1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:00,560 Speaker 1: All right. 2 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 2: For years now, Democrats have made one thing crystal clear. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: They do not just oppose Donald Trump politically. They believe 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: he represents a fundamental threat to the country itself. That's 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: part of the reason why they've said over and over 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: again that they want to put Donald Trump in prison. Well, 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: now they're running off the issue we're now being told 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: in the midterm elections. And by the way, this has 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: been years in the making. Just remember what Kamala Harris said. 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: She said that Donald Trump was an existential threat to 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: the United States of America. Joe Biden and the Democratic 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 2: Party have gone even further, describing Trump as an exidentral 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: threat to all of us and again our democracy their 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: favorite word. Now, when you think about wording existential threat, 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 2: that means, in their view, not just wrong, but dangerous 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: to the survival of the system itself. And that's true 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: when it comes to the Democratic Party. Donald Trump is 18 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 2: a threat to their system. Now, Democrats in the House, 19 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: from beneath the top leadership, they've used even more blunt words. 20 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: Alyssa Slogan warned in an official Democratic response, the democracy 21 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: is at risk if Trump's actions go unchecked. At rallies 22 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 2: across the country over the weekend, you know, the No 23 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: King's rallies. You had prominent Democrats and activists echoing the 24 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: same message, framing Trump is a danger to the republic 25 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 2: and warning about authoritarianism and threats to again their favorite 26 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 2: new word to love democracy. Well, now we're learning what 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: they actually want to do when it comes to if 28 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: they gain power back, if Democrats take the House. We 29 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: learn now from the No King's rallies in their own words, 30 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: that they are laying the groundwork for a law fare 31 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: because if Trump is quote a threat to democracy, an 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: existential threat, someone putting the system at risk, that in 33 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: their minds, aggressive investigations aren't political, they're necessary. That's what 34 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: they said over the weekend. What does that actually mean. 35 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: Number one, relentless investigations in a Donald Trump and the 36 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: people around him, his inner circle now not just oversight, 37 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 2: but their mission, they say, would be to dismantle and 38 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: politically weaken what they view as a dangerous movement, meaning 39 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: who the American people chose to be their president. The 40 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: Democrats also said over the weekend very clearly that if 41 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: they went back the House, they will expand their probes 42 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 2: into federal agencies. They say especially around quote elections, the 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 2: Department of Justice actions under Trump's leadership and executive authority, 44 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: all because Democrats have already signaled concerns about democratic norms 45 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: being undermined, even though they're the king pins of doing 46 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 2: massive amounts of executive orders when Joe Biden was president. 47 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: Now we also have to talk about who they're going 48 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 2: to target. Before I get to that, I want to 49 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: talk to you about the international Fellowship of Christians and 50 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: Jews and the help that is so desperately and the 51 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 2: help that is so desperately needed. Right now. In Israel, 52 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: a sacred season is approaching Passover, when we remember God's deliverance, 53 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 2: the night he brought his people out of bondage and 54 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 2: into freedom. This year, many of God's people will observe 55 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: in darkness under the shadow of war across Israel. Red 56 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: alert sirens pierced the air, Families run to shelters with 57 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: seconds to spare. Elderly men and women fear they'll be 58 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: left behind, and parents are comforting their frightened children as 59 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 2: explosions shake the night. Sleeplessness and uncertainty have become daily 60 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: life in Israel, and Passover reminds us that God hears 61 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: the cries of his people answers with love and compassion. 62 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 2: And that's why the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews 63 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: is on the ground in Israel right now. They're providing 64 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: food and emergency supplies, equipping bomb shelters, and caring for 65 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 2: elderly Holocaust survivors. Just as is people once cried out 66 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: for deliverance. Vulnerable Israelis need your help today with your 67 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 2: generous Passover gift. It shows you stand with God's people. 68 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: And if you are ready to stand with the people 69 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: of Israel, then stand with the IFCJ and help. You 70 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 2: can call them eight eight eight four eight eight IFCJ 71 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: that's eight eight eight four eight eight IFCJ to rush 72 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 2: your gift right now, or you can give online at 73 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: IFCJ dot org. That's IFCJ dot org. Now let's get 74 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 2: back to targeting for a moment. We have now learned 75 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: that Democrats aren't just going to target their political adversary. 76 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: They want to target corporations and anyone they believe was 77 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 2: an ally to President Donald Trump or conservatives. If they 78 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 2: believe Trump's policies threatened democracy. They now say the companies 79 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: tied to those policies will become part of their investigation. 80 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: They also want to take they say big action towards 81 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 2: big tech and AI. Their framing is protecting you from misinformation, 82 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: election interference, and the algorithm influence. But in reality they 83 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: want to go back to total control of AI and 84 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 2: social media, just like we witness under Joe Biden and 85 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: Barack Obama's time in office. You know when they were 86 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 2: sending lists of people they want to silence or shut 87 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 2: down on X, on Twitter, on Instagram, it was a 88 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: conservative hit list of anyone they wanted to silence. Now, 89 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: under the justification, of course, of combating threats to democracy, 90 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: they want social media to crack down even more on 91 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: individuals they say shouldn't have free speech and should have 92 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: their content moderated by these social media platforms. There's no 93 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 2: reason to believe, by the way, that big tech wouldn't 94 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 2: go back to exactly what they did before, going after 95 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 2: any person. The Democrat or a member of Congress or 96 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: a governor sends them that there's a conservative that is 97 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 2: getting too big or too powerful online that they want 98 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 2: a silence. 99 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: And here's the reality. 100 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 2: When Democrats say Trump is just wrong, that's politics. When 101 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:38,239 Speaker 2: they say the threat to democracy. That is something entirely different, 102 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 2: because once you cross that line, and they've crossed it, 103 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 2: you are no longer debating policy. You are now justifying 104 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 2: using government tools, government power, government legal systems to stop 105 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: someone you believe is dangerous because you don't like them. 106 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: And that's why the sixteen election was so shocking for Democrats, 107 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: how quickly they decided to weaponize the government to go 108 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: after Donald Trump, to overthrow the will of the people. 109 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: The scary part is, in twenty twenty six, ten years later, 110 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: that's exactly the same playbook Democrats are going to use 111 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: this time, because if the Democrats win, they won't just 112 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: claim a mandate to govern. We now know they'll claim 113 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: a mandate to investigate, a mandate to subpoena, a mandate 114 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 2: to go after what they've already defined is a threat 115 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 2: to the country itself. So when you step back and 116 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: look at everything we just laid out tonight, the rhetoric, 117 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 2: the warnings, the language Democrats are using, you start to 118 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 2: understand what's really at stake. This isn't just about oversight, 119 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 2: this isn't about subpoenas, and this is definitely not just 120 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: about accountability. This is about the weaponization of our government, 121 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: putting it on aeroids what they did in twenty twenty, 122 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: in twenty sixteen, And because when one party repeatedly tells 123 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: the American people that a former president and anyone that 124 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 2: supported him, anyone involved in the movement, anyone that supported 125 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: him on election day is a threat, an existential threat 126 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: to democracy, that changes the entire ballgame. That's not just 127 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 2: politics anymore. That's justification, justification for aggressive, overreaching investigations, something 128 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 2: they've already done before. It's justification for endless subpoenas, something 129 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: they've already done before in the Democratic Party towards Donald 130 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 2: Trump and anyone around him, the justification for dragging people 131 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: into hearings again, something that Democrats have already done before, 132 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 2: forcing testimony and putting targets on the backs of anyone 133 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: connected to an agenda or a person or an individual 134 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 2: they oppose. And history tells us something very important. When 135 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: politicians convince themselves they are saving democracy, they will push 136 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: the limits of power to do it. So don't think 137 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: for a second that this would be a normal return 138 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: to divide a government. I want to be clear. The 139 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 2: No King's Rally proved one thing. It's this it won't be. 140 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: It is a green light. That's what they're asking for. 141 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 2: A green light for committee chairs to launch investigations and 142 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 2: then more investigations, and then more investigations into any conservative, 143 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 2: Christian or Trump supporter. It's a green light to go 144 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 2: after every administration official. It's a greenlight to go after 145 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: private companies that donate to Donald Trump or that are 146 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 2: conservative minded. It's a green light to go after tech 147 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: leaders and force them back into submission where they will 148 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: do whatever the Democratic Party says, including silencing Americans. And 149 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: it's a green light to go after political allies of 150 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 2: the President of the United States of America. I would 151 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 2: be one of those. By the way, this screen light 152 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 2: is to dominate the headlines with one goal in mind, 153 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: stop Trump, weaken the movement, reshape the political battlefield heading 154 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 2: into the presidential elections in twenty twenty eight. And here's 155 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 2: the part that matters most for every single person listening 156 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 2: right now. This doesn't stay in Washington because when government 157 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: turns its focus towards investigations at this scale, it will 158 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 2: impact the economy. It will impact the stability of multiple businesses, 159 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: it will impact the future of innovation and the tone 160 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 2: of political speech in this country as well, because when 161 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 2: subpoenas start flying for no reason, when it's law fair, 162 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: people don't just get questioned, they get cautious, they get quiet, 163 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 2: and in some cases they get pushed out. So as 164 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: an American, the choice in twenty twenty six is actually 165 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 2: bigger than just control of the House. It's about what 166 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 2: kind of country we're going to be. Are we going 167 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: to be a country where elections settle debates or a 168 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: country where elections trigger investigations. Are we going to move 169 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 2: forward or are we going to spend years locked in 170 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 2: political trench warfare where one side uses every tool it 171 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: can to go after the other. Because the Democrats, they 172 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: made it clear over the weekend, the warning signs are here. 173 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: They told us what they're going to do. Believe them. 174 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 2: They've told you what to fear. Believe them. And if 175 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 2: they win, they've told you exactly what they're prepared to 176 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 2: do to all of us. And that's exactly why it's 177 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 2: so important that walking away from these No king rallies, 178 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 2: you understand exactly what they were calling for. Donald Trump 179 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 2: has come out talking about who he's talking to in Iran, 180 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 2: the new regime they are in place, and the President 181 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 2: also making it very clear if they do not agree 182 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 2: with the negotiations with America, we will blow up their 183 00:11:55,120 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 2: power infrastructure easily. They better make a deal. President Trump 184 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,199 Speaker 2: suggesting in a message on Monday morning that a new 185 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: and more reasonable regime has taken over Iran and is 186 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: talking with washing DC. He warned yet again he is 187 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 2: willing to obliterate Iran's energy infrastructure his exact words, if 188 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: the talks do not lead to a durable agreement. Trump 189 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: made the declaration a message on his website True Social 190 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 2: What remains of the Iranian government after the elimination of 191 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 2: the Supreme Leader has repeatedly denied Trump's claim that it 192 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: is in conversations with the American government, while also stating 193 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 2: that it has responded to America's proposals, which would be 194 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 2: impossible without a conversation. President Trump smiling through that in 195 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: a statement saying that not only is America pursuing regime 196 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: change in Iran, but the regime change has already happened, 197 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 2: saying the United States America's in serious discussions with a 198 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: new and more reasonable regime to end our military operation 199 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 2: in Iran. He followed up that comment with a threat. 200 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 2: Great progress has been made, but if for any reason 201 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, 202 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 2: and if the Hormu Strait is not immediately open for business, 203 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: we will conclude our lovely state in Iran by blowing 204 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: up and completely obliterating all of their electric generating plants, 205 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: oil wells, and cargo island, and possibly all desalization plants, 206 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 2: which we have purposely not yet touched, quote unquote. The 207 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 2: President went on to say, this will be in retribution 208 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 2: for our many soldiers and others that Iran has butchered 209 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 2: and killed over the regime's forty seven year reign of terror. 210 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: Thank you for your attention to this matter. Now, President 211 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: Trump is seriously weighing also a military operation. We're being 212 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 2: told to extract nearly one thousand pounds of highly enriched 213 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 2: uranium from Iran. And while they government has not responded 214 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 2: directly to Trump's statement at press time, the Foreign Ministry 215 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 2: spokesman confirmed on Monday that Iran had received and was 216 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 2: contemplating negotiation messages from the United States. At the same time, 217 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: that individual also dispaired the proposals as being unrealistic, illogical, 218 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 2: and excessive, but His statement nonetheless confirmed the existence of 219 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: some form of communication between individuals and power in Iran 220 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 2: and the White House, specifically Donald Trump quote, our position 221 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: is clear. We are under military aggression. Therefore, all our 222 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 2: efforts and strengths are focused on defending ourselves, according to 223 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 2: translation by the Saudi outlet there the government of also 224 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 2: Pakistan claimed last week that it was mediating talks between 225 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: America and Iran, handing Tehran a fifteen point proposal from 226 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: the White House. Trump shortly thereafter claimed that Iran quote 227 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 2: gave us most to the points, and that he would 228 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 2: be asking for a couple of other things. The president 229 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: also announced that he would not target any energy infrastructure 230 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: Iran through April the sixth, that would be Easter Sunday. 231 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 2: Talks are ongoing and despite Erronea's statements to the contrary 232 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: by the fake news media and others, they are going 233 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 2: very well. The President said, thank you for your attention 234 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: to this matter. He also claimed that Iran was begging 235 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: for a deal, contrary to the declarations in Iranian state media, 236 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 2: clearly to keep the people in Iran in line. Also 237 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 2: indicating the existence of talks and those talks actually being 238 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: very real, was the head of the International Atomic Energy 239 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 2: Agency known as the IAEA, who told Italian media on 240 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 2: Wednesday that talks about the Iran war would take place 241 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 2: in Pakistan as early as this passed weekend. Another example 242 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 2: of confirmation. Three weeks of war have left their march, 243 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 2: which caused a lot of damage affected Iran's economic, energy 244 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 2: and productive infrastructure. This will make the conversation quote a 245 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 2: little bit different now. Pakistan did host talks on the 246 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 2: Iran war this weekend, but reports indicated that neither Iran 247 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: nor the United States of America quote participated. Instead, the 248 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 2: event offered an opportunity for Pakistan to discuss the war 249 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: with officials from Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well as Egypt. Now, 250 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 2: according to the Egyptian Foreign Minister, the objective of the 251 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 2: talks is to de escalate tension and encouraging negotiating process 252 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 2: between Iran the United States of America to spare the 253 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: region comprehensive chaos. The Pakistani government also added that while 254 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 2: Iran did not directly participate, Pakistani officials had a phone 255 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 2: call with the Iranian Foreign minister to discuss Tehran's position. Now, 256 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 2: most of Iran's response to the current hostilities by the 257 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 2: United States has been to targets its neighboring country with 258 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: missi and drone attacks, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Other 259 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: countries Ariana's bond include Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Israel, Cyprus. 260 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 2: Iranian officials have claimed the strikes are intended to target 261 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: American and Israeli sites, but in reality they are targeting 262 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: a variety of civilian sites instead, including energy facilities in 263 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 2: many of the Gulf states, which brings us to a 264 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 2: one on one interview done on Good Morning America on 265 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 2: Monday morning with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. I think 266 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 2: it's incredibly important you hear what Marco had to say. 267 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 2: Take a listen to the interview. 268 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 3: Would be on mister secretary, thank you for joining us 269 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 3: this morning. Let's talk about the president's comments overnight talking 270 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 3: about taking the oil on carg Island. How would he 271 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 3: do this? Why would he do this? Won't it take 272 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 3: ground troops? 273 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 4: Well, first of all, it's important to remember the objectives 274 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 4: of this operation from the very beginning, where we were 275 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 4: going to We are destroying Iran's navy. We are destroying 276 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 4: their ability to the missile launchers by a significant percentage. 277 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 4: We're going to wipe out their defense industrial base, meaning 278 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 4: their ability to make new missiles and new drones in 279 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 4: the future, because oppose a great threat to the region. 280 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 4: This Iran that you're seeing now, this is Iran at 281 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 4: its weakest point. Imagine them two years from now if 282 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 4: they had thousands of more missiles, the thousands of more 283 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 4: missile launchers and factories to make even more. That was 284 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,719 Speaker 4: an unacceptable risk. It needed to be addressed, and President 285 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 4: Trump is addressing it now. They are making threats about 286 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 4: controlling the Horrmue Straits and perpetuity, creating a tolling system 287 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 4: and the like. 288 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: That's not going to be allowed to happen. 289 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 4: And the President has a number of options available to 290 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 4: him if he so chooses to prevent that from happening. 291 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: It happening. Obviously, I'm not. 292 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 4: Going to discuss what those options are, and we're not 293 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 4: going to discuss military tactics. The Department of War would 294 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 4: be in charge of those things. I refer you to them, 295 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 4: but obviously they're not going to discuss it with you either. 296 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 4: But there is a way forward here to achieve our objectives. 297 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 4: We are going to achieve our objectives in a matter 298 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 4: of weeks, not months. 299 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 3: Well, let's talk about taking the oil, because the President 300 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 3: laid out that objective last night, and taking the oil 301 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 3: will take ground true want. 302 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 4: It well again, the Iranians are threatening that they're going 303 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 4: to set up some permanent system in the Straits of 304 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 4: Hormones where they get to decide who goes through international waterways. 305 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,439 Speaker 1: That will never be allowed to happen. 306 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 4: By the way, the rest of the world should take 307 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 4: note of that they have more at stake there than 308 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 4: we do. We get very little of our energy in 309 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 4: this country coming through the Straits of Hormones. 310 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: The rest of the world gets a lot more. 311 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 4: That said, the President has several options at his disposal, 312 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 4: and the Department of War is preparing optionality for the 313 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 4: President for this and various other contingencies that might arise. 314 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 4: That's what always needs to happen situations like this. But 315 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 4: what I want the American people and the people watching 316 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 4: this broadcast to know is that fundamentally what this is 317 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 4: about is the destruction of their air force, which has 318 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: been largely achieved, the destruction of their navy, which. 319 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: Has been largely achieved. 320 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 4: The destruction of their factories that they make all these 321 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 4: weapons with which is we're well on our way to achieving, 322 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 4: and a substantial reduction in the number of missile launchers 323 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 4: that they have so that they cannot continue to threaten 324 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 4: their neighbors in the future. 325 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: All of those objectives. 326 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 4: Are being met ahead honor ahead schedule, and should be 327 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 4: able to achieve in a matter of weeks. 328 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 3: As you're speaking, though, the President is expanding the objectives. 329 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 3: Just a couple of minutes ago, he put out his 330 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 3: post on True Social saying that we're in discussions now 331 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 3: with a new and more reasonable regime in Irom. But 332 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 3: he also added that if those discussions don't yield fruit, 333 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 3: the United States will blow up and completely abliterate all 334 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 3: of their electric generating plants, all their oil wells and 335 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 3: carg island, and possibly all desalinization plants which we have 336 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: purposely not yet touched, is what he said. That's a 337 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 3: great expansion of the objectives. 338 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 4: Well, well, I think the first point the President makes 339 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: is he prefers diplomacy. 340 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: As I said, those efforts are nascent. 341 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 4: There is messages being re laid back and forth, some 342 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 4: conversations going on, including through intermediaries, and he always prefers 343 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 4: that Look, if the Iranian regime had come forward at 344 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 4: any point in the past and said, we're going to 345 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 4: walk away from our nuclear ambitions, We're going to do 346 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 4: nuclear energy the way every other country in the world, 347 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 4: primarily almost every other country in the world does it, 348 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 4: and that is through a peaceful means in which you 349 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 4: bring in the fuel and it's supervised and so forth. 350 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 4: We're going to stop supporting terrorist groups across the region. 351 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: Look at this region. 352 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 4: Every single terrorist group in this region has a link 353 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 4: to the Iranian regime. Every single one the houthis hesbolah Hamas, 354 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 4: the Shia militias that are attacking everyone out of a rock, 355 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 4: every single one of these groups and all the destabilization 356 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 4: in this region tracks directly back to the Iranian regime. 357 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: Those things have to be addressed. 358 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 4: And if Ron had been willing to address to us 359 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 4: in the past, we wouldn't be having this interview on 360 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 4: this topic right now. Their refusal to do so, and 361 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 4: they're continuing move towards one day acquiring a nuclear capability. 362 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 4: These people are lunatics, They are insane, They are religious 363 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 4: zelots who can never be allowed to possess a nuclear 364 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 4: weapon because they have an apocalyptic vision of the future. 365 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 4: And all of their neighbors know that, by the way, 366 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: which is why all of their neighbors have been supportive 367 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 4: of the efforts. 368 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 3: You call them lunatics with the President just had this 369 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 3: post where he says, we're in discussions with a new 370 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 3: and more reasonable regime. Let me try to pin you 371 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 3: down on that. Who is this new and more reasonable 372 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 3: regime is the United States is in direct contact with them? 373 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 4: Well, I'm not going to disclose to you who those 374 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 4: people are because it probably would get them in trouble 375 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 4: with some other groups of people inside of Iran. Look, 376 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 4: there's some fractures going on there internally, and at the 377 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 4: end of the day, I think that if there are 378 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 4: people in Iran who now, given everything that's happened, are 379 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 4: willing to move in a different direction for their country, 380 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 4: that would be great. Imagine in Iran that and instead 381 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 4: of spending their wealth billions of dollars supporting terrorist or weapons, 382 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 4: had spent that money helping the people of Iran. 383 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: You have a much different country. So we are always. 384 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 4: Hopeful that that would exist over there. It's unfortunate. The 385 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 4: people of Iran are incredible people. The people who lead 386 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 4: them this clerical regime that is the problem. And if 387 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 4: there are new people now in charge who have a 388 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 4: more reasonable vision of the future, that would be good 389 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 4: news for us. 390 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: For them, for the entire world. 391 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 4: But we also have to be prepared for the possibility, 392 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 4: maybe even the probability that that is not the case. 393 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 3: But the person says they are. Is that the case 394 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 3: or is it not. I'm just trying to get some 395 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 3: clarity on that. 396 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 4: Well, what I mean is, yeah, look, so you have 397 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 4: people that are saying some of the right things privately. 398 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 4: Obviously they're not going to put it out in press releases, 399 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 4: and what they say to you or put out for 400 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 4: the world doesn't necessarily reflect what they're saying in our conversations. 401 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 4: But at the end of the day, we have to 402 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 4: see that these people end up being the ones in charge. 403 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 4: Seeing if they're the ones that have the power to deliver. 404 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 4: We're going to test it. We are hopeful that that's 405 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 4: the case. There are clearly people they are talking to 406 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 4: us in ways that previous people in charge in Iran 407 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 4: have not spoken to us in the past. Some of 408 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 4: the things they're willing to do, some of the things 409 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 4: they're saying, they're willing to do. 410 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: Obviously, they have to go do it. 411 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 4: We're going to test that proposition very strongly because we 412 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 4: always prefer to settle things through negotiation and diplomacy. But 413 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 4: we also have to be prepared for the fact that 414 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 4: that effort might fail. That we are dealing with a 415 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 4: forty seven year old regime that still has a lot 416 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 4: of people involved in it who aren't necessarily big fans 417 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 4: of diplomacy or peace. 418 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 3: And if it fails, the war expands. What's that, I'm sorry, 419 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 3: if it fails, the war expands, Well. 420 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 4: That the war is about this operation, okay, And that's 421 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 4: what this is. It's about very specific objectives. The President 422 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 4: laid them out on the first night of the operation. 423 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 4: I'll repeat them to you now because I hear a 424 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 4: lot of talk about we don't know what the clear 425 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 4: objectives are. Here they are, you should write them down. 426 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 4: Number one, the destruction of their air force. Number two, 427 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 4: the destruction of their navy, number three, the severe diminishing 428 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 4: of their missile launching capability, and number four, the destruction 429 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 4: of their factory so they can't make more missiles and 430 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 4: more drones to threaten us. 431 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: In the future. 432 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 4: All of this so that they can never hide behind 433 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 4: it to acquire a nuclear weapon. That was our objective 434 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 4: from the beginning, that remains our objective. 435 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 2: Now. 436 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 4: We are on pace and in fact the head of 437 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 4: schedule in some of those things, and we are going 438 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 4: to achieve those things in a number of weeks, not 439 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 4: in a number of months. 440 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 3: Mister check Jury, thanks for time this morning. 441 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 2: It's really interesting to see how much the media is 442 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 2: willing to change, alter, and lie to you to try 443 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 2: to make you think that somehow what we're doing in 444 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 2: Iran is a failure when clearly, in reality it's a 445 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 2: massive success already, and the Secretary of State making it 446 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: very clear the Trump doctrine is working. 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The big question hanging over Washington, the White House, 470 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 2: and the Middle East right now is whether President Donald 471 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 2: Trump is seriously wang what would be one of the 472 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 2: boldest military options of this entire conflict, sending in US 473 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 2: troops into a near Iranian territory to secure Iran stockpile 474 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 2: of highly enriched uranium before that material can ever be 475 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 2: turned into a nuclear weapon. Now, there are multiple reports 476 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 2: that say the President is looking at all options and 477 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 2: is actively discussing inside the administration as the military build 478 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 2: up in the region continues to intensify. Reuters reported on 479 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 2: Monday that thousands of soldiers from the eighty second Airborne 480 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 2: Division have started arriving in the Middle East, joining additional Marines, sailors, 481 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: and special operation forces that are already there, and that 482 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 2: one of the potential missions under discussion is using ground 483 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 2: forces inside Iran to extract highly enriched uranium buried deep underground. 484 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 5: Now. 485 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 2: Reuters also reported that for now, no decision has been 486 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: made to send troops into Iran, even as the build 487 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 2: up increases Trump's military options Now. The President was asked 488 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 2: about Iran as he was flying back to Washington, d c. 489 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 2: And in just twenty seconds, the President had this to say. 490 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 5: They are decimated right now. They're going to give up 491 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 5: nuclear weapons. They're going to give us the nuclear dust. 492 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 5: They're going to do everything that we wanted, and you 493 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 5: know what, they're going to go on and maybe have 494 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 5: a great country again. But if they don't do that, 495 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 5: they're not going to have a country. They're not even 496 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 5: going to have a country. So she's softer in that issue, 497 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 5: but to have other people not too many. 498 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 2: You notice the President used a very clear term there. 499 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 2: They're going to give us the nuclear dust. They're going 500 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 2: to do everything that we want them to do. Now, 501 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 2: the Democrats are seizing on this moment as well as 502 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 2: the media, saying why would the president even consider something 503 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 2: quote this dangerous? Well, because the uranium issue is at 504 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 2: the center of this war. The International Atomic Energy Agency 505 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 2: director said earlier this month that almost half of Iran's 506 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 2: enriched uranium is up to sixty percent purity. Now that's 507 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: an important number for you to understand. That's just a 508 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 2: very short technical step from weapons grade, and it was 509 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 2: stored in a tunnel complex and is probably still there, 510 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 2: we now believe. 511 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: Reuters also reported. 512 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 2: That the iaeaight estimate that Iran had four hundred and 513 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 2: forty kilograms of sixty percent in rich uranium before the attacks, 514 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 2: which the IEA said could provide the explosive material for 515 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 2: roughly ten nuclear weapons if enrich further. The leader there 516 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 2: also said the agency has not seen evidence that the 517 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 2: stockpile was moved and still does not know the status 518 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 2: of parts of the underground complex because inspectors have not 519 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: been able to get in. That is a strategic logic 520 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: behind this debate. If you are the Trump administration, you 521 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: can bomb facilities, you can cripple on sites, you can 522 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 2: destroy the air defenses, you can hit naval assets. But 523 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 2: if a large stockpile of near bomb grade uranium survives underground, 524 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 2: then the is not fully gone at all. That is 525 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 2: why this is being discussed not just as a military problem, 526 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 2: but as a nuclear security problem worldwide. Reuters also reported 527 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 2: that internal discussions have included the possibility of sending forces 528 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 2: deeper inside Iran for longer periods of time, specifically because 529 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 2: the material may be buried underground and also very difficult 530 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 2: to reach. That means this is not some simple raid 531 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 2: and leave scenario like we saw in Venezuela. It could 532 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 2: require excavation, site security, logistics, air cover, and protection against 533 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 2: Iranian retaliation while that work is being done. President Trump 534 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 2: himself has been crystal clear on the core objective, even 535 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 2: if he has not publicly laid out a specific uranium 536 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 2: seizure plan. As I mentioned, speaking aboard Air Force One, 537 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 2: Trump said, I'm very strong on the fact that I 538 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 2: don't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon, because if 539 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:11,239 Speaker 2: they had a nuclear weapon, they'd use it immediately now. 540 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 2: Trump also said that the United States was talking to 541 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 2: what he described as a more reasonable regime in Iran 542 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 2: right now, while again warning Tehran to reopen the strain 543 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 2: of our moves or face US attacks on oil wells 544 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 2: as well as their power supply plans. And the White 545 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 2: House has formally stated that President Trump has never wavered 546 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 2: in his stance that Iran cannot be allowed to have 547 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 2: a nuclear weapon. So when you put all of that together, 548 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 2: the message from the White House really does seem to 549 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 2: be unmistakable. Trump's position is that Iran cannot be allowed 550 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 2: to keep that kind of material that puts it near 551 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 2: a bomb. Whether that is achieved through diplomacy, surrender of 552 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 2: the stockpile, or military force remains the open question. Reuters 553 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 2: also reported on Friday the Trump's broader peace demands to 554 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 2: Iran included dismantling its nuclear program, and the White House 555 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 2: official said the President is willing to listen, but if 556 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 2: Iran fails to accept the reality of the current moment, 557 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 2: they will be hit harder than ever before. At the 558 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 2: same time, that same Reuters report said Trump has no 559 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 2: plans to send ground troops anywhere at this time, but 560 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 2: he is keeping all options on the table. In other words, 561 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 2: the Trump doctrine is deliberately holding strategic ambiguity, publicly signaling 562 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 2: strength and privately preparing contingencies. Now, as for the Pentagon, 563 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 2: or as some call it, the Department of War, the 564 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 2: public message has been more about capability and pressure than 565 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,959 Speaker 2: about confirming any single operation. The Pentagon build up now 566 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 2: includes the arrival of the eighty second Airborne true about 567 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 2: twenty five hundred marines over the weekend, and other forces 568 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 2: already in theater, all of which expand the presence operational menu. 569 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 2: That is again something the president wants. The White House 570 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 2: is March's first statement announcing Operation Epic. Fury said Trump 571 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 2: authorized what he called a precise, overwhelming military campaign to 572 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 2: eliminate what it described at the time as the Iranian 573 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 2: nuclear threat, destroy ballistic missile capability and capacity, degrade proxy networks, 574 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 2: and cripple Iran's naval forces. That matters because it shows 575 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 2: the administration's framework. This is not being described as a 576 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 2: limited symbolic campaign, but as a war effort aimed at 577 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 2: ending the nuclear threat decisively. Now Here is the danger, 578 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 2: and it's enormous. A mission to seize uranium is far 579 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 2: riskier than airstrikes. That is something the present is having 580 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 2: to deal with, and any use of US ground troops, 581 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 2: even for a limited mission, carries major political and military 582 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 2: risks as well. Troops could face Iranian missiles, their drones, 583 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 2: their minds, ambushes, booby traps, and prolonged exposure inside hostile territory. 584 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 2: That is something the present has to weigh as well. 585 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 2: And Reuters also report that the uranium extraction option could 586 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 2: require US personnel to stay inside Iran longer than other 587 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 2: scenarios because the material is believed to be deep underground. 588 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,320 Speaker 2: That means higher risk of casualties, higher risk of escalation, 589 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 2: and higher risk that a targeted mission turns into a 590 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 2: broader ground conflict, exactly the kind of Middle East entanglement 591 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 2: that Trump campaigned against. Again, this is all of the 592 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 2: things the president has to think about, and that is 593 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 2: why you're hearing about other options in parallel. We also 594 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 2: know that there's another report that the administration has weighed 595 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 2: seizing cart Island, which about ninety percent of Iran's oil 596 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 2: exports and has discussed operations tied to securing maritime passage 597 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 2: near the Strait of Hormuz. Those are different missions, obviously, 598 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 2: but they point to the same reality. The US build 599 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 2: up is not one dimensional. It is creating leverage for 600 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 2: multiple possible in games, squeezing i RAN economically force open 601 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,840 Speaker 2: shipping lanes, or if all else fails, move to physically 602 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,719 Speaker 2: secure the nuclear material itself. So where does that leave 603 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 2: us right now? The fact is the President wants multiple options, 604 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 2: and what we do know is that the IAEA says 605 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,879 Speaker 2: a significant amount of RAN sixty percent rich uranium, likely 606 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 2: remains underground at its site. President Trump's own words showy 607 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 2: view denying a RAN a nuclear weapon a non negotiable. 608 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 2: And fourth, the administration is still signaling that diplomacy is 609 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 2: possible even while preparing for harder options. I wanted to 610 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 2: keep you updated on this because I think it's important, 611 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 2: and obviously a lot's happening quickly. One thing is for sure. 612 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 2: The President wants to figure out what he's gonna do 613 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 2: as fast as possible. He wants us to get out 614 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 2: as quickly as possible as well, and he wants to 615 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 2: have a world where RAN doesn't have a nuclear weapon. Well, 616 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 2: keep following this story. I can promise you that we've 617 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,760 Speaker 2: got a lot more that's going to happen the days ahead, 618 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 2: So make sure you don't forget. Grab our podcast, the 619 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 2: Ben Ferguson Podcast wherever you get your podcasts as well 620 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 2: hit that subscriber on or download button so you don't 621 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 2: miss any of the breaking news.