1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Well, let me start by just saying welcome. We had 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: a record number of you new listeners download this show 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Verdict with Ted Cruz just two days ago, and so 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: for many of you that are near the show, we 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: want to say just welcome, thank you for being here. 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: If you've just found this show and you're paying attention 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: to politics because the Trump administration, you're going to love 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: being here. So make sure you hit that subscribe or 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: that auto download right now wherever you're listening, so you 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: don't miss an episode. And today's episode is going to 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: be one that you're gonna love because it is back 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: to the best part about this show, and that is 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: taking you behind the scenes with meetings and places that 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: no one else can give you in the podcast world. 15 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: And today's show is just going to be a lot 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: of fun because Senator I don't get to say this 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: every day. You just left a multi hour long meeting 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: with the Prime Minister of Israel who is visiting in America. 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: I've got a million questions to ask you about that, 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: but give us the overall. Well what was it like 21 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: just sitting with him with a new administration being in charge. 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: Well, sure, you and I are talking. It is eleven, 23 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: twenty two pm Thursday night, and I spent about two 24 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 2: hours one on one with Prime Minister net Yahoo this evening, 25 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: and he is in town. He obviously met with President Trump. 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 2: He has met with a number of congressional leaders, a 27 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: number of groups of congressional leaders. And I got to 28 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: say it is it is a whole new day in Israel, 29 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 2: it's a whole new day in America. It's a whole 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 2: new day in the world. And Prime Minister net Yaho 31 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 2: and I, he and I know each other very well, 32 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 2: we are good friends. And we had a very candid, 33 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 2: a very direct conversation about the incredible victories Israel has had, 34 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: taking on Hamas, taking on Hesbela, going after the head 35 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: of the snake that is Iran, and talking about how 36 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: dramatically different things are with President Trump back in the 37 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: White House compared to the last four years of the 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: Biden administration. 39 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: So let's take people through the process when you have 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: a world leader coming in and you're going to meet 41 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: with him, Like, how does that happen? 42 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 3: Where do you meet? 43 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: What is it like going through the security and the protocol, 44 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: Because look, he's a guy that a lot of people 45 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: in the world want to see have harmed under them. 46 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: So that in Israel is known for amazing security. 47 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: They are, and there's very high security when you meet 48 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: with the Prime Minister of Israel. Understandably, he is in town. 49 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: He's staying at a hotel in town, and so I 50 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: met him at the hotel he's staying at. And the 51 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: hotel where he's staying, there's a lot of security. Secret 52 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: Service has erected barriers and they're screening and limiting the 53 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 2: people who can access it. There are some protesters that 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 2: we're out protesting because the anti Israel left is loud 55 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: and vocal. And so you go in You've got to 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: be pre clear, this was a meeting that was obviously 57 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: set up ahead of time, and you go through security 58 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 2: and and you end up going in uh what is 59 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: essentially a conference room that is set up and and 60 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 2: and it's typically set up. It was it was set 61 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: up tonight where they're there are two chairs, one for me, 62 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: one for him, uh and and an American and an 63 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 2: Israeli flag. And so so you meet in the conference room. Uh. 64 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: He had several advisors in the room and and and 65 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 2: I had a couple of advisors in the room and 66 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 2: and we had about a two hour conversation and and 67 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: you know, I got to say, first of all, the 68 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 2: Prime Minister's mood is I don't think it could be 69 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: any higher. He is feeling incredibly encouraged and incredibly encouraged 70 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: number one, that of the victories that Israel has been 71 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: able to win against Thomas and hesblah. But but he 72 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: is also, I think beyond encouraged by the new administration 73 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: in the White House. And a lot of what we 74 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: talked about was the incredible pressure that was put on Israel, 75 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: the efforts to undermine Israel, that that that for the 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: last four years we saw under the Biden administration, and 77 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 2: we talked about those those quite a bit. We talked 78 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: about how in the immediate aftermath of October seventh, initially 79 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: Joe Biden that the words he said at least were 80 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 2: quite supportive, and remember he flew over to Israel, and 81 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: at the time I vocally praised him for it, that 82 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: that was the right thing to do. But then the 83 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: the the anti Semitic wing of the Democratic Party began 84 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: to assert itself and the Biden administration began pressuring Israel 85 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: more and more and more, and we saw that in 86 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: terms of arms in bargoes. One of the things that 87 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 2: that Prime Minister net Know who talked to me tonight, 88 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: is how they were, uh, they were running low on 89 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 2: ammunition because over and over and he described at each 90 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 2: stage as they were taking the war to Hamas how 91 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 2: the Biden White House was saying, no, don't do that. No, 92 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 2: don't go after them there, No, don't go after them there, 93 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 2: and how they began threatening them, if you do that, 94 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 2: we're going to cut off eight If you do that, 95 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 2: we're going to cut off weapons. And he said, that's 96 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: already dramatically changed in terms of the Trump administration providing 97 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: the ammunitions they that they need to continue and prevail 98 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: in the in the war. And and and that's that 99 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: has made an enormous difference. And we've seen just in 100 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 2: the last two weeks multiple hostages coming home. I think 101 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: that is the direct result of a new commander in 102 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: chief in Washington who stands with Israel. 103 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: You talk about what's needed, and that's got to be 104 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: a sigh of relief. But also part of this the 105 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: interesting conversation that you're having, because you guys have known 106 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: each other for a long time, you would consider him 107 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: I think to be a genuine, sincere friend. Yes, and 108 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: so there's obviously part of the reason why you guys 109 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: have such a long meetings. Yes, your friends, you know 110 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: each other well, but there's got to be an urgency 111 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: from his perspective of, Hey, I need to get a 112 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: lot of things done and I need your help, and 113 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: you probably have a lot of questions. How much of 114 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: that two hour meeting is like, let's go, what do 115 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: you need? 116 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 3: We got to get through this. 117 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was certainly a lot of it is me 118 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: asking what do you need from the United States right now? 119 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: And he was very gratified that on the ammunition front 120 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 2: that need has been filled and he needs America to 121 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 2: stand with him, to stand with him. Look, the hostage 122 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 2: deal is releasing hostages, but there are multiple waves, and 123 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 2: I would say Prime Minister Netnya who is very directly 124 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: focused on eliminating Hamas and also on preventing Iran from 125 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: acquiring nuclear weapons, and he has laser focused on that 126 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 2: quite rightly. Iran is weakened and weakened badly right now. 127 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 2: And it's weakened because Hamas was its major one of 128 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 2: its major proxies, and it's badly, badly decimated. Hez Below 129 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 2: was another major proxy, and that is badly decimated Syria. 130 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 2: The government of Bashar Asad another proxy for Iran collapse 131 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 2: because Iran is in such weak situation. But the result 132 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: of that is Iran has a real incentive to try 133 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: to develop nuclear weapons. And we talked a lot about 134 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons and where are. 135 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: We now on that timeline because we haven't talked about 136 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: that in a while here on this show. And I 137 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: think it's an important point because the last administration really 138 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: was kind of letting Iran do what Iran wanted to do. 139 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: How concerned is he and how close do they think 140 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: they could beat actually getting that? 141 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 2: He is very concerned. I'm very concerned. And you look 142 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: at Barack Obama. The Iran nuclear deal, I believe accelerated 143 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 2: Iran's progress towards getting nuclear weapons, allowed them to build centrifuges, 144 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 2: allowed them to enrich uranium. The Trump administration quite rightly 145 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: came in and ended that Obama Iran nuclear deal, and 146 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: you and I have talked about before. That was a 147 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: major battle within the Trump administration. Both the State Department 148 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 2: and Defense Department under Trump argued that we should stay 149 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: in the Iran nuclear deal. Rex Tillerson was a Secretary 150 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 2: of State. Jim Mattis with the Secretary of Defense. They 151 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: were both vociferous on staying in the deal, and I 152 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 2: probably had two dozen conversations and meetings with President Trump 153 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 2: urging him to pull out of the deal, and he agreed, 154 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 2: and he did. And what it ended up doing was 155 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 2: was it turned or ran around, because what followed from 156 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: that was the maximum pressure campaign that put economic sanctions 157 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: in place, that cut Iran's oil exports and sales in place, 158 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: and that really had the regime incredibly weakened and teetering. 159 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: And one of the things that I pressed President Trump 160 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: very hard to do and that he did in the 161 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 2: first term was invoking the snapback sanctions in the United Nations, 162 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 2: and that again put enormous pressure on Iran, and as 163 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 2: a result, they didn't even enrich uranium above five percent 164 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: when Trump was president. But in November twenty twenty, the 165 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 2: Iranian regime gambled and unfortunately correctly that it could start 166 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 2: rushing to a nuclear arsenal and that the Biden administration 167 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 2: would let them, And so in December of twenty twenty, 168 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 2: the regime approved a new law calling for major nuclear advances. 169 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 2: In January, they started enriching uranium to twenty percent at Ford, 170 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: oh which is which is the underground bunker built into 171 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 2: a mountain that the Obama deal had left open. And 172 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: you know what the response was of Biden in February, 173 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: right after he was inaugurated February twenty twenty one, the 174 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,239 Speaker 2: Biden administration rushed to the UN to rescind the snapback 175 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: sanctions that President Trump had put in place. And under Biden, 176 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 2: they allowed the international sanctions to expire. And we now 177 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 2: know the result. Today the Yatola's nuclear breakout time is 178 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 2: nearly zero and that is a direct consequence of repeated 179 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,599 Speaker 2: decisions from Biden. And I believe now we have a 180 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 2: White House and a president who's not going to allow 181 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. 182 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: You talk about not allow them to Is that enforcing sanctions? 183 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: Is that the possibility of military being used? I mean, 184 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: what does that look like and what is best for 185 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,719 Speaker 1: the US and also for Israel. I'm assuming some of that. 186 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: Was talked about, yes, yes, yes, sanctions, economic pressure, cutting 187 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 2: off their oil, cutting off their finances, and if necessary, 188 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 2: using military force not to invade Iran, not to try 189 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 2: to turn Iran into Switzerland, but if they are on 190 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 2: the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons using military force, either 191 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 2: Israel or America to take out their nuclear weapon capability 192 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 2: to protect America, to protect Israel, and that is that 193 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: is something President Trump has been very explicit about, and 194 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: it's something certainly that Prime Minister Dan Yahu and I 195 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 2: discussed this evening. 196 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: We've had a lot of sanctions on Iran, but unfortunately 197 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: they've not been enforced, certainly in the last administration, the 198 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: way they were supposed to. So when you look at 199 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: enforcement aspect of this, and we've talked about ghost ships, 200 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: ghost oil that they've been able to get out to 201 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: the black market and still prop themselves up. 202 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: Is that changing quickly? 203 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: I mean, granted, yes, we're on the third week at 204 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: the Trump administration, but how long does that take to 205 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: actually turn into effect where they're feeling it within the 206 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: government in Iran? 207 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: List This is something I said on election night in 208 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: November in my election night victory speech. You were there, ben, 209 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 2: I said, tonight was a very very bad night for 210 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 2: the Ayatola in Iran. Because President Trump is being re elected, 211 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 2: we're getting a Republican Senate, a Republican House, and that 212 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 2: has changed things dramatically in terms of enforcing sanctions, going after, 213 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: going after the oil sales. Look, oil is critical because 214 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: that's where Iran gets the vast majority of its revenue. 215 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: When Trump came into office, Iran was selling a million 216 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 2: barrels of day. After he used serious sanctions on oil sales, 217 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 2: we dropped that from a million barrels a day down 218 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: to three hundred thousand. Joe Biden refused to enforce those 219 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 2: oil sanctions, and Iran when Biden came in, they were 220 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 2: selling three hundred thousand barrels a day. Its skyrocketed to 221 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 2: two million barrels of oil a day. That is what 222 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 2: funded Hamas, that is what funded Hesbela, that is what 223 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: funded October seventh, that is what funded terror against Israel 224 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 2: and against America. And so having a president with willing 225 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 2: to stand up is really significant in terms of Israel 226 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 2: knowing that America has her back. And by the way, 227 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 2: I got to say one of the things that was 228 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 2: really striking. So I talked with Bebe about October seventh 229 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 2: about the horrors that unfolded, about how Israel responded, and 230 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: they responded going after Hamas and how quickly the Biden 231 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 2: administration was undermining them. But I got to say it, 232 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 2: it got even more significant because you recall when Hesbela 233 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 2: began accelerating and escalating in the north of Israel and 234 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 2: attacking more and more, and you'll recall that Israel made 235 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 2: the decision to use the pagers, to use the pagers 236 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 2: to explode and to take out a significant number of hesbeloterists. 237 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 2: So so Bbe told me the inside story of that, 238 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 2: and I got to say, it is fascinating. I told him, 239 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 2: I said, listen, if somebody wrote this as the plot 240 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 2: of a movie, nobody would believe it. If it was 241 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 2: a mission impossible story. Okay, we're going to go undercover. 242 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 2: We're going to get an Asian company to produce pagers 243 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: and sell them to Hesbela and convince them that they're 244 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: really from Asia, when in fact, the Israelis planted tiny 245 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 2: explosives within them, and then Hesbela is going to distribute 246 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,959 Speaker 2: it to each of their terrorists so that Israel could 247 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 2: detonate it. You would not believe it. Now, let me 248 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 2: tell you something that is stunning, and that this has 249 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 2: been publicly reported, but it's Also when Prime Minister Netanyah, 250 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 2: who made the decision to detonate those pagers, do you 251 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 2: know what they didn't do? 252 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: What? 253 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 2: They didn't let the Biden White House know about it? Really, 254 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 2: and there's a reason they didn't let the Biden White 255 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: House know about it because so many people in the 256 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 2: Biden administration were undermining Israel on a daily basis that 257 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: they had very real concerns if they let the Biden 258 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 2: White House know about it, that Hesbelah would be tipped 259 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: off and they dispose of the pagers and so it 260 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 2: would not take out the terrorists. They think, how messed 261 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 2: up that is when isra Real did not have the 262 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 2: confidence to trust in letting the United States, letting the 263 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 2: the the White House know how they're taking out terrorists, 264 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: because because they couldn't have confidence that that that America 265 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 2: would would would not leak that to to the hesbilit terrorists. 266 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: Well, you mentioned the pager, and there was something interesting 267 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: that happened the joint press conference with bb and President Trump, 268 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: and that was that Netnahu gave Trump a quote golden pager. 269 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 2: Uh. 270 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: It was clearly I think in reference to the Lebanon attack. 271 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: Uh. 272 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: Did you ask him about that. It was obviously a gift. 273 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 2: I didn't talk to him about the pager that he 274 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 2: gave Trump, but but but he did describe. He did 275 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: describe like testing the pagers and in fact, it was interesting. 276 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 2: It was a fairly small amount of explosive in the pagers. 277 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: And and and when he said, his team was laying 278 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,479 Speaker 2: out the plan and this is a plan that initiated 279 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 2: years ago, initiated long before October seventh, and he said 280 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: it was it was just a few grains of explosive 281 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 2: was small enough to be undetectable. And he was asking, okay, 282 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: is this is it enough explosive to detonate and do 283 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 2: real damage to the terrorist who has it? And they 284 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 2: said yes. And and Biebe told me the way he 285 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 2: tested it is he said he literally took one of 286 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: the pagers and threw it as hard as he could 287 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: at his wall. And he said it exploded and put 288 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 2: a pretty sizeable debt in the wall. And he said, okay, 289 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 2: that's that's that's a good chunk of explosives. 290 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: By the way, I mean, I love the fact that 291 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: that's what Boebe would do, because it's totally it's it's 292 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: kind of how he is I mean, he say, all right, 293 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: I'm all hands on deck. Is this enough? All right, 294 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: let's see how much is enough? I mean, that's amazing, 295 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: because that's not how it would be done here. I 296 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: can promise you that. 297 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you something else we discussed. So so 298 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 2: as as they continued to take out Hamas and then 299 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 2: to take out Hesbela, one of the real pivotal moments 300 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: was taking out Nosralla. Nostralla was the head of Hesbela 301 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 2: in Lebanon, and Biebe walked me through the decision making. 302 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 2: Nostralla was in an underground bunker uh and and they 303 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 2: were having vigorous debates about whether to take him out 304 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 2: and and and in particular what the time frame would 305 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: be on his being there. And I got to say 306 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: it was striking number one, the time frame on detonating 307 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 2: the pagers, that that that they had reason to believe 308 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: there was an urgency that they had to detonate it 309 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,239 Speaker 2: when they did uh or or there was a real 310 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 2: risk they wouldn't be effective. Likewise, with with Nozralla, they 311 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 2: had intelligence on where he was in an underground bunker 312 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 2: and and they had reason to believe that that that 313 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 2: there was a limited time frame when he was vulnerable, 314 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 2: and and and so he walked through the decision making 315 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 2: on taking no Isralla out. Now you know, you know, 316 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: you know what when they did that again, they didn't 317 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: tell the Biden White House for the same reason. Now 318 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 2: pause and think about it now. 319 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: In other words, to be clear, you're saying that Nettahu 320 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: was like, we couldn't trust our quote biggest ally, yes, 321 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: with the Biden Harrison administration. 322 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 3: We couldn't tell them the truth. We couldn't be honest 323 00:17:58,680 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 3: with them. 324 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: We were worried that they would not only I would assume, undermine, 325 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: but share that intelligence with the people that they were 326 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: actually trying to kill, which would be the terrorists. 327 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, they were very concerned that the Biden administration would 328 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 2: essentially warn the head of Hesbela to get out of 329 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: harm's way. I mean, that is profoundly disturbing. 330 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: It is shocking, especially after what happened. And you mentioned 331 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: that the hostages several times. Let's dive into that as well, 332 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 1: because there Well, before we do. 333 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 2: That, I want to make a point about in Nostralla, 334 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: one of the things that BBI really emphasized is he 335 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 2: said Nostrala was critical to Hesbela and to the terrorists 336 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 2: because he was a charismatic leader, and he said it 337 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: was striking. So Israel had taken out most of Nosrala's 338 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 2: chief deputies, and it wasn't until September twenty seventh of 339 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 2: last year that they took out in Nosraela himself, and 340 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: Babe said, even with most of his chief deputies to 341 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 2: take it out, Nosralla was waging the war and doing 342 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 2: so relatively effectively, that he was a effective leader for 343 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 2: an incredibly dangerous terrorist organization, and so taking him out 344 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 2: had a profound effect weakening Hesbela because his leadership. Without it, 345 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 2: they were in utter chaos. And in fact, he said 346 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 2: that the taking Israela out was the critical piece that 347 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: resulted in Bashar Assad falling in Syria because Asad relied 348 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 2: on Hesbela terrorists to help remain in power, and so 349 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 2: taking Isralla out bebe viewed as really a pivotal moment 350 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 2: in critically weakening Hesbela and critically critically weakened weakening Hesbela's 351 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 2: patron Iran. 352 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: All Right, so that's some pretty big news. So without 353 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: that piece of the puzzle, you're saying there's a chance 354 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: that is I would still be in charge right now 355 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: in Syria and more hiding in Russia. 356 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 2: I think I would say more than a chance, a 357 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 2: direct but four cause. 358 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: So you put all that together, and as awful as 359 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: the attack was on Israel, the focus after that attack 360 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: has been unbelievable and and doing what they need to 361 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: do just to protect their people and make sure this 362 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: never happens again. Is just truly amazing to see that 363 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: the leadership of Netnyahu, the people around him, that their 364 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: military services, their intelligence services, the list goes on and on. 365 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: That also has got to be so sad to watch 366 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: that this is now where they are right there's this 367 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: continuing war, You've got the worries that you just mentioned 368 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: with Iran, and there's the other big worry and that 369 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: is there are still hostages. 370 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 3: So where are we on that? 371 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: What did he have to say about the hostage they 372 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: currently have in this hostage deal? When are we going 373 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: to see more be released? 374 00:20:58,840 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 3: Hopefully? 375 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 2: Well, many of the hostages have been released or have 376 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 2: been rescued by the IDF At this point, the women 377 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 2: and children have all been released. The only hostages that 378 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 2: remain are men uh and and and there are roughly 379 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: twenty hostages. They don't know for sure how many are 380 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 2: still alive. Some some may not be, some some they 381 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 2: certainly hope and believe are alive. And and Prime Minister Natya, 382 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 2: who is very focused on continuing to try to bring 383 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 2: them home. He told me early on, he said, one 384 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: of the senior members of his government said right after 385 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 2: October seventh that that we need to think of of 386 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 2: of the hostages as essentially as essentially dead, that we're 387 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 2: not going to be able to do anything about it. 388 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 2: And and Bibe told me he strongly rejected that premise 389 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 2: and said, no, we can. We can wage war on Hamas, 390 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 2: we can take out the military leaders, we can take 391 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 2: out the terrorist while while doing so in a way 392 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: to try to protect the hostages and bring them home. 393 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 2: And I will say that they've had remarkable success in 394 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 2: doing so. But the release of the hostages accelerated only 395 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 2: after Donald Trump was reelected. 396 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: So you look forward with that, you look at Iran 397 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: and when is that going to come to a head? 398 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: I mean, are we talking in the next days, weeks, months, 399 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: Because we've been hearing a lot about Iran over the 400 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 1: last four years. We heard a lot about it when 401 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: Trump was in office from sixteen to twenty, but there 402 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: does seem to be a different level of urgency right now. 403 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 3: What does the next month or two look like? 404 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 2: Look, there is a real urgency. There is a real 405 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 2: risk that Iran, that we know they're close to a 406 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 2: nuclear breakout, they could attempt to test a nuclear weapon 407 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 2: because at this point that they're badly weakened and trying 408 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 2: to get a nuclear arsenal. There's a real risk that 409 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 2: the Iotola views that as the one way to regain 410 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 2: their strength, and that's incredibly dangerous. And I can tell 411 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 2: you Israel has committed to preventing that from happening, and 412 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 2: I believe America is as well. 413 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: What is America's foreign policy now when it comes to Ran? 414 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: Obviously sanctions, implementing those sanctions, suffocating them financially is a 415 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 1: big part of that. But if they're still this close, 416 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: is our foreign policy and the DoD and the presence 417 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: wishes are they drastically different than they were even maybe 418 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: day one, because now they have the intel of just 419 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: how close we are. Is that what BB's point of 420 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: being here. 421 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 2: Is, Well, Look, I think the policy now is maximum pressure, 422 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 2: and that means cutting off the money. You know, at 423 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 2: some level it's not complicated. Don't give billions of dollars 424 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 2: to psychotic lunatics who want to murder you. You would 425 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 2: think that would not be a controversial proposition. And yet 426 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: during four years Joe Biden and Kamala Harris flowed over 427 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 2: one hundred billion dollars to Iran that in a very 428 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 2: real sense funded the desk squads on October seventh, and 429 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,880 Speaker 2: it funded terrorism against America. I'll give you another example. 430 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 2: Look that the Democrats are right now going nuts over USAID, 431 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 2: and both the Democrats and all their acolytes in the 432 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 2: media are pulling their hair out because President Trump and 433 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 2: Elon Moskv have halted halted the funding at USAID, and 434 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 2: they're exposing all sorts of abusive payments, things like two 435 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 2: million dollars for sex changes in Guatemala, which which I 436 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 2: got to say, anyone who listens to that says, why 437 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 2: the hell are US taxpayers paying for that kind of nonsense? Well, 438 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 2: at some level it's nonsense. But there's also money USAID 439 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 2: put in that is not just an infuriating left wing, 440 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 2: woke political agenda, but is dangerous so Usai d under 441 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 2: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris poured hundreds of millions of dollars 442 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 2: into Gaza, and and that went much of it went 443 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 2: directly to Hamas. Millions and tens of millions of that 444 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 2: were in cash that could never be accounted for, and 445 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 2: they knew that the money they were pouring into Gaza 446 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 2: would benefit Hamas. In fact, the Biden administration formally waived 447 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 2: US anti terrorism law because they concluded that it was 448 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 2: quote likely that the money they were sending would be 449 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 2: used for terrorism. And so ordinarily, under US law, if 450 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 2: it's likely money will be used for terrorism, you're barred 451 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 2: from sending it. But the president, under the law, has 452 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 2: the ability to waive that law. And so rather than 453 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 2: not fund the terrorist, they waived it. I got to 454 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 2: tell you, I tweeted about that today. Elon Musk reposted 455 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 2: it and just said wow, and just that tweet has 456 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 2: had millions and millions of views. But it gives an 457 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 2: example what the Biden administration was doing in a very 458 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: real sense was funding the enemies of America and funding 459 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 2: the enemies of Israel. That's dangerous, and that ended on 460 00:25:58,480 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: January twentieth. 461 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the humanitarian side of this and the 462 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: real needs of the people in Israel. What did BB 463 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: say from that standpoint? Because there is obviously a great 464 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: humanitarian need. We're talking about all this money with dods 465 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: that we're finding that we're giving to all these people, 466 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: many of them that are just waste and fraud and 467 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: abuse and absurd things like transcendered plays in certain countries. 468 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: When you know, as an American, I don't mind helping 469 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: our allies in times of need. 470 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 3: Israel is a great example of this. 471 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: There is so much money, though that's being used in 472 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: such fraudulent ways that I do think there's a hesitancy 473 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: now to just say, Okay, what do you need? Because 474 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: it seems like everyone was taking from us and abusing it. 475 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: I think Israel is very different, and that's why I 476 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:45,239 Speaker 1: want to bring this up. 477 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 3: But what are the needs? 478 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 2: So let me say, do you know what the amount 479 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 2: of economic aid and assistance is that we give to Israel? 480 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 2: How much zero dollars and zero cents? We do not 481 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 2: provide economic aid to Israel. Israel's not asking us for 482 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 2: money to feed its citizens. Israel's not asking for money 483 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: to provide housing or clothed. It citizens. Israel's not asking 484 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 2: for money for relief. The only assistance the United States 485 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 2: provides to Israel is military aid. Each year, we provide 486 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 2: roughly three billion dollars in military assistance. But that's we 487 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 2: do no economic assistance. We're not paying welfare. We are 488 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 2: providing military assistance. And do you know why we do that? 489 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 2: Why this is something critically important to understand. We provide 490 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 2: military assistance to Israel because it is good for America Israel. 491 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 2: Think about this for a second. Everyone who hates Israel 492 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 2: hates America bingo. And by the way, those who hate 493 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 2: Jews hate Christians, and everyone who Israel is fighting against 494 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 2: they're doing so to detect Israel. 495 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: Of course, Well there's a reason why. It's almost simultaneous. 496 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 1: You hear death to Israel chance and death to American chance. 497 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: A lot of times they're intertwined. 498 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 2: The Ayahtola refers to Israel as the little Satan and 499 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 2: America as the great Satan. And so listen. One of 500 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 2: the things I said to Bbi, and I've said this 501 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 2: to him many times, I said, thank you, thank you 502 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 2: for killing terrorists, for taking out Hamas, for taking out Hesbela. 503 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: These are lunatics that want to murder Israeli's and they 504 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 2: want to murder Americans and they have Look. October seventh 505 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 2: was a horrific terrorist attack against Israel, but it was 506 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 2: also a horrific terrorist attack against America. Many Americans were killed, 507 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 2: many Americans were taken hostage. And so we provide military 508 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 2: aid to Israel because it keeps America safer. And it 509 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 2: also is incredibly frugal as a monetary matter because the 510 00:28:55,200 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 2: benefits we get from Israeli intelligence the Masad. It is 511 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 2: one of the most effective and potent intelligence networks in 512 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 2: the world, and the Massade has incredible intelligence on Hesbla 513 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 2: and Hamas, on Iran, on al Kada and Isis and 514 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 2: all enemies of Israel, but also enemies of American Historically, 515 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 2: they have shared that intelligence with us. If we tried 516 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 2: to recreate the benefits we get from Israeli intelligence in 517 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 2: their military, it wouldn't cost US three billion dollars a year. 518 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: It would cost us tens of billions of dollars a year. 519 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 2: And so we make that investment because it keeps America safe, 520 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: and they spend that investment to be very clear on 521 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 2: taking out the people who want to kill Americans. 522 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: When you look at the money, and you look at 523 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: what's happening, and you look at the meeting today that 524 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: you had and the needs that are there. 525 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 3: I think there's a couple of just overall themes. 526 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: One we've Israel now knows that a MA does in 527 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: fact have their back too. They can start sharing intelligence 528 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: and talk about honest plans to protect Israel in America 529 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: because they can trust this administration, and that seems to 530 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: be maybe the most valuable part of this. 531 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 3: Three. 532 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: We both have a true genuine agreement in our foreign 533 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: policy that we must stop Iran from gaining that nuclear weapon. 534 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 3: And that also means. 535 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: Now you've got to figure out how you're going to 536 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: stop it from happening, and that could be using military 537 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: prowess to do it, Which brings me my final question 538 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: to you. Donald Trump's a guy that has been very 539 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: proud about saying I haven't started any wars, I get 540 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: us out of wars, and I try to end them. 541 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: Would you look at this as a war or more 542 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: of a just a straight up attack on a nuclear 543 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: weapons site. How should Americans look at this? 544 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 2: Well, Listen, it's important to understand President Trump is right, 545 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 2: he has not started any wars we did not have, 546 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 2: and in fact he ended wars. He inherited the war 547 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 2: with ISIS from Barack Obama. ISIS had a caliphate, had 548 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 2: territory about the size of the state of Indiana, and 549 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 2: Trump within months defeated ISIS altogether and ended that war. 550 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 2: Because they were defeated and conquered the caliphate. There are 551 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 2: some who try to say that america first foreign policy 552 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 2: as isolationists is just withdrawing from the world and not 553 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 2: engaging with our enemies. That has not been the foreign 554 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 2: policy of Donald Trump. It's worth remembering that when President 555 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 2: Trump in his first term, he gave the order to 556 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 2: take out General Solomoni, the Iranian leader responsible for the 557 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 2: murder of over six hundred American servicemen and women, the 558 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 2: Iranian leader who had played a critical part in planning 559 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 2: planning terrorist attacks against the United States and against Israel 560 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 2: for years. And Solomoni, along with Nozrala, we're probably the 561 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 2: two most important terrorist leaders on the face of the planet. 562 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 2: And President Trump ordered General Solimani taken out, and Prime 563 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 2: Minister net and Yahoo ordered Nosralla taken out. And now 564 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 2: neither one of them are able to threaten America or Israel. 565 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,239 Speaker 1: It's incredible. I'm glad that you guys got to have 566 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: this meeting. I also just am really thankful as you 567 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: described it, that now I think Israel can trust that 568 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: they have a partner in the US and they're not 569 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: trying to they're not having to hide from the United 570 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: States what they're trying to accomplish. 571 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 3: And we have the same goals. 572 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 2: Yes, And by the way, another aspect of it, so look, 573 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 2: the efforts to attack Israel. You saw them directly through 574 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 2: terrorism through October seventh. You saw them through Hamas and HESBLA. 575 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 2: And to be clear, the Biden administration was responsible for 576 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 2: a very substantial part of the funding for that October 577 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 2: seventh attack. But but you also saw it through law 578 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 2: fair through using international institutions to go after Israel. And 579 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 2: one of the most profound examples of the that is 580 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 2: the International Criminal Court, which which has has indicted BBUH 581 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 2: for committing war crimes and and and that decision is 582 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 2: grotesquely false. It was an anti Semitic attack on Israel, 583 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 2: but it is also a profound threat to America. Israel 584 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 2: is not a party UH to the International Criminal Court. 585 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 2: Neither is American and the International Criminal Court. There's a 586 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: real risk of it being used to go after American 587 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 2: officials and American soldiers that the same enemies of Israel 588 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 2: want to use the ICC to accuse American soldiers of 589 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 2: committing war crimes when we stand up to terrorists, and 590 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 2: and so, you know, just just a few days ago 591 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 2: in Congress, we voted on legislation to sanction the International 592 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 2: Critical Criminal Court, and I'll tell you it was really sad. 593 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 2: Every Democrat in the Senate except one except John Fetterman 594 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 2: voted no. They all voted against Israel. Amazing And to 595 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 2: be clear. 596 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: Is there going to be hell to pay politically you 597 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 1: think for this? I mean, the Democratic Party has become 598 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: really a lot of their leaders are just strited up 599 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: anti Semitic. 600 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 3: Is there going to be hell to pay for that 601 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 3: at some point? 602 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 2: Well, there hasn't been so far, and the Democrats feel 603 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 2: that there are no consequences. Chuck Schumer was among the 604 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 2: leaders who met with Debt and Yahoo and was trying 605 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 2: to give excuses for why he and all the other 606 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 2: Democrats voted against sanctioning the ICC. Today, President Trump issued 607 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 2: sanctions as president, and they were very strong sanctions. That's 608 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 2: one thing Bib was very happy about is he now 609 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,280 Speaker 2: had a president that would stand up to the International 610 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 2: Criminal Court for going after him. Look, Bib is not 611 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 2: able to travel to much of Europe because they're European 612 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 2: nations who have threatened they will arrest bebe if he 613 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:08,240 Speaker 2: steps foot on their soil. That is a profound attack 614 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 2: on the government of Israel. Think about it that there 615 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 2: are many European countries that he simply won't go to. Now, 616 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 2: let me ask a simple question to anyone listening. Trump 617 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 2: sanctioned the ICC today. Why didn't Joe Biden the ICC 618 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 2: did this under Biden's presidency. And the answer is, I 619 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 2: think the Biden administration wanted the ICC to go after 620 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 2: Benjamin Nett Yahoo. And I think we're going to see 621 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 2: facts come to light in the weeks and months ahead 622 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 2: that show some real complicity of the Biden administration for 623 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 2: the law fair attacking Israel. And that really underscores the 624 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 2: difference one election can make. And thank god we have 625 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 2: a president now who will stand up for America and 626 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 2: who will stand up and stand alongside Israel. 627 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's incredible, a great show. 628 00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: This is when I love doing this because we get 629 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: to hear things that you wouldn't hear anywhere else, So 630 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: don't forget. 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