WEBVTT - Trump Endangers Americans By Attacking Iran

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<v Speaker 1>It is Monday, June the twenty third. This is the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>It has been an eventful weekend in the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>with Donald Trump and Champagne Pete Hegsath ordering the United

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<v Speaker 2>States Air Force to attack three Iranian nuclear facilities with

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<v Speaker 2>a sortee of more than one hundred and twenty five warplanes.

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<v Speaker 2>It has become fashionable all of a sudden for media

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<v Speaker 2>reporters who couldn't tell the difference between a captain and

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<v Speaker 2>a lieutenant colonel, a United States Marine and a soldier,

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<v Speaker 2>to cite with joy and smiles the power of the

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<v Speaker 2>GBU fifty seven A and B massive ordnance penetrator, of

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<v Speaker 2>which there were reportedly twenty in the American arsenal until

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<v Speaker 2>this week, where we are now down to eight after

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<v Speaker 2>Halving dropped twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>Of them on Iran.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the reaction to the attacks has ranged from the

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<v Speaker 2>surreal to the ludicrous, but none top this from the

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<v Speaker 2>editors of Barry Weiss's The Free Press, at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of their editorial celebrating the dropping of bombs on Iran. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's a single editor that could tell

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<v Speaker 2>us what the strategy is, what the plan is, what

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<v Speaker 2>victory looks like. Or what comes next, and we'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>about that in the minute.

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<v Speaker 1>But first the surreal conclusion.

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<v Speaker 2>To the cheerleading essay, the editorial by the Free Press,

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<v Speaker 2>let me read one final point.

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<v Speaker 1>During Donald Trump's first term.

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<v Speaker 2>His critics often noted how lucky it was for the

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<v Speaker 2>US that he didn't face the serious foreign policy crisis.

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<v Speaker 2>Their assumption is that he would be in over his

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<v Speaker 2>head and act irrationally. More recently, Wall Street coined the

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<v Speaker 2>acronym Taco Trump always chickens out. That's the opposite of

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<v Speaker 2>what happened on Saturday night. No matter what you think

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<v Speaker 2>of Trump's policies on immigration, tariffs, or anything else, there

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<v Speaker 2>is only one adjective to describe his action in this crisis, presidential.

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<v Speaker 2>There are no words to describe the ludicrousness of that statement. First,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a prerequisite required for any commander in chief

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<v Speaker 2>to send American men and women into harm's way, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's some semblance of moral authority beyond the statutory authority.

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<v Speaker 2>And so at the end of the day, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is a liar who can be trusted with nothing about anything,

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<v Speaker 2>but with regard to the specifics of the attack, was

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<v Speaker 2>it presidential to come out immediately before all of the

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<v Speaker 2>information was known, and declare that the attack was a

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<v Speaker 2>complete success.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's watch Trump do.

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<v Speaker 3>It here tonight. I can report to the world that

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<v Speaker 3>the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear

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<v Speaker 3>and Richmond facilities have been completely and totally obliterated around

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<v Speaker 3>the bully of the Middle East must now make peace.

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<v Speaker 3>If they do not, future attacks would be far greater

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<v Speaker 3>and a lot easier.

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<v Speaker 1>And are these truth social posts? Are they presidential?

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<v Speaker 2>And what about the Secretary of Defense, a man who

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<v Speaker 2>put classified war plans onto an unclassified group chat now

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<v Speaker 2>ordering American men and women into harms way a presidential

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<v Speaker 2>fanboy of the ten star variety. Let's watch Champagne Pete

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<v Speaker 2>Hegsath do his best ass licking that there is in America.

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<v Speaker 4>Many presidents have deamed of delivering the final blow to

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<v Speaker 4>Iran's nuclear program, and none could until President Trump. The

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<v Speaker 4>operation President Trump planned was bold and it was brilliant,

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<v Speaker 4>showing the world that American deterrence is back. When this

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<v Speaker 4>president speaks, the world should listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, the great presidential decision and its impact is

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<v Speaker 2>immediately refuted by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, who,

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<v Speaker 2>according to Trump, was picked because Trump liked the cut

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<v Speaker 2>of his jib wearing the red Maga hat, which the

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<v Speaker 2>General denies. At least in this instance, the General seems

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<v Speaker 2>to understand that he needs to maintain some credibility. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Marco Rubio and the Vice President and the Secretary of

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<v Speaker 2>Defense all went on the Sunday shows and they said

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely that regime change was.

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<v Speaker 1>Not the goal.

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<v Speaker 2>And Iran, according to the Vice President, this was an

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<v Speaker 2>act of war against the nuclear reactors.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course that.

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<v Speaker 2>Held up for a couple of hours before that great

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<v Speaker 2>President of ours undermined all of those people from his

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<v Speaker 2>administration in the top national security jobs when he said,

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, miga make Iran great again. And so it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to be that one hundred and fifty seven days

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<v Speaker 2>into the administration that was supposed to end foreign entanglements,

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<v Speaker 2>that was supposed to end the foreign wars, that the

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<v Speaker 2>United States has dropped twelve of the twenty massive ordinance

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<v Speaker 2>penetrators in its arsenal on Iran, a country that Field

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<v Speaker 2>Marshall ted Cruz has no idea how many people live

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<v Speaker 2>in or their ethnic makeup. And so here we are

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<v Speaker 2>again the question about the Iranian nuclear program a straightforward.

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<v Speaker 2>This evil regime cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>But according to the Trump administration, the Iranians had no

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<v Speaker 2>imminent threat of building a weapon. The Israelis claimed that

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<v Speaker 2>the threat was imminent that contradicted American intelligence. And when

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<v Speaker 2>the Israelis struck the Iranian reactors, the Israeli government said

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<v Speaker 2>the strike was decisive and the reactors were destroyed, which

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<v Speaker 2>does beg the question if they were destroyed in the

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<v Speaker 2>first strike by the Israelis, why did Donald Trump have

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<v Speaker 2>to send one hundred and twenty five airplanes and just

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<v Speaker 2>saying it seems that the one thing this attack shared

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<v Speaker 2>with the Israeli attack was the quick draw to declare

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<v Speaker 2>it a success before any of the assessments were done.

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<v Speaker 2>According to The New York Times, it may be the

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<v Speaker 2>case that the highly enriched use uranium was quartered away

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<v Speaker 2>from the Mountain reactor site in the days before the attack. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Iranians have used this nuclear program as a bargaining check,

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<v Speaker 2>but wouldn't the lesson be for the Iranians if the

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<v Speaker 2>program was not completely destroyed. Did they better do everything

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<v Speaker 2>they can to get their hands on a nuclear warhead

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<v Speaker 2>as quickly as possible to immunize themselves from attack.

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<v Speaker 1>So if it is the worst case.

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<v Speaker 2>That the regime has not been toppled and the program

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<v Speaker 2>has not been destroyed, what next. The Iranians might still

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<v Speaker 2>have the highly enriched uranium. They certainly still have the

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<v Speaker 2>knowledge there are lots of mountains in Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>The cheerleading on.

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<v Speaker 2>A military attack within twenty five years time of the

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<v Speaker 2>same people cheerleading the beginning of the last Middle Eastern

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<v Speaker 2>War is astonishing. The one thing that should be perfectly

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<v Speaker 2>clear to every American where they sit is it's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot easier to start a war than to end one.

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<v Speaker 1>And Don Junior and Eric and none.

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<v Speaker 2>Of these people will be parachuting into Tehran. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>the people that will, one day, like the veterans who

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<v Speaker 2>fought in the Iraq War, can look forward to their veterans'

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<v Speaker 2>benefits being cut as the VA is closed down, as

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<v Speaker 2>the promise is made, are broken again.

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<v Speaker 1>And so here we go again.

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<v Speaker 2>The most dis honest group of political leaders, the most incompetent,

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<v Speaker 2>the most extreme, the people that have deployed the United

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<v Speaker 2>States Marine Corps, the seventh Marines, the Guadalcanal Marines, with

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<v Speaker 2>their M four slum and.

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<v Speaker 1>Live ammunition issued.

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<v Speaker 2>According to the Free Press, have acted presidentially to use

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<v Speaker 2>the military to bomb a foreign nation, while simultaneously components

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<v Speaker 2>of that military face forward the American people in a

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<v Speaker 2>government of the people, by.

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<v Speaker 1>The people, for the people.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, indeed very presidential. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning.

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