprising, and so forget it. They're not 385 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: going to get involved in a Middle Eastern war, never 386 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: mind with a great power, I mean great, but I 387 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: mean a strong regional power like Iran that's calling now 388 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: for a holy war against anyone who attacks them. So 389 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: that's why Europe is sitting this out. So in a 390 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: way I understand where they're coming from. But sorry, I'm 391 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: an American, I'm not a European. I'm looking at it 392 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: from our point of view, and from my point of 393 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: view is I'm just using Italy because they were the 394 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 1: big ones who made the announcement yesterday. How much you know, 395 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: how much have we paid? The taxpayer has paid the 396 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: huge tremendous cost to protect Italy and the Italians going 397 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: back how many decades that has been born by the taxpayer. 398 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: And now when we need you, we're talking just a 399 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: couple of bases. We're not asking you to send one 400 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: Italian sailor, one Italian soldier. Nothing. And this is how 401 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: you pay us back. Six one seven two six six 402 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: sixty eight sixty eight is the number. Okay, let me 403 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: ask all of you. It is the Kooner country Pole 404 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: Question of the Day sponsored by Marios Marios Quality roofing, 405 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: siding and windows. Do we get any benefit from being 406 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: in remarkably and I'm not saying remarkably in a bad way. 407 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: It's just this would have been unheard of twenty years ago, 408 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: thirty years ago. President Trump now has come out and 409 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: said no. Marco Rubio has come out, the Secretary of 410 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: State and said no. Trump now has said he is 411 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: beyond seriously considering pulling the United States out of NATO. 412 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: Rubio now says this relationship may not survive after the 413 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: war with Iran is done. After Spain Italy yesterday made 414 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,959 Speaker 1: the big announcement. But whether it's France, Britain, Germany, it 415 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. They are not allowing us to use their 416 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: military bases, and they refuse to send warships or mind 417 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: sweepers to clear the Strait of Hormouse or to use 418 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: their basis, as I said, for our planes and fighter 419 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: jets to launch missions in Operation Epic Fury. And Trump 420 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: basically said this was a test to see if you 421 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: would stand by our side. Clearly you haven't. We're there 422 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: for you, you're not there for us. NATO can't just be 423 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: about us constantly protecting you on our dimes. It's not 424 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: a one way street. It's a two way street, but 425 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: for you it's a one way street. So Trump now 426 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: says we may be pulling out of NATO. We shall see. 427 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: But I want to ask all of you do we 428 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: get any benefit from being in NATO? A? Yes, B No, 429 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: I'm an know all the way have been for many 430 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: many years. Hell no, absolutely not. They need us, we certainly. Hey, 431 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: this war's shown one thing. We don't need them and 432 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: we certainly can't count on them. The one thing the 433 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: Iran war has shown us you can't count on the 434 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: Europeans and NATO. You just can't. Anyway. That's my You know, 435 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: if I was voting, that's what I would vote. But 436 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: that's me. I want to hear from you. You can 437 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: vote on our web page w r KO dot com 438 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: slash Cooner w r KO dot com slash Cooner. Kuh 439 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: And is in national Er. We can also vote via 440 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: x my handle there all one word at the Kooner Report. 441 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: At the Cooner Report. K uh And is in national Er. 442 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: Larry in Arkansas. Thanks for holding, Larry, and welcome. 443 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 3: Good morning, Jeff. Come oh, I'm peaches. Weather's great down here. 444 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 3: I think I'm paying a buck list for gas than you. 445 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: I'm just curious for regular unleaded. What is it, Larry? 446 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: Down there? 447 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,719 Speaker 3: It just dropped ten cents to three twenty nine at 448 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 3: my local store. 449 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: That's not bad. 450 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 3: No, no, no, I'm. 451 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: I just was in four h five where I went 452 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: it was four bucks and five cents regular un leaded. 453 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 3: Now on a side note to get not trying to 454 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 3: stray too farther. That is indicative of Massachusetts taxes versus 455 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 3: the cost of oil. 456 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no question right. 457 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 3: So let me ask you just help me here. I 458 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 3: don't need a whole explanation. I think you can sum 459 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 3: it up succinctly. What is Article five of NATO? 460 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: Well, basically, and it's a collective security measure. An attack 461 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: on one member is an attack on all So basically, 462 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: if any NATO member is attacked, any single one of them, 463 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: every other country in that alliance is obligated to defend 464 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: them militarily. 465 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,959 Speaker 3: We hear them screaming from the rooftops that even though 466 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 3: it would be nearly not impossible, but impractical, that Putin 467 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 3: would invade or attacked Poland or any of those places 468 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 3: after Ukraine, even though they demonstrate for the last four 469 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 3: years that they can barely contain Ukraine's fight, let alone 470 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 3: go anywhere else. How many times have we heard we're 471 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 3: going to be dragged into that because Putin is so evil. 472 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: Oh we heard it, Larry is day and night. I 473 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: mean NonStop. I mean it was just Putin is the 474 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 1: new Hitler. Today, it's you know, the down Bass. Tomorrow 475 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: it's Warsaw, and then Berlin and then Paris and Rome 476 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: and London and so you know, they lie to us 477 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: for four years. But the point is every European capital 478 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: kept saying over and over again we fear Putin. We 479 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: need the United States, we need NATO. And so who 480 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: protected Ukraine? We did? Who armed Ukraine we did? By 481 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: the way, I don't want to get too sidetracked here, Larry. 482 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: Do you know that President Trump, in the negotiations between 483 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: Russia and Ukraine went to Zelenski and said, if you're 484 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: willing to make concessions to the Russians to end the war, 485 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: I will give you a direct security guarantee. The United 486 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 1: States will guarantee the borders and security of Ukraine. That's 487 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: how far we were willing to go. The Europeans weren't 488 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: willing to go that far. But Trump said, I will 489 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: even give you a security guarantee. And this is how 490 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: the Europeans pay us back. You know, as Rubio said, 491 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: to his credit, he said, you know, you guys are saying, well, 492 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: we didn't ask for the war in Iran. Well, we 493 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: didn't ask for the war in Ukraine. Never mind World 494 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: War One, never mind World War two. I could go 495 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: on and on. So the one time we need, I mean, 496 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: we're not asking you to fight and die. We're not 497 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: asking to send your sons and daughters. You have a 498 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: military base in southern Italy that we help pay for. 499 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 1: You can't now let us use one military base to 500 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: fly our operations like this is. You can't send us 501 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: one mind sweeper, you can't send us one lousy warship. 502 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: So okay, no, no, we get it. We get it. 503 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: You see this as a one way relationship. You're there 504 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 1: to screw us and milk us. I get it. And 505 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: you've milked us good. And now we're on our own. 506 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,439 Speaker 1: You go your way, we go our way. Now you 507 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: deal with Putin, don't come crying to us. So, Larry, 508 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: I've been waiting for this now for I don't know 509 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: how many decades, because it's been so clear to me 510 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: that the Europeans have been using us and playing us, 511 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: and we have been generous to a fault, and now 512 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: we're starting to see what our generosity goddess nothing, you know, 513 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: it's like putting people on welfare, you know, like Bill 514 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: and Sudbury. They never call and say thank you. They're 515 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: always a bunch of ingrades. It's never enough, it's never 516 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: good enough because they feel entitled. Well, the Europeans feel entitled. 517 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: They think, like what we exist to protect them? Like 518 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 1: what we exist to spend money and our blood and 519 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 1: treasure to defend them? Like what it's a privilege for 520 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:33,279 Speaker 1: us to keep defending them. So no, no, no, no, you're 521 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: on your own. Bye. But sorry, Larry, I keep going, my. 522 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 3: Friend, right, you're making you're helping me make my point. 523 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 3: Article five should have been triggered as soon as I 524 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 3: ran through missiles into Turkey because Turkey is a part 525 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 3: of NATO. Now, I do believe, I know we differ 526 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,800 Speaker 3: on this, I do believe this was necessary on Trunk's 527 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 3: behalf to go into Iran. They've been a threat since 528 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 3: I was a child. I was nine years old when 529 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,840 Speaker 3: the MOST took over, but I had two older brothers 530 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 3: who were deep into their military careers when that all happened. 531 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 3: So this has been affecting me personally for a decades, 532 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 3: just like you said. So Turkey should have triggered Article 533 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 3: five right off the bat. First term. Trump was imploring, 534 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 3: especially the Germans, stopped relying on Russian oil. It's going 535 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 3: to bite you in the butt. They laughed at him. 536 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 3: I don't know where I was going with that. I 537 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,360 Speaker 3: don't I'm not saying that he directly did this to 538 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,000 Speaker 3: flesh out NATO, but I think he knew what was 539 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 3: going to happen. They're going to bulk at helping and 540 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 3: your first caller and you triggered it or talk about it. 541 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 3: The Islamic State has pretty much taken over Europe. They 542 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 3: can say, oh no, they're welcoming and all this, but 543 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 3: you're right, they are afraid of an uprising. We went 544 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,280 Speaker 3: into a Ran, we had four separate terrorist attacks here, 545 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 3: so yeah, they're scared. And he's showing basically the world 546 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 3: and he's reminding Americans that, hey, we've been spending all 547 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 3: this money to protect NATO, and like you said, we're 548 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,399 Speaker 3: not asking for boots on the ground. We're not even 549 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 3: doing boots on the ground. They won't help. So every 550 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:35,920 Speaker 3: war you want certain objectives met, I will argue that 551 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 3: this one has met more objectives than the last several 552 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 3: wars combined, not including World War Two. Just going back right, 553 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,400 Speaker 3: a lot of the objectives. Nothing's perfect, nothing's going to 554 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,360 Speaker 3: come off perfect, but I think he's gotten enough done. 555 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,279 Speaker 3: He said it wasn't going to be forever war out 556 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 3: in about six to eight weeks, and we're right on 557 00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 3: that timeline. But as a side thing, he's shown how 558 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 3: feckless Europe is. He's shown like how long have Iran 559 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 3: been holding those Middle Eastern countries hostage with those straight 560 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:18,120 Speaker 3: of horn moves and they still don't want to get involved, 561 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 3: Like you said, it's their problem. Our problem was a 562 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 3: nuclear threat Iran. They lie. They said they weren't going 563 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,360 Speaker 3: with missiles that can go more than two thousand kilometers. 564 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,200 Speaker 3: They demonstrated that they had one that could go four 565 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,719 Speaker 3: thousand kilometers. So we know they're full of crap, and 566 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:42,840 Speaker 3: anything they say take with a grain of salt. He 567 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 3: showed that he's compassionate and he can come back and 568 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 3: he can say, hey, I made the offers. And remember 569 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,440 Speaker 3: you were worried about the fifteen point plan saying this 570 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 3: is not good. I knew they weren't going to take 571 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 3: it because of how radical they are. I think he 572 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,399 Speaker 3: knew they rarely weren't going to take it, and he 573 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,239 Speaker 3: just laid it out there and saying, look, I'm trying 574 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 3: to be reasonable. I'm trying to give you some you know, 575 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 3: trying to make some concessions here. You're just too radical 576 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 3: to accept. So my hands are clean. We had an objective, 577 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 3: but we had a side objectives that exposed how worthless 578 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 3: NATO is and how worthless the European Unit has become. 579 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 1: Oh, I think there's no question that they've been completely 580 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: now exposed and flushed out. Look Trump himself in the interview. 581 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: It's a fascinating interview. And this is what they again 582 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,759 Speaker 1: with the Daily Telegraph in Britain. And he said, look, 583 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, he goes, I had my suspicions about 584 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 1: NATO for years. He goes, I'll tell you the truth. Privately, 585 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,959 Speaker 1: I kept saying to people, they're a paper tiger. They're 586 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 1: not going to be there for us. And I kept saying, 587 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,239 Speaker 1: I said, you watch, you watch if ever it's to 588 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: the test where we need something from them after all 589 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,320 Speaker 1: these years of us giving to them, he goes, you watch, 590 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,359 Speaker 1: they will not he goes not one, not one will 591 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: come through for us, and it turned out to be true. 592 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,799 Speaker 1: So I think there's no question Trump on NATO was 593 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:23,359 Speaker 1: not one hundred one thousand percent correct. Look my fear 594 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,719 Speaker 1: is this, Larry. The problem now is and by the way, 595 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,759 Speaker 1: you're right that fifteen point plan. Look, any rational Westerner, 596 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 1: I don't care any Western nation or people or or 597 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 1: you know a country would have said. So let me 598 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 1: get this straight. Our military has been decimated, our nuclear 599 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:50,759 Speaker 1: program gone, our ballistic missile program gone, Our neighbors despise us, 600 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:55,920 Speaker 1: Our country has been shattered. But they're gonna let us 601 00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:02,799 Speaker 1: keep a civilian nuclear program, our stays in power, and 602 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: they're gonna lift all economic sanctions that we've been sanctioned 603 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,960 Speaker 1: for the last forty seven years. But they're gonna lift 604 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 1: all sanctions so we can return to the international community 605 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: of nations, free free a trade freely with the world, 606 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:24,400 Speaker 1: and have joint control over the Strait of Hormuz. You 607 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,320 Speaker 1: have to be crazy enough to take that deal. I 608 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:33,440 Speaker 1: don't care name your European country, I don't name your 609 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: Latin American country, name your Asian country. I'm telling you 610 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: the truth. They're going to take it. What are your nuts? 611 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 1: Take it? Come on, we're almost snatching victory from the 612 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,920 Speaker 1: jaws of defeat. What do the Americans want? We just 613 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: want no nuclear weapons, no ballistic missiles, stop funding terrorism. 614 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,920 Speaker 1: That's it. And we survive after getting destroyed in this war, 615 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:01,879 Speaker 1: and we can be on no sanctions and we can 616 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,960 Speaker 1: rebuild our country and we get joint control of the 617 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:13,400 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. Son of a gun. Allah is good? Instead, No, 618 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:18,439 Speaker 1: it's the opposite. Hala Hala, Hala. Death do America. Death 619 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 1: to America, Death do America. Okay, I don't know what 620 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 1: else to tell you. You're stupid, You're medieval, you're primitive, You're stupid, 621 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,799 Speaker 1: You're beyond stupid. So okay, I don't know what else. 622 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,799 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what else to say. So 623 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,359 Speaker 1: Trump now says there's gonna be no deal. I don't 624 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,200 Speaker 1: know how you can make a deal with these people. 625 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:43,280 Speaker 1: I think that's what we're starting to realize. So anyway, 626 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,440 Speaker 1: it is what it is. Look, I'm sure there's stuff 627 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 1: we're gonna hear tonight that has not been leaked to 628 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,759 Speaker 1: the media. So and I'm dying to see what it is. 629 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: But I think we've got pretty much the framework. Now 630 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna be leaving Iran in two to three weeks. 631 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,560 Speaker 1: The Mullahs are going to remain in power, and the 632 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 1: Strait of horn Moose is going to remain blocked. Now 633 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:09,279 Speaker 1: my concern is if it remains blocked, the Mullas then 634 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,239 Speaker 1: can charge a tolling system they'll have they'll keep their 635 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,080 Speaker 1: grip over the Strait of Hormouse, which is going to 636 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,680 Speaker 1: be a lot of cash for that regime. And they're 637 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: going to be holding the world, the world's oil supply hostage. 638 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:26,359 Speaker 1: And that's not good for the United States and it's 639 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,240 Speaker 1: not good for the world, and I don't and honestly, 640 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,720 Speaker 1: the world is going to resent us for this because 641 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: the world is going to say, to be fair, they're 642 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,000 Speaker 1: going to say, well, you know, you guys, bomb them, 643 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:41,320 Speaker 1: and now you're leaving us with the mess. And I'm 644 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 1: telling you the Gulf nations in particular, because they were 645 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,720 Speaker 1: labbying Trump ferociously saying please don't do this, don't bomb 646 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,760 Speaker 1: you bomb me wrong, You're going to destabilize the region. 647 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 1: Who's going to get collateral damage, It's going to be us. 648 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,359 Speaker 1: So that's why they're now law being Trump saying, look, 649 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,840 Speaker 1: we'll even join the fight, but you can't leave the 650 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:08,000 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz closed because that's death to us, and 651 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:13,399 Speaker 1: it's going to keep gas and oil prices very, very high. 652 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:18,520 Speaker 1: And you're giving now the Mullah's a stranglehold over the 653 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,640 Speaker 1: one of the most important show points in the world. 654 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,520 Speaker 1: So you know, I think the Mullahs can go to 655 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,920 Speaker 1: their people and say, look, we took everything the Great 656 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,239 Speaker 1: Satan and the Little Satan could throw at us, everything, 657 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:37,680 Speaker 1: and we've survived. We're still standing and now we control 658 00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormoose. So believe it or not, after 659 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:46,600 Speaker 1: taking this kind of a pounding, they will be able 660 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,799 Speaker 1: to go to their people and claim some kind of 661 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:53,200 Speaker 1: a victory. That's why to me, Grace asked me yesterday, 662 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 1: what do you think. I said, he's got to clear 663 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:59,040 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormouse. He's got to to me, you 664 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 1: clear the strait of Foremus, then you declare victory. But 665 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,880 Speaker 1: I get it. He's on a tight timeline. The polls 666 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,319 Speaker 1: are very bad in terms of the war, it's not 667 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:14,600 Speaker 1: popular on the economy. His numbers are even lower, and 668 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: he's looking at the midterms now and he knows what's 669 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:21,040 Speaker 1: waiting for him if he loses. So I think that's 670 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,640 Speaker 1: the other thing. He put himself in a very tight 671 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:27,720 Speaker 1: box with the timeline. You know, basically he gave himself 672 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,040 Speaker 1: six weeks. He may give himself seven weeks an extra 673 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:35,080 Speaker 1: week extension, but basically this war from start to finish 674 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,080 Speaker 1: will have been about a six week war. It is 675 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:42,720 Speaker 1: very very hard to topple a regime like the Ayatolas 676 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:48,920 Speaker 1: in six weeks. It's very hard. Six one, seven, two, six, six, 677 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:54,480 Speaker 1: sixty eight, sixty eight is the number. Agree, disagree? Derek 678 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,880 Speaker 1: in Brighton, Thanks for holding Derek, and welcome. 679 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 5: I like to show my opinion on this is that 680 00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:11,520 Speaker 5: I don't think he should should have never gone in 681 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,000 Speaker 5: there to attack around in the first place. I mean, 682 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:19,600 Speaker 5: if these people were hot, you know, what are the 683 00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:21,600 Speaker 5: you know, where is it that they were I don't know, 684 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,480 Speaker 5: days or I don't know how many weeks away from 685 00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:30,160 Speaker 5: creating a nuclear weapon. You know, what frouf did he 686 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:35,160 Speaker 5: have that you know they were you know, planning, you know, 687 00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:40,560 Speaker 5: creating the nuclear weapon. And if he you know, if 688 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:44,520 Speaker 5: he asked Nabel the going man helping them, and they refuse, 689 00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,640 Speaker 5: and you know, you know they had to go in 690 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:53,040 Speaker 5: there and bomb Irans out, a military in their air 691 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:58,120 Speaker 5: force and what have you. And he doesn't have a 692 00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:01,279 Speaker 5: plan for coming out, you know from like you said, 693 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,799 Speaker 5: Trump could you know, claim some kind of victory. But 694 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:11,840 Speaker 5: if the Iran if the Iranians still the the readership 695 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:16,600 Speaker 5: controls the straight or formoose, you know, like you said, 696 00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,919 Speaker 5: they can go to their people and claim some kind 697 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:24,040 Speaker 5: of victory. Now you know, you didn't have an exit 698 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:28,120 Speaker 5: plan for pulling out it there and I don't I 699 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:31,520 Speaker 5: don't know what you know, like you said, doesn't look 700 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:35,200 Speaker 5: good for him in the midterm elections. What is he 701 00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:39,840 Speaker 5: going to do? I mean, you know, if gas prices 702 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:46,319 Speaker 5: in the economy keep faltering, you know, if the midterms 703 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:50,280 Speaker 5: turn against them. You know, our teen Jeffrey has become 704 00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 5: somehow Speaker of the House, and you know all they'll 705 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 5: do is just attack Trump, want Tom impeach them, and 706 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,960 Speaker 5: you know the last two years of its presidency would 707 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:07,120 Speaker 5: just you know, will be for nothing. And one one 708 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:14,960 Speaker 5: other thing, you pulling out a NATO because the Europeans 709 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,319 Speaker 5: haven't really done a whole lot to uh you know, 710 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:24,120 Speaker 5: to with putting I don't know some of their economics, 711 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:29,440 Speaker 5: money into NATO. You know, they can say, well, you know, 712 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,720 Speaker 5: the Europeans can say, well, look, you started this world 713 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,919 Speaker 5: with I ran, you know, bombing them for I don't 714 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:41,160 Speaker 5: know what five six weeks or so, and now you 715 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,760 Speaker 5: want us to come in and clean us straighter from moose, 716 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,520 Speaker 5: you know, I mean, you know, get lost, you. 717 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:50,040 Speaker 1: Know, Derek, that's you know, that's exactly what I mean. 718 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:53,760 Speaker 1: Maloney almost said that in a speech. In other words, 719 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:55,880 Speaker 1: she said, you know, you made the mess. Now you 720 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,640 Speaker 1: started the wars. What she said, she said, you started 721 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,319 Speaker 1: the war, you bomb them, and now you want us 722 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,200 Speaker 1: to clean up your mess. That's exactly how she phrased it. 723 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:06,759 Speaker 1: And she said, no, we're not going to clean up 724 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,960 Speaker 1: your mess. You made the mess, you clean it up. 725 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,920 Speaker 1: I mean, that's literally that I'm giving, almost verbatim. That 726 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,399 Speaker 1: was the speech she delivered in the Italian Parliament. So 727 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:19,080 Speaker 1: that's how many Europeans feel. So I hear where you're 728 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,399 Speaker 1: coming from. Derek. Thank you very much for that call. 729 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:22,319 Speaker 1: I appreciate it.