1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review, Ben 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Ferguson with you, and here are the big stories that 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: we talked about this week that you may have missed. 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: First up, talk about liberal logic since the attack on Iran. 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Liberals are afraid of Iran's response to what Donald Trump 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: is doing, say, you can be starting World War three, 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: yet they're not afraid of Iran actually getting a nuclear weapon. 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: We'll break that down for you. Also, the DoD Secretary 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: Pete Headseth briefing doing it directly to the media, calling 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: them out to their faces on their lies about the 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: damage assessment. And finally, the big question moving forward is 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: what's next and what can happen if we screw up 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: the endgame. It's the weekend Review and it starts right now. 14 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about the liberal logic that 15 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: has been coming out of so many Democrats since this 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: attack took place. And the people who seem to be 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: obsessing over Iran's response, implying that their response is Donald 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: Trump's fault that they're going to respond are the same 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: idiots that we're not afraid of Iran getting a nuclear weapon. 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: Can you explain that liberal logic. 21 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: Please. Sadly, Today's Democrat party sides with every enemy of America. 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: They side on the other side. 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: Look. 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 2: JK Rowling tweeted this weekend about this person, India Willoughby. 25 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: Now I'll confess I have no idea who India Willoughby is. 26 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: But JK Rowling tweeted, India a fan of women, hating 27 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: gay hating, authoritating authoritarian regime. Color me astonished. So I 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: went and googled who is this India Willoughby person? And 29 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: it turns out, according to Wikipedia quote, she is Britain's 30 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: first transgender national television newsreader. Now pause for a second. 31 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: Ben Iran murders transgender people. They throw them off buildings. 32 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: If you are gay, they murder you. And think about 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: the mindset of a leftist who this transgender news reader 34 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: in I guess the UK is like, even though the 35 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: Iyahtola wants to murder me, I stand with the Ayatola 36 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 2: rather than America. That is how messed up leftists are 37 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 2: right now, They're like, oh, homicidal theocratic women are pressing gay, murdering, torturing, 38 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 2: genocidal lunatics. Those are my people. 39 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense to me and then you 40 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: go back to also the quotes that people have been posting, 41 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: and I think it's really important that history reflect. You 42 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: go back to Bill Clinton, Senator, and he said that 43 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: Iran couldn't get a nuclear weapon. Hillary Clinton when she 44 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: was a senator, Secretary of State and running for president, 45 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: said Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon. Barack Obama said 46 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: that he cannot get a nuclear weapon. You had Joe 47 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: Biden that said they couldn't get anclear weapon, and then 48 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: they're at sixty plus percent and Donald Trump stops him, 49 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: and then all of the lefts like, you can't do that. 50 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: You're gonna start World War three. This is somehow your fault. 51 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: You're the aggressor. 52 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: And understand the reason we are here is because of 53 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 2: Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Barack Obama negotiated the disastrous 54 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 2: Iran nuclear deal that flooded billions and billions of dollars 55 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: into Iran. Listen, remember Obama literally flew one point seven 56 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 2: billion dollars of cash unmarked bills on a palette to 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: deliver to the Iyahtola. That agreement set the stage for 58 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: Iran to get nuclear weapons. Donald Trump, when he came 59 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: in as. 60 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: President for a second, and just now, in hindsight, what 61 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: really was that deal? Was that dal a, Hey, I 62 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: don't want to have to deal with you guys, so 63 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: let's just you kind of play nice for me and 64 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: then I'll kick the can down the road to another administration. Like, 65 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: in hindsight, what was that? Why did we do that deal? 66 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: It was rat ideology. You know, when Barack Obama first 67 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: became president, he went and gave a speech at the 68 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: University of Cairo in Egypt, and in that speech he 69 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: said Iran has a right and he used the word right, 70 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 2: a right to nuclear technology. Now that is nutty. That is, 71 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 2: I'm familiar with the right to the pursuit of happiness. 72 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 2: I'm not familiar with a right to possess thermonuclear weapons. 73 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, I think Barack 74 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: Obama and his entire team came in with an ideological 75 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: view that America's role in the world is fundamentally illegitimate, 76 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: that we are colonial oppressors. Look, as you know, my 77 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: last book was Unwoke, How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America. 78 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 2: These are the cultural Marxists. They view America as illegitimate 79 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: and therefore they viewed that we have no business, we 80 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 2: have no right stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Listen, 81 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 2: the Obama Ran nuclear deal would inevitably lead to I 82 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 2: Ran with nuclear weapon. And these guys are not idiots. 83 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: They knew that. They're fine with that outcome because they 84 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: believe America has no right to prevent it. My view is, 85 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 2: yes we do. If you've got a lunatic who's sang 86 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: death to America and we have the power to stop 87 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 2: him from getting nuclear weapons, we will use that power 88 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: because the commander in chief is not going to fail 89 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 2: to protect America. And I got to say, by the way, 90 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: the useful idiots across the globe a you've got the 91 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: Democrats today who are all chirping about how dare you 92 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: act to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. We 93 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: also had the Secretary of the United Nations, Antonio Guterras, 94 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: who put out a statement I'm going to read it 95 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 2: to you quote. I am gravely alarmed by the use 96 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: of force by the United States against Iran today. This 97 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 2: is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the 98 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 2: edge and a direct threat to international peace and security. 99 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly 100 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: get out of control, with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, 101 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: and the world. I call on member states to de 102 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 2: escalate and to uphold their obligations under the UN Charter 103 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: and other rules of international law. At this perilous hour, 104 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: it is critical to avoid a spiral of chaos. There 105 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: is no military solution. The only path forward is diplomacy. 106 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: The only hope is peace. What a blithering idiot. I'll 107 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 2: tell you what I tweeted today. I tweeted, of course, 108 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: the UN sides with Iran clown face emoji clown face, 109 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 2: emoji clown face emergent. The only thing they couldn't decide 110 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 2: is which chant they agree with more strongly, quote death 111 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 2: to Israel or quote death to America. And then I 112 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,799 Speaker 2: asked a simple question, Remind me again why we're paying 113 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 2: their bills. 114 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: It's a fair question. And you've got to wonder what's 115 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: the even point of being involved that if this is 116 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: how insane they actually are, so what's move? 117 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 2: But by the way, Ben I also so observed, I 118 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 2: think Tehran would make a lovely UN headquarters, just located 119 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: right there. Maybe on the smoldering ashes of FDA, we 120 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: can put put the UN there, and they can all 121 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: get together with their anti Israel hate and their anti 122 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: American hate, and they can sit there and glow radioactive 123 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 2: while they talk about developing developing nuclear weapons to bomb America. 124 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: At least it would be intellectually honest, like where's the UN. 125 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: It's in Tehran. Okay, that makes sense. 126 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: Look, that's who they This should not be complicated Iran, Like, 127 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: let me ask you, Ben, seriously, put yourself in the 128 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: head of the UN Secretary General. How do you look 129 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: at this and say where do I stand? I know 130 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 2: with Iran, Like what thought pressis goes through your brain? 131 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, what's the upside of doing that? And why? And 132 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: especially if you know what Iran just did and how 133 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: many terrorist organizations they've supported that are just beyond I 134 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: mean factually accurate hamas HESBLA, and the UN's like we 135 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: got you, We're going to cover for you. Don't worry, 136 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: we got your back. It is and that's the reason 137 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: why I think it delegitimizes the United Nations to the 138 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: point where I just roll my eyes at them. Now 139 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: I don't pay attention to what they say. Final question, 140 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: and this is what is next. It's very clear. There's 141 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: a warning from this present don't screw with us moving forward. 142 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: If Iran is dumb enough to retaliate against Americans in 143 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: the Middle East, maybe even shutting down the Strait of 144 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: Horn Moves, what is the presence obligation moving forward on that. 145 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 2: Well, one of the consequences of the bombing run is 146 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: the parliament in Iran did vote to shut down the 147 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: Straits of her Moves. Now, the Parliament's not the decision 148 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: maker at the end of the day, the Iatola is 149 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: the decision maker. So it's not clear if Iran is 150 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: going to do so or not. If it did so, 151 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 2: it would impact America, but it would impact China even more. 152 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: Roughly half of the oil that China uses travels through 153 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 2: the Straits of hor Moos. A very small percentage of 154 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 2: American oil travels through there. But that being said, if 155 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 2: the Straits of our Moves were shut down, it would 156 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 2: impact Americas because it would drive up global oil prices, 157 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 2: it would drive up gasoline prices at home, and that 158 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 2: would impact Americans. I hope that doesn't happen. I think 159 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: if they try to shut down those major trade routes 160 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 2: and commerce fruits, I think we will see, we will 161 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 2: see force to open them up because Iran does not 162 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 2: have the right to shut down the ability of America 163 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: and the rest of the world to engage in trade 164 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 2: and commerce. That is a possible escalation. I think the 165 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: most likely escalation is going to be continued a tax 166 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 2: on civilians in Israel, because at the end of the day, 167 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 2: I think the Iotola and the Mullahs they hate the 168 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 2: Jewish people, and murdering innocent civilians is something that they 169 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 2: believe in. I worry, as I said, about the risk 170 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 2: of terrorist attacks as well. I think those are, sadly 171 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: the two most likely the people of Israel. I know 172 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: the government of Israel that the Iron Dome, they're working 173 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 2: hard to protect their civilians. America is assisting in that, 174 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: and here at home, law enforcement and Homeland Security in 175 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 2: the Department of Justice are all working hard to intercept 176 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 2: and stop any terrorist attack before it occurs. But understand, 177 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 2: these are dangerous times. But they're dangerous times because we 178 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 2: have enemies that wish to do harm to America. And 179 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: that's why the responsibility that the President has is so 180 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 2: grave and serious. And I will say, listening to President 181 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: Trump speaks Saturday night, I think there are times where 182 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 2: the weight of the job really falls on his shoulders 183 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 2: and he feels it, and I think Saturday night was 184 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 2: one of them, because it was an incredibly consequential moment 185 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 2: in our nation's history, and a very positive moment of 186 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 2: the President standing up and saying, my first responsibility is 187 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 2: to defend America, and I will not shirk for that responsibility. 188 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,239 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 189 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 190 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two, Senator, 191 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: I want to play for everybody Pete Headseth at the 192 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: Pentagon briefing about how effective this attack actually was and 193 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: saying it directly to the media's phase. Take a listen be. 194 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 4: Some of the assessments that have been provided, because whether 195 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 4: it's fake news, CNN, MSNBC or The New York Times, 196 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 4: there's been fawning coverage of a preliminary assessment. 197 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 3: I've had a chance to read it. 198 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 4: Every outlet has breathlessly reported on a preliminary assessment from 199 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 4: DA I'm looking at it right now again. It was 200 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 4: preliminary a day and a half after the actual strike, 201 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 4: when it admits itself in writing that it requires weeks 202 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 4: to accumulate the necessary data to make such an assessment's preliminary. 203 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 4: It points out that it's not been coordinated with the 204 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:06,599 Speaker 4: intelligence community at all. There's low confidence in this particular reports, 205 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 4: it says in the report. 206 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 3: There are gaps in the information. It says in the report. 207 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 4: Multiple lynchpin assumptions are what this assessment a lynchpin assumption? 208 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 3: You know what that is. 209 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 4: It means your entire premis is predicated on a lynch pin. 210 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 3: If you're wrong, everything else is wrong. 211 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 4: And yet still this report acknowledges it's likely severe damage. 212 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 3: Again, this is preliminary, but. 213 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 4: Leaked because someone had an agenda to try to muddy 214 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: the waters and make it look like this historic strike 215 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 4: I wasn't successful. I'm gonna get to the chairman in 216 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: a moment, because he's going to lay out the particulars 217 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 4: for you based on his professional military experience. But here's 218 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 4: what other folks are saying. THEDIA that put that report 219 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 4: out says that this is a preliminary, low confidence report 220 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 4: and will continue to be refined as additional intelligence becomes available. 221 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 4: How about the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, The devastating US 222 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 4: strikes on four doh destroyed the site's critical infrastructure and 223 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 4: rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. Have any of these quotes 224 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 4: made their way into the New York Times or The 225 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 4: Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, any of these quotes? How about 226 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:15,839 Speaker 4: this one? This is a new one from the UN. 227 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,079 Speaker 4: The United Nations no friend of the United States or 228 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 4: certainly Israel often. Here's the head of the UN Atomic 229 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 4: Energy Agency this morning, Raphael Grossi. US and Israeli strikes 230 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 4: caused enormous damage to Iran's nuclear sites. 231 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 3: Don't take my word for it. 232 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 4: How about the IDF's chief of staff. I can say 233 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 4: here that the assessment is that we significantly damaged the 234 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 4: nuclear program, setting it back by years. 235 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 3: I repeat years. 236 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 4: The Iranian foreign minister the spokesman, our nuclear instrations have 237 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 4: been badly damaged, that's for sure. 238 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 3: I'm sure that's an understatement. 239 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,719 Speaker 4: John Radcliffe, the director of the CIA, putting out a 240 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 4: statement just last night, CIA confirmed that a body of 241 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 4: credible intelligence indicates Iran's nuclear program has been severely damaged 242 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 4: by recent targeted stripes. 243 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 3: This includes new intelligence from. 244 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 4: A historically reliable very different than preliminary assessment with low confidence. 245 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 3: He's saying historically. 246 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 4: Reliable and accurate source and method that several key Iranian 247 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 4: nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt 248 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 4: over the course of years. 249 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: You listen to all of that data, and I love 250 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: how he laid it out. He's not just saying this 251 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: is from our administration, this is from people that hate us, 252 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: this from the UN, this is from ran Like, how 253 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: the hell did you guys go with this report when 254 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: it's so aw from reality. 255 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: Look, I think the evidence is indisputable and it's worth noting, 256 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 2: he said. The Secretary of Defense said in that press 257 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 2: conference that the Iranian nuclear weapons program has set been 258 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 2: set back years. I can tell you I spent an 259 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 2: hour and a half in a classified briefing. I can't 260 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 2: tell you what was in that briefing, but we heard 261 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 2: nothing that was inconsistent with what the Secretary of Defense 262 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 2: said in that press conference, which is that this military 263 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 2: attack set Iran's nuclear program back years. It was incredibly effective, 264 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 2: and so that is caused for celebration, which is why 265 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 2: the Democrats don't want people to know about it. The 266 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 2: media don't want people to know about it. But I 267 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: have to say I mentioned at the outside of this program, 268 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 2: we we're going to discuss what happened, but every bit 269 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 2: is importantly We're going to discuss what's going to happen next. 270 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 2: And listen, it's one thing to talk about where the 271 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 2: puck is today, but you've got to look at where 272 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 2: the puck is going to be tomorrow and where the 273 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: puck is going to be tomorrow. There was a CNN 274 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 2: report that came out this week that said, quote, the 275 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: Trump admin is considering offering I ran a series of 276 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 2: may your benefits to bring it back to the negotiating table. 277 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 2: According to the report, Washington is considering helping Iran establish 278 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: a nuclear program for the purpose of producing civilian energy 279 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 2: at a cost of about thirty billion dollars, easing sanctions 280 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: and unfreezing billions of frozen Iranian dollars. And I will 281 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: tell you within the Trump administration right now, there is 282 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 2: a battle. There were voices within the Trump administration. These 283 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: are the voices that opposed the strike on Iran, that 284 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 2: wanted to have weakness and appeasement towards Iran, who are 285 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 2: now saying, well, after the strike, after victory, we should 286 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 2: flow billions of dollars to Iran. We should let them 287 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 2: sell oil, let them sell oil to China. We should 288 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 2: let them make billions. And I got to tell you 289 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 2: this is the same failed approach of Barack Obama and 290 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 2: Joe Biden. We should, under no circumstances allow the Ayahtola, 291 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 2: who chanced death to America, who has been actively trying 292 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 2: to murder President Trump. We should not let him win 293 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 2: a windfall and get billions of dollars to use to 294 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 2: wage war against America. 295 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: How did we even get to this point where this 296 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: was a real possibility. Where is this coming from? Because 297 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: it is shocking. Like you said, you don't want to 298 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: do the same thing. There was a failure with the 299 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 1: last administrations where they're like, hey, here's billions of dollars, 300 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: we'll put it on a plane, and here's a bunch 301 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: of American money. You have a great day. 302 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 2: Listen their voices in the Republican Party who have decided 303 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 2: to embrace isolationism, who has decided to say we should 304 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: withdraw from the world. You and I talked previously on 305 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 2: this podcast about the interview I did with Tucker Carlson. 306 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 2: I knew what that was going to be I knew 307 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 2: when I accepted that interview that Tucker was coming after me, 308 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 2: that he was going to do everything he can to 309 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 2: blast me, And he and I spent two hours. It 310 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 2: was a it was a bloodbath. We were pounding the 311 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: hell out of each other. But every single thing Tucker 312 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 2: said about Iran and Israel proved wrong. Tucker said publicly, 313 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 2: if America strikes Iran, we would be dragged into World 314 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 2: War three. Thousands of Americans would be killed, and in 315 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 2: World War three we would lose. Now, Ben, that wasn't 316 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 2: slightly wrong, It wasn't a little bit wrong. It was 317 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 2: totally catastrophically utterly false. Tucker also argued with me at 318 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: great length, it's not true that Iran is trying to 319 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 2: murder Donald J. Trump. Well, you know, it's one thing 320 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 2: if you're a talk show host and you can just 321 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: kind of yell into the microphone and ignore facts. But 322 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 2: facts matter, The truth matters. It is an objective fact 323 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 2: that Iran has been trying to murder Donald J. Trump 324 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 2: has been trying to murder him for several years. And 325 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 2: I pointed this out in the interview. I put it 326 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 2: out afterwards. I put out the yield indictment from the 327 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 2: Department of Justice indicting Iranian hitmen who were here in 328 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 2: the United States trying to murder Donald J. Trump. I 329 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 2: put out video of President Trump talking about the Iranians 330 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 2: trying to murder him. I put out video of senior 331 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: Iranian leaders talking about their intention to murder Donald Trump. 332 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 2: I put out a video that the IRGC put out 333 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,959 Speaker 2: an animated video of an Iranian drone murdering Donald Trump 334 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 2: on the golf course at mar A Lago. And it 335 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 2: is an objective fact. And this is where again the 336 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 2: sort of isolationist rhetoric is weird, because when I said 337 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: that Iran was trying to murder President Trump, and Tucker said, 338 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 2: I've never heard that, and then he did his kind 339 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 2: of weird, high pitched cackle. He then came back with 340 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 2: this bizarre statement, Well, if that were true, that Iran 341 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 2: were trying to murder Donald J. Trump, well then we 342 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 2: should attack them immediately, we should nuke them. And I 343 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 2: got say, I kind of wondered if if like Tucker 344 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 2: Carlson's old neo Kon. To be clear, Tucker carl said 345 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 2: was someone who during the Iraq War, was a cheerleader 346 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 2: for the Iraq War. He basically put on a short 347 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 2: skirt and pom poms. I think the Iraq War was 348 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 2: a mistake. I've been vocal about that for years. Tucker 349 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 2: cheered it on. It is loopy, It is fruit loops 350 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 2: to say you should nuk Iran because they're doing that. No, 351 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: the right thing to do is what President Trump did, 352 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 2: which is take out their nuclear weapons capability. And I 353 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 2: got to say Tucker's voice and their allies of Tucker 354 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 2: in the administration who were desperately trying to convince the president, 355 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: do not attack Iran, do not take out their nuclear 356 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 2: weapons capability, do not support it Israel, abandon Israel. They 357 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 2: were wrong, and they lost this battle. But the second iteration, 358 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 2: and this is coming is there. They're now saying, Okay, 359 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 2: that you've won, give the Iatola billions of dollars because 360 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 2: it works out really well. When you give billions of 361 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 2: dollars to a theocratic lunatic who says they want to 362 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 2: murder you and is still actively trying to murder you, 363 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 2: that is incredibly foolish. And so I'm merging the president, 364 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 2: don't listen to those voices. They were wrong before and 365 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: they're wrong now. Do not send billions of dollars to 366 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 2: the Iatola as before. 367 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 368 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: on this topic, you can go back and now the 369 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 370 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: I want to get back to the big story number 371 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: three of the week. You may have missed where things 372 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: are going now and how we could screw up the 373 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 1: in game here with a ran with some in this 374 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: country saying well, maybe we should appeased them a little bit, 375 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: doesn't make a lot of sense. Yet that's where we are. 376 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: Consider you had this to say on Haydi's show about 377 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 1: as well. 378 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 2: Say something else, Sean. There are voices in the administration 379 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 2: now that the president has scored an historic victory, who 380 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: are urging, let's cut a deal. Let's let Iran sell oils, 381 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 2: let's lift all the sanction, Let's make this a victory 382 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 2: for the Iyatola. Understand this Iatola still hates America, a 383 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 2: chance death to America, and he's been trying to murder 384 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 2: Donald Trump, and so it would be a catastrophic mistake 385 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 2: to flood billions of dollars into Iran. 386 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 5: I agree with you. What if they use a proxy 387 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 5: to attack Israel. Does that end the ceasefire? Because I 388 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 5: would imagine that's plant that's the next plan real quick. 389 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 4: You know. 390 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 2: I will tell you one of the best indications of 391 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 2: how successful this attack was. Within hours, Iran was rushing 392 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 2: to have a ceasefire. That's because they are utterly decimated 393 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 2: and weakened, and that's why they wanted to cease fire. 394 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 2: But don't think for a minute they suddenly love America 395 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 2: or love Israel. They still hate us. They are still 396 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: our enemy, but we use taking away their ability to 397 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 2: murder Americans. 398 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,239 Speaker 5: If they use a proxy to attack Israel, are they 399 00:22:58,280 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 5: to blame? 400 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 2: Of course they are the proxies. Hesbel and Hamas work 401 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: for Iran. They pay for them, and they control them. 402 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 5: All right, Senator Ted Cruz, we always appreciate your time, Sentator. 403 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: Thanks strong clothes their centator. And that's it's the truth. 404 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: This is what people are trying to do now. 405 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: It absolutely is. And I'll tell you one point that 406 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 2: I made on Hannity that I think is powerful. We 407 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 2: started this show by talking about how the Democrats in 408 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 2: the media are trying to claim the attack was not effective. 409 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 2: If that were true, why did Iran immediately want a 410 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 2: cease fire. Look, Iran has been at war with Israel 411 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 2: for years. They had been lobbing missiles. They had been 412 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 2: funding Hamas and Hesbela. Understand Hamas more than ninety percent 413 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 2: of Hamas's budget comes from Iran. Hesbela more than ninety 414 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 2: percent of Hesbela's budget comes from Iran. Iran, when the 415 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 2: Iatola chance death to America and death to Israel, he 416 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 2: means it. They have spent millions of millionions of dollars. 417 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 2: They have killed thousands of American servicemen and women. They 418 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 2: have been the leading state sponsor of terrorism for decades. 419 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 2: And after this, look, Iran has had a really rough year. 420 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 2: October seventh. They funded October seventh and since October seventh, 421 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 2: Hamas has been utterly decimated. Hesbela has been utterly decimated. 422 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: But shar Asad, who was their puppet leader in Syria, 423 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: he has fallen. The Huthis who they were funding, who 424 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: were attacking American ships and shipping through the Suez Canal, 425 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: they are badly degraded. And now Iran, when they were 426 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 2: on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. Look, if you're 427 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 2: the Ayatola and you're weak and you're collapsing. Getting a 428 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 2: nuclear weapon is you're hail Mary. It's the one chance 429 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 2: to say, Okay, we're relevant, we're strong. And then Israel 430 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 2: devastatingly takes out their military capability, their air defenses. The 431 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 2: entire course of this war, the Twelve Day War, Iran 432 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 2: had no control over their air defenses. Israel had totally superiority. 433 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 2: And then the United States when we went in and 434 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 2: did our bombing run, Iran could not defend themselves. And 435 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 2: then America comes in. I think Iran believed they could talk, talk, 436 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 2: talk and avoid any real consequences. I think they felt 437 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 2: that Forida was deep enough under a mountain there was 438 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,959 Speaker 2: nothing they could do about it, and that America would 439 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 2: never use bunker buster bombs against him. And by the way, 440 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 2: Joe Biden never would have. The Democrats never would have. 441 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 2: But Donald J. Trump, he's not an isolationist, he's not weak, 442 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 2: he's not interested in a prolonged war. Note, we did 443 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 2: not invade Iran, we did not send boots on the ground. 444 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 2: We're not going there trying to turn them into a 445 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 2: democratic utopia. We're not trying to turn them into Switzerland. 446 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 2: The objective of the mission was very, very focused. It 447 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 2: was to stop Iran from having nuclear weapons capability. And 448 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 2: by the way, Ben, the reason I went on Tucker 449 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 2: Carlson just a week ago was to make clear that 450 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 2: President Trump is right and Tucker Carlson was wrong. And 451 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 2: I think I was unhappy with Tucker because he's been 452 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 2: attacking President Trump. He said that President Trump was complicit 453 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 2: in the attack on Iran. He claimed amazingly enough, that 454 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 2: Donald Trump was not America first, that if you attack Iran, 455 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 2: you're not America first. And President Trump quite rightly came 456 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 2: back and said, look, I invented the damn term, and 457 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 2: what I say is what America first is. And he 458 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: said to Tucker, he said, look, if you want i 459 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 2: Ran to have a nuclear weapon, that ain't America first, 460 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 2: because these lunatics want to kill us. President Trump is 461 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 2: exactly right, and this has been I'll tell you. I 462 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: texted him this week and I told him, mister President, 463 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 2: this past week has been the single finest leadership you 464 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 2: have had the entire time, and I'm incredibly proud of 465 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 2: the job you're doing, his commander in chief. 466 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: You know, one of the comparing contrasts that you talk 467 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: about with these this administration in the past was brought 468 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 1: up at the White House Press briefing room. Carolyn Levitt, 469 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: I think did a great job of explaining the difference, 470 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: very much like you just described it. And here's what 471 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: she said to the press about the real story here. 472 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 6: Gani and regime was weeks away from being able to 473 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 6: produce a nuclear weapon that would threaten the entire world 474 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 6: before President Trump took this decisive action on Saturday night 475 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 6: to obliterate their nuclear capabilities. The contrast and leadership could 476 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 6: not be more clear. Barack Obama and Joe Biden sent 477 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 6: palettes of cash American taxpayer dollars in a failed attempt 478 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 6: to buy the Iranian regime's compliance with a weak and 479 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 6: ineffective deal. President Trump sent a fleet of American warplanes 480 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 6: to destroy Ouran's ability to produce a nuclear weapon. The 481 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 6: United States and the entire world are safer because of 482 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 6: this President's decisiveness. Despite agenda driven leaks by the fake 483 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 6: news media aimed at undermining this incredible accomplishment achieved by 484 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 6: President Trump and our brave fighter pilots, there is broad 485 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 6: consensus emerging already that Iran's nuclear capabilities were indeed destroyed. 486 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 6: The United States, Israel, the United Nations, and even Iran 487 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 6: all agree they can no longer build a nuclear weapon. 488 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 6: So what did the president? Why did the president immediately 489 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 6: turn to obliterating after the Iranian nuclear threat? Securing peace? 490 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 6: Within forty eight hours of the devastating strike, President Trump 491 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 6: and his team broke her to historic ceasefire between Israel 492 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 6: and Iran and officially ended the twelve day war. The 493 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 6: Middle East is now shifting away from chaos and bloodshed 494 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 6: and moving toward the beginning stages of a new era 495 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 6: of peace and stability that President Trump has long called 496 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 6: on them to achieve. This was unthinkable at this time 497 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 6: last week. And this is what peace through strength looks like. 498 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just laying it out right to their faces, right. 499 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: This is what the President said, this is what he believed, 500 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: this is what he was gonna do. We're not back down. 501 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: And she also said something else that also the dard 502 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: said several different ways, how dare you not just give 503 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: some accolades the men and women that risk their lives 504 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: to pull this off and did it flawlessly? 505 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: Look? 506 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 2: Peace through strength is exactly what this is. And the 507 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 2: Left that they have a bizarre view that weakness and 508 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 2: appeasement somehow avoids war. Listen, if you look through history, 509 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 2: the opposite is true. Weakness and appeasement encourages our enemies. 510 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 2: They engage in more hostilities, you get more war. I 511 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 2: have joked, but there is a reason nobody goes and 512 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 2: studies at the Neville Chamberlain School of Foreign Affairs. Appeasement 513 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 2: doesn't work. Donald J. Trump is a strong commander in 514 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 2: chief just like Ronald Reagan was. And I'll tell you 515 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 2: your family and my family, all of our families are 516 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 2: safer because President Trump act decisively to take out Iran's 517 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 2: nuclear weapons capability. 518 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Center 519 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 520 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: with my podcast and you can listen to my podcasts 521 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 522 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to 523 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson podcasts, 524 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.