WEBVTT - Iran Threatens Escalation plus China’s Education Infiltration 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:03.520 Well, because they've shown that they are willing to take 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.519 the pain. It's the people of Iran who are suffering, 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:08.879 and that these old guards they're just like, fine, bring 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:10.680 it on. And then they said we're going to go 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.000 on offense. It's like cold with what I think right now, 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:16.880 it wouldn't hurt them to declare communications bankruptcy. Bring in 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.919 the pool that's like a representative of several different types 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.239 of reporters that are assembled every day, so it's a 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.439 random selection. Sit them down with the Secretary of War, 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.440 the Secretary of State, the National Security Advisor, maybe even 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.240 John Ratcliffe at the CIA if they're willing and say 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.120 here's where we are, and answer every question until they're 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.680 done and start fresh, because I think that they do 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:37.960 need a communications reset. 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:42.600 You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:43.000 Good Tuesday morning. 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:44.680 So nice to have you with us in the forty 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.800 seven Morning Update, and we've got two big stories for you. 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.239 First up, Iran is now threatening all out war on 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.680 US interests in the Middle East. Why because they believe 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:58.240 the politics of this play their advantage before the midterm elections. 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:01.200 So what does President Trump doing in response? We have 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:01.920 that for you. 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:07.119 Also a shocking new exchange program. The Chinese Communist Party 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:12.400 is working with dozens and dozens of schools and universities 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:17.960 across more than thirty states to work with Chinese communist propaganda. 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.520 We expose it all. It's the forty seven Morning Update 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:22.800 and it starts. 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.240 Right now, story number one. It's time I. 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.160 Give you a quick update on what's going on in Iran, 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.000 and it seems that things are changing. It looks like 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.800 we're now moving into a much more dangerous phase of 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:37.000 the war with Iran, not because of the US, because 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:41.520 of Iran, and as we are seventy seven days away 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:45.759 from the midterms. The timing of this matter is because well, 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.480 now Iran knows they can probably keep this going long 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:53.160 enough they believe to hurt President Donald Trump. Iran for 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.840 the first time is publicly saying consistently now that they 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:03.560 are threatening for escalation. Reuters reported today that Tehran is 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:07.640 warning that it could move to a fully offensive military 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:11.320 posture as diplomacy with the United States has stalled out. 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.360 The Iranian officials are threatening escalation in the Strait of 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:18.480 Hormuz and potentially beyond it as well. Now that is 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:22.799 an extraordinary threat because this isn't happening in a vacuum. 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.880 The United States and Iran have already been locked in 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.120 this conflict for months. The Strait of Hormuves remains the 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:33.280 center of the confrontation, and Iran has previously warned that 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:37.880 another major American attack could trigger retaliation, they say, against 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:42.840 US assets and critical energy infrastructure throughout the Gulf region. 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.080 In other words, they're saying, we're going to hold you hostage. 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.400 And then comes the political escalation. Retired General Jack Keene 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:56.760 is now warning that with America's midterm elections approaching, the 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:01.160 Iranians have an incentive to increase the relatility and violence 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:05.120 because they understand that a prolonged conflict can create political 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:10.160 pressure inside the United States of America ahead of election day. Now, 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.960 if you think about that strategy, Iran doesn't necessarily have 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.799 to defeat the United States militarily. All they got to 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.040 do is try to make the political and economic price 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.280 of the war painful. Now, this can also mean more 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:25.040 missile attacks, more drone attacks, more attacks on American forces 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:29.200 or American allies, and ultimately that means more instability around 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.720 the strait of war moves, and that means putting pressure 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.120 on the global energy markets. Now, I want you to 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.800 hear what General Jack Keane, former Army Vice Chief of 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.440 Staff said about all this on Fox. 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.520 I have been saying, and I think the Wall Street 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:49.240 Journal has picked up on it from their sources, that 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:54.200 the Iranians, likely given the midterm elections are coming, will 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.200 increase the volatility and violence in the area to demonstrate 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.480 to the American people that the management of the war 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.720 is not going good. Because where are the Iranians coming from? 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:05.000 Here? 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.800 They pay huge attention to what happens in the United 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.720 States and our political will, and they want to affect 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:15.120 those elections. They don't want President Trump and the Republicans 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.320 to maintain the control politically that they have. They would 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:21.200 like to see the Democrats get some level of control 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.240 over I hate to get involved in politics, but I'm 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.160 talking about where the Iranians are coming from, not where 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:31.520 I'm coming from, and that's what's on their mind here. So, yes, 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.320 when you hear phrases like this, we're going on offense one, 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.240 that's a threat, and a lot of their threats are hollow. 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.840 But I do think there is some substance to it. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.599 For the reasons I just stated, so it's likely we 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:49.760 may see something here going forward. Now, Iranians, they miscalculate 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.800 time and time again and not understanding who our president is. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.960 Remember first and forty seven years to ever confront them militarily. 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.560 And two, if they pushing that direct, I suspect the 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.760 President will come down very very strong on them once 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:09.479 and for all. So we'll see where we are here. 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.640 We're in an economic phase. That's the decision we've made. 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.240 But the president has lots of options that he can 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:20.560 go to in terms of military action when and if needed. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.680 That's the reality of it in the sense, the ball 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:25.360 is a little bit in an Iron's court to see 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:26.280 what they're going to do here. 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:30.640 Now, the Iranian regime clearly understands something very basic about 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:35.000 American politics. Wars become political issues when Americans start feeling 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:38.560 their consequences at home. And Iran itself, by the way, 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:42.839 is under enormous pressure. Reuter's reports of the Iranian economy 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.920 has been battered by this war, disrupted exports and imports, 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.560 and inflation, unemployment and rising prices, and the people on 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:54.560 the ground are getting extremely anxious. Iran's leaders are reportedly 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:58.920 worried that additional American economic pressure can reduce another wave, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:04.200 they say of domestic unrests where they killed countless in 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:09.800 the Sennraneans recently. Now, Teyron may believe escalation gives it leverage, 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:13.560 but that strategy also carries an enormous risk because you're 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.880 dealing with Donald Trump, and what Donald Trump has made 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:18.960 clear is he's not going to be afraid to attack 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:21.600 if he needs to. He also has made it clear 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.960 that countries like Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Israel, and 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:29.599 American military installations across the region, well, they're ready to 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.600 go on offense if they need to. You heard that 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.960 from General Jack Keene. So the bottom line this morning 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.719 is this Iran appears to understand that the American political 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.400 calendar is approaching a critical moment, and they believe that 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:48.560 increasing violence can increase economic anxiety and political pressure on 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:53.000 Trump before November. Now, they may decide escalations worth that gamble, 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:58.480 but it could also be a catastrophic miscalculation because if 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.560 you try to manipulate America and politics through attacks on 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:07.000 American troops or allies, that could produce exactly the opposite 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:11.800 response and turn an already dangerous war into a far 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:16.960 larger regional confrontation. And by the way, if Americans could attack, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:21.880 the data overwhelmingly shows that Americans want our military to 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.480 fight back. Next story number two, I want to talk 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.800 about a big and important issue in a new report 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.880 that has come out, a sweeping report that has uncovered 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:37.840 the scope of the Chinese Communist Party and their Chinese 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:42.760 back exchange program that is inside of America and our schools. 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.840 Right now, we have now learned through this report that 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:52.640 at least eighty three universities and twenty six k through 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:58.120 twelve schools across thirty states are actively participating in Beijing's 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:04.720 Young Envoys scholarship. Now dozens of these American schools, high schools, 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.920 middle schools, and actually elementary schools are taking part in 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.280 the program that was launched by the Chinese President Ggping. 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.960 It is also run by an agency dedicated to promoting 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:22.560 Marxism and Leninism. And this new report published should have 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:26.920 been out there years ago, and it should have happened 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.840 by the government saying no, and the school district saying no, 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.920 and the school administrator is saying no, We're not going 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:37.280 to work with the Chinese Communist Party no matter how 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:42.239 much money they want to give us with a Marxist 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:48.679 Leninist propaganda machine. Now, we don't know how many other 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.480 schools are out there yet that are no one the lists. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.720 What we do know is we found at least eighty 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:56.200 three universities and twenty six of these k through twelve 0:08:56.280 --> 0:09:01.000 schools and thirty states that are involved in this. Now 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:05.560 they sell this as a simple exchange program. The problem 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.760 is the exchange program is literally with the Chinese Communist 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:12.480 Party and they say it's designed and improve relations with 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:13.200 the United States. 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.360 According to the report, critics. 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.439 Are now saying no, no, no, no, that is not what 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:24.040 this is at all. This Chinese exchange program serves, they say, 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:28.080 as a political function, and that allows the CCP to 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:34.439 curate manicured experiences to unduly sway American perceptions of China. 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:39.720 In other words, it's a Chinese Communist Party propaganda machine. Now, 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:45.840 the program's reach also underscores how Beijing uses the disguise 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:51.679 of this educational opportunity slash exchange to build influence not 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:56.439 only with American students, but even US officials. And they 0:09:56.559 --> 0:10:02.040 count among this program's basically connections even yeah, you guessed it, 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.640 former presidents of the United States of America. One of them, 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:11.600 Joe Biden. You look at the CCP's efforts to shape 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.040 not only the public opinion of them, but to also 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:18.599 gain footholds in our institutions so they can then indoctrinate 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.320 American kids to not only hate America, but also to 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.560 think that China is not bad at all, and that 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.920 China is great, and that China should be well respected, 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.760 and the human rights and every other concerns out there 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:36.920 really don't matter, and you're overblowing them if you're an American, 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.319 because we're telling you the CCP is just a normal, 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:41.160 great country. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:42.320 They do nothing wrong. 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:46.240 They don't have child labor camps, they don't have and 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:50.839 injured servants slaves by the millions in China, by the way, 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:51.600 that's a fact. 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.240 And they want you to just believe that everything's awesome. Now. 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:59.400 The new Defending Education Report, and that's where the statu 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.960 is coming from, is raising massive questions about what students 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:07.200 are shown in China, and because we're sending American minds 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.680 over there and then also shapes those experiences, and whether 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:15.440 schools and families fully understand the political manipulation and implication 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:20.920 of this participation quote, the Chinese Communist Party engages in 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:26.160 cognitive warfare to destroyed American perceptions of the CCP's endless 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:31.040 human rights abuses and global aggression. That is what Michael Lucy, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.320 the CEO of the national security nonprofit State Armor, said 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.120 to Fox. They are reaching deep into our education system, 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:42.760 he said, to influence American students as one of their 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.520 influence operations to try to change the way that America 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:46.880 thinks altogether. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:48.040 Period. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.520 Now, Zee established the program in twenty twenty three, his 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:57.079 aim of inviting fifty thousand young Americans to country over 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.920 five years. Why would you have such a lofty goal 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:04.559 because you're hoping to get fifty thousand Chinese communists spies 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:09.040 in essence to America to then use our education system 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:13.640 to their advantage with propaganda. Now, the Chinese Coot Education 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:18.120 Administration for International Exchange they run the program. Who are they? 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.079 I go back to what I mentioned earlier, the people 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:26.320 that are in charge running the exchange program that they 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:33.880 use Marxism and Leninism and many other radical theories to 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:40.679 help indoctrinate Chinese young people. They go through socialism and 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:45.680 the Chinese characteristics for it, and they're guided ideology and action. 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.200 Now again, this is not me saying this is in 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:53.359 there according to a translation of their actual Chinese language website. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:57.199 Now these aren't just cultural trips. They're an integral part 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:02.880 of a China broader soft power strategy aimed at infiltrating 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.280 America's classroom. Is what Reagan Dugan, the director of Defending 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:10.880 Education's Higher Education Initiatives, said as well in an interview, saying, quote, 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.600 disclosure requirements need to catch up. American students and families 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:18.480 deserve to know if their school is participating and partnering 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:22.720 with the Chinese Communist Party operation. The Chinese government maintains 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.800 that their exchange program, and of course they lie about 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:29.840 it say, are not intended to serve a political purpose. However, quote, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.079 China's committed to promoting mutual understanding and friendship between the 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:37.400 Chinese and American people, and advancing exchanges and cooperation between 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.520 the two countries and areas including they say, trade, education, 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.360 and culture. Now, why would the Chinese embassy say that 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:47.520 in DC? Because they're lying to you. China poses politicization 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:53.000 and politicizing normal people to people educational and economic exchanges. 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:57.600 Such unfounded accusations serve no constructive purpose and do not 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:02.080 contribute to the healthy development of quote China US relations. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:02.960 So let me be clear. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.880 They know from their spies how to speak American, they 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.360 know how to speak to the West, they know how 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.520 to just not take the bait here that we know 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.760 that they have set the largest spying operation in the 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:15.760 history of the world in the United States of America. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:17.160 Yes, that's China. 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.640 We know that they are beating our tails in the 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:23.080 race to AI so they can control AI, influence AI, 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.720 and then indoctrinate people that use AI to think that 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.360 places like America are not a place to be proud of. 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.280 But they're always in scanne, They're always weak. You understand 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:32.800 my point. 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:33.480 Quote. 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.640 We hope the US side will view China and bilatteral 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:40.800 relations in an objective and rational manner, provide an open, 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:45.160 fair and non discriminatory environment for exchanges and cooperation, and 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.960 work together to promote the sound and stable development of 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:49.280 China US relations. 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:53.360 To communists added, I'm going to make this very clear. 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:59.040 This is all a like exactly what you should expect 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:03.000 from the Chinese communists. They are playing us in this 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:07.600 country perfectly. They're telling you, hey, we're just students know 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:13.080 they're Chinese communists, sympathizers at best, probably full blown spies 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.520 if you're dealing with reality, and America is just so 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.800 far behind the eight ball and spying and the techniques 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:25.560 at this granular level, and China is not. What China 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.680 has decided to do here is they're going to say, hey, 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:32.800 we believe Americans are stupid, we believe that Americans learning 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:36.720 leaders are incompetent, and so we're going to have exchange 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:41.720 program to indoctrinate Americans while having spies in America. And 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.480 this is a win win for us. When you've got 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.280 eighty three universities on the take on this twenty six 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.760 k through twelve schools on the take in thirty states 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:54.360 that are participating in Beijing's propaganda, you know that we're 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:55.640 losing the battle. 0:15:56.000 --> 0:16:00.560 We're losing the war, and people should be. 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:06.120 Really, really angry about this, and they should demand You 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:10.400 should demand answers, and you should ask questions of the 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.880 university that your kids, your grands kids go to to 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:17.640 see if they are actually in this program, because if 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.160 they are, you know, your kids in a bad program, 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.240 and this is how they gain control of America. You 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.520 want to know how we got all these Marxist socialist 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:31.520 communist candidates. This is how it happens. You convince Americans 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:37.560 that somehow America is a terrible place. You convince Americans 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:41.320 that America is a place you should be angry about, 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.440 ashamed of, and you should want to destroy it from 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:47.360 within with socialism and communism and Marxism. And that is 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.160 why the Chinese Communist Party is doing exactly that. 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.520 Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.760 with Ben Ferguson. 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