00:23:44.200A beautiful, peace-loving and flourishing Iran.0.97
00:23:49.420It is the Iran that existed before the Islamic Republic
00:23:53.080and it is the Iran that will rise again from its ashes0.99
00:23:57.320the day the Islamic Republic falls.0.82
00:24:01.200So let me be clear about how a free Iran will act0.60
00:24:05.280towards its neighbors and the world after the fall of this regime.
00:24:10.020In security and foreign policy, Iran's nuclear military program will end.
00:24:19.060Support for terrorist groups will cease immediately.
00:24:23.720A free Iran will work with regional and global partners to confront terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, and extremist Islamism.0.97
00:24:35.260Iran will act as a friend and a stabilizing force in the region, and it will be a responsible
00:50:30.780oh okay okay and they're just they're speaking about it now because yes why would you um like
00:50:39.100like why would you give away your plan in advance you know what i mean yes yes yes so
00:50:50.380that's the impression that i'm getting um that there there may have like if this was going to
00:51:00.140happen um it's already happened and now they're sort of laying the the groundwork
00:51:10.380okay okay i have the full um interview with senator lindsey graham if we want to watch
00:51:16.540the whole thing yes let's do that let's do that this is from sean hannity last night senator you
00:51:24.300you you shorten that up to mean uh embargo blockade plus
00:51:31.820yeah i mean i love the idea of a second amendment solution for the iranian people to those who
00:51:41.740second amendment solution for the iranian people that's that's guns
00:51:46.300yeah youtube don't don't ban my channel it's not me we're sharing news there's no there's
00:51:52.140no guns here there's no fire guns we are not we are not the iranians that president trump has
00:51:58.540weaponized and armed okay we're not the ones okay we're not the iranians you're looking for
00:52:04.540yes yes but maybe we are because even if we were we wouldn't tell you okay but but we aren't yeah
00:52:11.500okay we're not we're not we're not okay don't keep it away oh my gosh okay okay plus now what
00:52:23.660does that mean i love the idea of a second amendment solution for the iranian people
00:52:28.700to those who want to eliminate the second amendment in our country no way what did the
00:52:33.580founding fathers do when they got to america free from the king they made sure the people would be
00:52:39.180able to be armed. The first thing the king does is takes the guns away from his subjects. The
00:52:45.220first thing a religious theocracy does is make sure that nobody can have a gun to threaten the
00:52:52.180regime. So if I were President Trump and I were Israel, I would load the Iranian people up with0.99
00:52:57.780weapons so they could go to the streets armed and turn the tide of battle inside Iran. We don't need1.00
00:53:04.280American boots on the ground. We've got millions of boots on the ground in Iran. They just don't
00:53:09.880have any weapons. Give them the weapons so they can rise up like we did to destroy this regime.
00:53:16.440A second amendment solution I think would go a long way to ending this war. If we can take control
00:53:22.280of the streets, if we can take control of the streets, checkmate. Okay, my understanding is
00:53:31.480i remember oh what oh yes go yeah you're going no you say it no no you say you say it because
00:53:39.000when you say you said okay remember remember oh no but but i would but it would be such a
00:53:47.560i would be so happy if you said it just say it um uh i thought godie is gonna say remember
00:53:55.000armin said that it would be good to liberate the city around the strait of hermos
00:53:59.560and then armed appear iranian people there and the reason why i wanted i was so happy that goldie
00:54:04.760said that because it was godly might have said like maybe armin was right yeah well i was gonna
00:54:10.680say see armin was right yeah it's my favorite thing to hear from goldie i love it okay guys
00:54:19.320sometimes says sometimes okay sometimes okay maybe maybe we don't know but it seems like amul lindsay
00:54:25.240also agrees with the strategy that we discussed on Iran Revolution Live, which is, you know,
00:54:33.860to liberate the Strait of Hormuz would be already a shorter-term win before we liberate all of Iran.0.71
00:54:41.440So if you want to arm the Iranian people, it would be good to start around the Strait of Hormuz,0.86
00:54:47.400for example, like a city like Kamban Arabos, because even before you get to the point where0.71
00:54:52.000have liberated iran if once that army expands around the straight of hermos at least in the
00:54:57.840shorter term when is that you the straight of hermos has been liberated but i'm not saying
00:55:02.080that will happen but it seems like some people like amu lindsay here uh agree with that analysis
00:55:09.520i mean there's always 99.99 well thank you i appreciate that
00:55:20.080you still you still have to work on that 0.1 percent but that that's we i don't need to
00:55:30.580because that's what we have goldie here for to to fix that to fix that one remaining 0.01
00:55:37.640person i know you're you're absolutely right about that and uh remember remember how um0.74
00:55:44.920like senator lindsey graham he also says this is checkmate
00:55:48.360which means like they're getting into the final stages right because checkmate is basically when
00:55:55.720you win the game yes exactly free the bender checkmate okay my understanding is there have
00:56:06.380been attempts to do so and they try to funnel it through you know groups do it again my understanding0.91
00:56:14.760is for example working with the kurds they were stealing 90 of the weapons yeah what don't work0.87
00:56:21.500with the kurds work with somebody else and if you can prove me prove to me the kurds are stealing0.66
00:56:25.920their weapons the currents will regret that kurdish separatists but amazing guys everybody's
00:56:32.600finally so this was a concern what if they were like we tried to arm the iranian people it failed
00:56:37.940so let's not try that ever again no try it again but with different people okay you should have
00:56:45.600listened to iran revolution live if you if you were listening to iran revolution live earlier
00:56:50.460you would have known that you shouldn't be using the kurdish separatist group guys again don't
00:56:57.060We shouldn't say, Amu Linzi, don't say the Kurds because the Kurdish people are amazing people who are enemies of Kurdish separatist groups.
00:57:53.680what don't work with the Kurds work with somebody else and if you can prove me prove to me the
00:57:58.800Kurds are stealing their weapons the Kurds will regret that I love the idea of empowering the0.93
00:58:04.300Iranian people with weapons a second amendment solution to make the revolutionary guards life0.97
00:58:10.980hell it's one thing to be bombed by America it's another thing to have your neighbors shoot back0.97
00:58:16.160at you because they're tired of being slaughtered number two the Strait of Hormuz is the only thing
00:58:21.340left. This has been a brilliant campaign by President Trump and our military. The nuclear
00:58:26.500program of Iran has been destroyed. Their ability to spread terrorism has been destroyed
00:58:31.940because they're on their knees economically. If we can control the Straits, if we can take
00:58:37.900back control of Straits of Hormuz, it is checkmate. This thing is over to the American people. I know
00:58:44.280gas prices are high and I know we're suffering right now. But you pay now, you pay later against
00:58:49.320thugs like Iran. They tried to get a nuclear weapon, and if you don't believe that, you shouldn't be0.90
00:58:53.960allowed to drive in your hometown. Donald Trump stopped Iran from having 8 to 10 nuclear weapons
00:59:00.460by bombing their enrichment facilities. God bless you, President Trump. We're weeks away
00:59:05.460from a nuclear-armed Iran. No more. Everything has been obliterated. Their economy is in tatters.0.98
00:59:12.120Their military has been decimated. There's more to do. If we can control the Straits,
00:59:17.120checkmate against Iran, LockAid Plus, arm the people. And to our allies throughout the world
00:59:23.940who depend on the straight of Hormuz more than we do, get off your ass and help us.0.99
00:59:29.720Well, they haven't been so willing to do so. I can't imagine that NATO in its current configuration0.99
00:59:35.680looks anything like it does today when this is all said and done. I can't believe,
00:59:41.480I don't see any scenario under which countries like Germany and Spain and France and even Great Britain and Italy have America paying two thirds of the freight for NATO security when they didn't have the moral clarity to stand up against a nuclear armed Iran and the number one state sponsor of terror.0.79
01:00:03.960It is moral clarity. If you believe the Ayatollah and his henchmen would use a nuclear weapon0.86
01:00:11.700as part of their religious doctrine, you would be right. If you thought otherwise,1.00
01:00:16.040you would miscalculate like we did with Hitler. Israel cannot get this wrong. One holocaust is0.51
01:00:21.600enough. We know, you know and I know, if Iran had a nuclear weapon, they would use it in the name of0.99
01:00:27.340jihad. So Donald Trump is a historic figure, and I know the left doesn't like hearing that.
01:00:33.600He's the man that did something about Iran's nuclear ambition, while every other president
01:00:38.700allowed them to go basically unchecked. How do you have 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium
01:00:44.460at 60 percent? They cheat. How do you have missiles that can go to Europe? They cheat.
01:00:50.860Well, Donald Trump has decimated the missile program. He's destroyed their nuclear capability,
01:00:55.440and they have been weakened beyond my imagination in 60 days. The only thing left to do is control
01:01:02.040the Straits and we can do that. At the end of the day, to our friends in Europe and throughout
01:01:06.180the world, help us reestablish freedom of navigation. Freedom of navigation is a core
01:01:12.940principle to the world economy. I am proud of Project Freedom. Project Freedom will work
01:01:18.740and people should be helping us. What are we trying to accomplish to allow ships to go through
01:01:23.360the streets of Hormuz to help the world economy. That's not a, that shouldn't be a hard thing to
01:01:28.520sign up for. As to President Trump, see this through. These guys are on their back foot,
01:01:34.660Mr. President. You've been brilliant in concept and execution. Just see it through. We're near
01:01:40.700the end now. Let's finish this in a way that nobody has to do it again. You're the guy that
01:01:46.120got it right. Everybody else got it wrong. And the day that Iran is put in a box,
01:01:50.620That's when Israel and Saudi Arabia will go back to the peace table.0.82
01:01:53.780The day we control the straits, gas prices will tumble down.
01:01:57.840The stock market will be steady and growing.
01:02:00.580And in the fall, we'll be talking about peace, not war.
01:02:03.520The only reason Saudi Arabia and Israel did not make peace is because of October the 7th.0.54
01:02:09.600And no longer can Iran, through their proxies, generate another October 7th.0.93
01:15:39.500okay so he posted in arabic five hours ago now scroll down
01:15:47.720that same message he posted in english i understand that yeah so i'm saying it's it's
01:15:55.160it's the same message but it's new in that he posted it in arabic it's not like a that's what
01:16:00.900i'm saying that's what i'm saying that because because princess apalavi is now posting the
01:16:06.820message in arabic yeah right so this is from five hours ago yeah but it's interesting that princess
01:16:14.760of Pallavi is posting in Arabic which is actually a big deal because it comes off as because why
01:16:22.980would you do that you already have that post in English but Princess of Pallavi posting this in
01:16:28.040Arabic I think it's actually nice it's also it's it's it makes it like genuine it shows like a
01:16:35.540connection to the Arab people in the region that were allies with them it also hopefully will have
01:16:42.460an impact on some iranians who think that you know our war with durka durka people is is our
01:16:50.980is war with arabs and it's not as goldie has mentioned many many times like we have we are
01:16:57.000not at war with arabs okay and princes of palavi has caused many iranian and many iranians well a
01:17:04.320few iranians who sometimes come off as anti-arab princes of palavi has showed them that this is
01:17:10.180not the way and posting this in arabic shows that princess of palabi is serious when it comes to
01:17:18.340maintaining a good relationship with arabs in the region which is i think it's very important
01:17:24.020i 100 agree with you on that and uh yeah like this shows that i mean we've always said iran wants to
01:17:33.060be at peace with everyone that includes our you know our arab neighbors in the region so you're
01:17:39.700absolutely right did you want to to just maybe translate that and read that i mean the message
01:17:44.580is the same but might as well yes we could actually read the english version of it right
01:17:51.060here or i could just play it no just just just just read that let's read arabic yeah yeah okay
01:17:58.340okay so uh the translation of the arab caption says to our arab neighbors our region stands today
01:18:05.940at a crossroads either a path that keeps the islamic republic in power leading to further
01:18:13.460crimes against our people and your peoples or another path that supports the iranians0.76
01:18:20.740in reclaiming their homeland from the grip of a regime that enjoys no legitimacy whatsoever
01:18:27.620and this is the path that will open the door to the return of peace and stability to the region
01:18:35.940So this would, it would be very nice if we see, look at this, look at this, this is in Arabic, yes, this is in Arabic saying the voice of the streets in Iran should be the primary reference, not the decisions made behind negotiation tables in the West.
01:28:50.800oh my god um oh goldie great fine ex now this is why are you like this post
01:29:01.200because it's humiliating it's crying i like i'm i'm enjoying your tears okay0.72
01:29:11.040i'm collecting like islamic republic tears like cry more
01:29:17.440right so also because that's how i save them um so as well by the way is saying x has now
01:29:24.080remove the blue check from iran's mother effort no ministry foreign affairs
01:29:31.600ministry i thought that stands for mother effort ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson account
01:29:38.480after stripping the ministry and ministers and ministers verified badges despite our full
01:29:45.200premium plus payments oh oh you want a refund oh so sad oh guys i should i need a cup to collect
01:29:55.520these tears i don't have a cup i usually have a cup mixing this arbitrary de-verification fits
01:30:02.320excess pattern of selective censorship and american digital piracy aimed at suppressing0.95
01:30:08.960the truth about the us's illegal war against iran okay oh no i mean you are you're a terrorist0.51
01:30:18.880regime you shouldn't even have an account what the hell like oh no i thought i thought terrorism
01:30:28.000is not allowed on social media but apparently it is this is amazing
01:30:34.080wow wow okay okay you should see the you should see the comments from people trolling him making
01:30:42.860fun of him oh see neo agrees with me this mf stands for no that's not what it stands for
01:30:50.440okay neo saying you effing mother effer you are posting freely on x while 90 million iranians0.53
01:30:58.080don't have internet access thanks to your blackout stop crying no no no don't stop crying keep0.99
01:31:04.960crying uh i spit on your entire bloodline okay that was badass all right neil saying why don't0.57
01:31:14.080you let iranians have account access to x why don't you allow iranians access to the internet0.91
01:31:19.520out of the hole cry harder about your blue check yeah exactly cry harder oh my god he's complaining
01:31:26.320about his money that he paid like we paid for this wow i just gonna think the level of shamelessness0.98
01:31:33.120from your from you terrorists is unbelievable you shut down the internet for 90 million people
01:31:39.440and are killing and are killing in silence then you come onto an american platform to cry about0.66
01:31:46.580censorship because you won't get paid for producing propaganda content anymore read history see what
01:31:54.260happen to people like you if we can call you if we can call you like that if we can call you like
01:32:02.220that the same fate is coming for you soon bookmark this okay and then we have oh this one you shut
01:32:11.760down the internet and 90 million people and you're crying about a blue check mark
01:32:16.680elon musk trade back his blue check mark for pyramids for a starlink like this is a regime
01:32:23.560that literally murders people for going on x and um speaking out on x and now they're complaining
01:32:29.700about this which i think is hilarious guys uh goldie i know i know i know it's tough to watch
01:32:38.300your people being killed in the streets and seeing an entire population being silenced like this and
01:32:46.760being executed having executions every day but but all of that aside they took their blue check
01:32:54.120mark they took their blue check mark i mean who's like really being oppressed here war crimes war
01:32:59.840crime yeah it's a crime against humanity taking away their blue check marks yes yes
01:33:06.760like they have no shame shame shame shame we need a shame bell like game of thrones like
01:33:16.200shame shame it has to go ding ding ding ding ding ding oh my god oh before I go to the one that you
01:33:39.520sent i also wanted to show this because this is the head of khan right so the editor-in-chief of
01:33:46.720iran's hardline khan newspaper so khan newspaper is the person the newspaper that is the the direct
01:33:55.200views of the office of the supreme leadership okay right now this guy the just sharing my
01:34:01.760let me let me just show everyone where he is on the durka boom boom sheet oh good idea so this is
01:34:10.000him under irib irib state media that's this guy here he's the editor-in-chief slash owner of of
01:34:20.160the khan so when you look at the whole durka boom boom jihad bingo sheet he's here
01:34:26.160here yes exactly okay guys so we're unlocking more characters for you right we're we're
01:34:36.160unlocking more characters for you and you guys if you've saved your durka boom boom bingo sheets we
01:34:43.280sent you the links before we're slowly unlocking these characters and explaining who they are
01:34:48.000so exactly and and also the person before him who was the head who had this position was
01:34:58.080Mehdi Nasiri who I recently interviewed so Mehdi Nasiri had the position so the person
01:35:06.040the person that was the head of Kayhan newspaper which means that the direct voice of the supreme
01:35:12.320leader the person before him in charge was Mehdi Nasiri who I recently interviewed who is now on
01:35:19.260our side you can see the lion and son's like behind him and he's also endorsed by princes of
01:35:23.980Halawi's team and and he's also one of the very few people who has met with Mujtaba and I talked0.96
01:35:30.520to him about that all right so let's see what happened here they're threatening Europe now0.99
01:35:36.480directly and again remember when he's when he speaks he's speaking on behalf of the office of
01:35:41.760supreme leadership so the editor-in-chief of iran's hardline khan newspaper said on tuesday
01:35:47.760that iran could strike europe as it had struck arab countries if european bases were used by
01:35:55.920the united states so european countries do have bases u.s bases in there what it means if
01:36:04.640If Hossein Shariat Madhuri wrote that military bases in European countries made available to Washington can and must become what he called legitimate targets for Iranian attacks.
01:40:58.360play it doesn't matter we already got the news the ue and israel have officially announced
01:41:06.080their strategic alliance i mean we already had the normalization of relationship with
01:41:10.400the abrahamic accord six years ago was it six years ago yes it was six years ago but
01:41:16.920this is a this is beyond normal so strategic alliance is a step farther than normalization
01:41:26.020normalization means that we are not hostile towards each other anymore we treat each other
01:41:32.880like a normal country okay it's like so for example if you go buy if you go to a store and
01:41:39.900buy something from somebody that doesn't mean you're buddies you just have transactions with
01:41:44.780each other okay you treat each other like two normal countries what that's what normalization
01:41:49.820means strategic strategic alliance is like no we're friends now okay we're friends now this is
01:41:56.460like a a huge a leap in the improvement of relationship and they made it official this making
01:42:05.980it official means that the the uae is saying f you to all their citizens who are against israel
01:42:12.860like a big like f you they're like we don't care we don't care what the arab world thinks of us
01:42:18.620we don't care what the islamic world think of us we don't care what the palestinian cause thinks of
01:42:23.660us this is good for us all right so this is a big deal okay hold on goldie sent us something
01:42:36.620what is this iran international posted this what let's see the caption
01:42:42.860the published video from the met gala fashion at custom design ceremony shows
01:42:51.740sergey brin one of google's founders having pinned a pixelated flag emblem of the lion and
01:43:00.380son onto his outfit at the event in support of the people of iran and the national revolution
01:43:07.180who is this is he important he's a he's a billionaire he's one of the co-founders of
01:43:11.500google so last night he was at he was uh at this uh ceremony like at this event called the met gala
01:43:17.980now the met gala it's usually full of like you know leftists and you know free ballastine right
01:43:25.100So, you know, all the celebrities and stuff, but both him and his wife, when they showed up, they were wearing Iran Lion and Son pins on their costumes in solidarity with the Iranian people.
01:45:11.000It's nice to know that there are, you know, people who care.
01:45:15.080And honestly, for me, the fact, like, to me, the co-founder of Google supporting the Iranian people is much more important and relevant than, like, some random celebrity, right?
01:45:30.380Because celebrities have no say in anything.
01:45:33.560but this guy is um a billionaire right like he's in in the tech industry um so he's someone who is
01:45:40.880very influential um so i just i appreciate that and i think this is um it's way more valuable
01:45:47.700to have the support of these sorts of people yes yes it's interesting because this is this
01:45:55.120is not a friendly environment for such a view right yeah it's not it's not
01:46:00.940okay and then we have uh modi uh from india obviously um coming is this yeah it's great
01:46:15.280check market just want to make sure okay so india's prime minister strongly posted this
01:46:22.040saying strongly condemned the attacks on the uae that resulted in injuries to three indian nationals
01:46:28.600i didn't know that by the way and apparently three indian nationals were injured targeting
01:46:33.800civilians and infrastructures is unacceptable india stands in firm solidarity with the uae
01:46:40.440and reiterates its support for the peaceful resolution of all issues through dialogue and
01:46:45.480diplomacy as it's important this is important because india is a giant economy and usually
01:46:52.360they try to stay away from taking sides right they try to their policy is to try not to get
01:46:59.640into the politics of just basically be neutral so this is significant okay uh because you know
01:47:08.200india is a giant economy so if they all of a sudden at some point decide to be cutting
01:47:13.320relationships with islamic republic it would be a huge economic blow to the to ira to the islamic
01:47:18.920republic in iran so he continues by saying insurance safe and unimpeded navigation through
01:47:24.840the strait of hormones is vital for ensuring regional peace stability and global energy security
01:49:22.620that what do you think about this also tell us more about your fox news thing because that's
01:49:27.580very big that's a big big deal like and so tell us about what you think about this and also
01:49:32.700what you what you're planning on saying on fox news um so i mean this is this is a big deal i
01:49:41.340think i actually um i commented on mark levin um uh retweeting king's of halavi um i think i like
01:49:51.420I, quote, tweeted this. So it's on my timeline. And I basically said, you know, this is this is more significant than people think.
01:49:59.060Mark Levin is very close to President Trump. So the fact that Mark Levin is now, quote, tweeting King is a Pahlavi.
01:50:06.840I think that's that's that's huge. And I think this is sort of, again, like laying the groundwork, laying the foundation for what's to come.
01:50:18.620um what we know is going to be coming so i think i think this is a very positive step right i mean
01:50:26.580we've already seen that lindsey graham has a very close relationship with kings of pahlevi
01:50:31.720we can't forget that um you know senator lindsey graham um was uh you know speaking with kings of
01:50:40.220pahlevi he was also in munich um you know let's not forget senator lindsey graham when he came out
01:50:46.240um on the stage in munich he was carrying and waving um the lion and sun flag of iran which
01:50:53.540he didn't have to do but he did as a sign of respect right um so now we're seeing more of
01:51:00.220this and i think this is very um very significant amazing and what are you and what are you planning
01:51:10.180and talk focusing on like and can we watch it live when you're there i mean the the only way
01:51:17.700that you could watch it live would be if someone i guess finds the link the live stream link for
01:51:24.180it it has to be fox business um because i only have the live stream link for fox news
01:51:31.220um but what i could do is as soon as i'm done i could because i always like screen record my
01:51:37.060interviews anyway um yeah let's do that instead yeah because then as soon as i come back i can
01:51:43.860just i can just share that unless you guys find um like a live link somewhere no yeah because even
01:51:52.100if you do find a live link it's going to be like maybe it's going to be buffering and then so it's
01:51:57.460better just to wait for you to come back and then we'll watch your recording which and it's always
01:52:01.460fun to actually watch it with you because you're here and we like watching it with you so let's do
01:52:07.380that okay yeah that's what we'll do that yeah so so i have to leave i have to leave at like 4 45
01:52:14.900so if you could maybe come back from your discussion group um about like 15 minutes early
01:52:22.980yeah because i have to i have to log into like zoom or whatever at 4 45 to do um like an audio
01:52:30.100check or whatever and uh yeah it's basically just going to be me and liz mcdonald one-on-one and
01:52:36.180we're going to be talking about iran so amazing yeah it's fantastic wow we're so proud of you go
01:52:46.020no thank you that's very kind of you to say looking forward to that
01:52:52.900so okay yeah okay so before i i have like about 10 more minutes before i go
01:52:59.220do you want to do the super chest while we yeah let's do the super chats okay okay okay
01:53:06.180so do you want to bring the graphic for the super chair i could
01:53:11.380i don't know if it's going to work on a dark background it might but let's see
02:43:05.420Right behind you, not Colombia, right there. Yes, ma'am.
02:43:07.300Thank you so much. On Lebanon, are we in a ceasefire or less fire? And the second question, do you think you would be able to achieve an agreement between Lebanon and Israel without risking a civil war in Lebanon? What are you doing to risk? What are you doing?
02:43:25.780No, I got it. I got the question. So, look, here's the challenge of Lebanon.
02:43:29.580OK, there's no problem between the Lebanese government and the Israeli government.
02:43:33.000Israel doesn't claim any land in Lebanon belongs to them.
02:43:36.040And by and large, I think a peace deal between Lebanon and Israel is imminently achievable and should be.0.85
02:43:41.240The problem with Israel and Lebanon is not Israel or Lebanon. It's Hezbollah.0.98
02:43:45.300Hezbollah operates from inside of Lebanese territory.
02:43:47.660They terrorize and attack Israelis, but they also are inflicting tremendous damage on the Lebanese people.
02:43:53.420the reason why Lebanon gets attacked by Israel is because of Hezbollah, because Hezbollah is hiding
02:43:58.680in some house, launching rockets against Israelis, and then they get hit. So what you're seeing now
02:44:03.440is Israeli responses to either attacks or perceived threats. And this is going to be,
02:44:08.220this is not new. This has been going on for a very long time. What is our hope? Our hope is
02:44:12.440to engage the Lebanese and Israeli governments under, you know, our mediation at the table
02:44:17.120to achieve this. And that is having Lebanese armed forces and a Lebanese government,
02:44:22.460not just with a willingness, but with the capability to begin to challenge Hezbollah
02:44:26.940and disarm them. Because the Lebanese people are also victims of Hezbollah. And by the way,
02:44:32.220on the topic of Hezbollah in Lebanon, who is behind Hezbollah? Why do they exist? They're
02:44:36.820an agent of Iran. If you go through that Middle East and you identify every problem, Hamas,1.00
02:44:41.400Hezbollah, to some extent the Houthis, obviously, and others, behind every one of these groups0.76
02:44:45.800is Tehran. So apart from the nuclear weapons, apart from all these other things, these guys0.69
02:44:50.460behind all the bad actors hezbollah is a wing it's an extension of iranian desire to destabilize the0.97
02:44:56.540region so we're very committed to this process it's not going to be easy you're asking me a0.96
02:45:00.140complex question you know this has been going on for a very long time it's not going to be easy
02:45:03.660we're going to do everything we can to make sure that both sides continue to talk so the progress0.59
02:45:07.660can be made on some sort of permanent ceasefire that isn't constantly spoiled by hezbollah and
02:45:13.660by Hezbollah violence. I'm just, I'm winging it, guys. You mentioned the two U.S. ships that
02:45:21.140safely cross the Strait of Hormuz. Are other ships being told it's safer to get back to regular
02:45:26.020levels, or are we still going to see limits in place for the foreseeable future? For obvious
02:45:30.220reasons, I'm not going to broadcast who we're talking to or who we're telling them to move. I
02:45:33.420mean, we want these operations to be safe. And I think as it unfolds and ships get through,
02:45:37.760we'll make those announcements after the fact, just for operational security purposes. But the
02:45:41.920goal here is pretty simple. Establish a zone of transit that is protected by a bubble, the United
02:45:47.340States, both naval and air assets, and then allow ships who want to move to move through there and
02:45:52.240get to market to begin to increase confidence in the ability to do so. That doesn't happen in 12
02:45:56.920hours. It takes time to set up that bubble and gain that confidence, but that's the goal. We
02:46:00.920have been in touch. We've been in touch, I don't know, with a bunch of different liners about
02:46:05.300moving, and we're hoping to continue to improve the security situation, and we'll start to see
02:46:10.180some of that movement and we'll announce it as it happens after the fact we're not going to be
02:46:13.940like broadcasting hey tomorrow at 12 ship x is going to be coming through for obvious reasons
02:46:17.780because that degrades the security but we feel confident we're going to be able to achieve that
02:46:21.920look it's not going to solve the whole straits problem it's going to solve a lot of it but it's
02:46:25.420important to challenge what iran is doing now guys again i wonder if you take anything away today and
02:46:30.820i can't tell you what to write but we iran cannot be allowed to normalize this control of the
02:46:35.360it's completely unlawful, illegal. It's outrageous. And every country in the world
02:46:40.280should be joining us and condemning it and doing something about it. But the United States
02:46:43.620has stepped up and is trying to do something. Regarding Colombia, Mr. Secretary, we've had
02:46:49.180several tourists. I'm sorry. We'll see if we get to Colombia today. Go ahead. You guys have an election.
02:46:53.720Why don't you talk to the election? Mr. Secretary, I'm Michael Ross with Daily Mail. I was curious
02:46:57.200about your meeting with SouthCom earlier. There was a picture, a map of Cuba behind you. What
02:47:02.320you discuss with south com south com about cuba did you have any updates i'm not going to tell
02:47:06.560you what i discussed but it had to do something with cuba no i was well i mean cuba's in south
02:47:11.920com you know it's the closest part and so the second point i was there our ambassadors were in
02:47:16.880from the whole western hemisphere i was addressing them meeting the general who just took command of
02:47:20.960south com and there happened to be a map of cuba and i said it'd be good if we took a picture in
02:47:24.880front of that map because it's like the closest thing in south com to the united states so there
02:52:05.720a lot of countries would love to do something about it. They don't have a Navy, right? Or they
02:52:09.260can't get there in time or they can't, others, you know, or less, you know, that some unfortunately
02:52:13.060do have a Navy are saying, oh, we'll be involved, but we'll be involved after it's over. Well,
02:52:17.420after it's over, it's kind of like, you know, that makes sense. So, you know, we'd like to
02:52:22.060have it. And there may be some utility in a post, you know, closure mission. I'm not downplaying
02:52:28.180that, but I think that's been the challenge, but there are other ways they can help unique ways
02:52:32.140that they can help. And I don't want to get into who these countries are for obvious reasons,
02:52:35.760you know, because they are prepared to help us in certain ways, but maybe don't want that
02:52:39.440publicly disclosed for no other reason than it impacted foreign policy. It could have some
02:52:43.380domestic ramifications. But ultimately, I don't want to mislead you. The primary responsibility
02:52:48.140for this project, Freedom, is on the United States, because we're the only country that
02:52:51.660can project power in that part of the world the way we're doing now. We're the only ones that can
02:52:55.260do it. And we're going to do it as a favor to the world. Understand this. This is a favor to the
02:53:00.340world because it's their ships that are stranded. It's their fuel supplies that are stranded. By
02:53:03.720the way, it's their humanitarian, there's humanitarian aid destined for different
02:53:07.440countries in the world that's stranded in the Persian Gulf right now. It's the fertilizer
02:53:11.820that they need for their food and crops that's stranded in the Persian, not our fertilizer,
02:53:15.780their fertilizer. So we want to be helpful. And that's why the president stepped forward
02:53:19.500because we're the only ones that can. Frankly, we're the only ones that can.
02:53:23.340Mr. Secretary, on the rising oil and gas prices, the president has said that this is a small price
02:53:27.720to pay for getting rid of a nuclear weapon. But 10 weeks in, are we any closer to getting rid of
02:53:33.060Iran's nuclear material? Yeah, but look, here's the way to think about Iran. And this is what I0.97
02:53:37.140described at the very beginning of this. What was Iran's plan? You have to understand what their0.83
02:53:40.640plan was. Their plan was they were going to build this conventional shield where they would have so
02:53:44.080many thousands of missiles and drones and rockets that they couldn't be attacked. And behind that
02:53:48.900conventional shield that they were trying to build, they would then break out and do whatever
02:53:52.240they wanted with their nuclear program. They no longer have that conventional shield. Okay,
02:53:55.940We told you guys from the very beginning, and we're very consistent in this messaging, the operation that has concluded was going to destroy their Navy.
02:54:16.560Their missile launching capability has been substantially degraded, and their industrial base, their defense industrial base, has been severely, severely damaged.
02:54:24.140So their ability to build a shield behind which they could hide their nuclear program was wiped out.
02:54:30.020That's a very substantial achievement.0.83
02:54:31.880And that was the purpose of this operation from day one.
02:54:34.520Nuclear material in order for this war to end.
02:54:36.680Well, that's one of the topics that needs to be discussed.
02:54:38.460I don't know about I think you're linking it.
02:57:31.780Mr. Secretary, does the president intend to press Pejega on its Taiwan policy when he visits China next week?
02:57:41.040I'm sure Taiwan will be a topic of conversation. It always is.
02:57:44.280As you know, we understand that the Chinese understand our position on that topic.
02:57:48.360We understand theirs. And I think both parties, again, without getting ahead of myself of what will happen in the talks,
02:57:54.080but I think both countries understand that it is neither one of our interests to see anything destabilized happen in that part of the world.
02:58:00.840We don't need any destabilizing events to occur with regards to Taiwan or anywhere in the Indo-Pacific.
02:58:06.840And I think that's to the mutual benefit of both the United States and the Chinese.
02:58:26.840How does the State Department interpret the president's recent remarks when he said, quote, the Iranian people need to have guns and I think they are getting some guns, end quote.
02:58:39.080What did he mean? And do those comments relate to any ongoing or potential U.S. actions like supplying those weapons?
02:58:44.540Well, I think it goes back to the question I was asked a moment ago.
02:58:46.940I think the president thinks it's heartbreaking that the Iranian people are abused by this regime the way they are.
02:58:51.920In the end, I mean, this regime is not.
02:58:55.020I think I said this in my hearing before the Senate when I got confirmed.
02:58:58.200I don't know of any country in the world where there's a bigger difference between the people and the people who run the country.0.99
02:59:03.780This country is run by radical Shia clerics.0.90
02:59:06.900And that's not what Iran and the Iranian people are.
02:59:09.140Now, they may be Shia, but they're not radicals and they're not clerics.
02:59:12.140And they just want a normal life and a regular life.
02:59:14.360And in many ways, a very cosmopolitan country with an incredible history, incredible history, an incredible legacy and the like.
02:59:20.680So there's this huge divide between the people of Iran whom we sympathize with and who the president sympathize with because they're the ones suffering.0.98
02:59:28.180But the world is a victim of Iran. The world is a victim of Iran because they're terrorists, because of what they're doing now in the straits.0.98
02:59:34.280But the people of Iran are daily victims of the regime. And the president has deep sympathy for what they're going through.
02:59:39.640And I think he's just expressing that sympathy
02:59:41.420and that frustration that they don't have the ability
03:09:08.620Okay. Iran has shown that it's been able to withstand a lot of pressure. And yesterday,
03:09:15.460President Trump has said that they may run out of oil storage in two weeks. Do you believe that
03:09:20.500that will be the thing that gets them to the table to give up their nuclear ambitions? And if not,
03:09:25.680what will be that? Look, they're suffering devastating damage to their economy. You're0.56
03:09:29.760right. But it's not that they're able to withstand pressure. It's that they don't care that their
03:09:32.680people are suffering. You understand, right? There's a difference between we can withstand
03:09:36.240pressure. And we actually don't care. Now, I think there are people in their system that care
03:09:40.500more than others. You know, some of the elected people that you see, some of the people you see
03:09:44.060on television with the suits on, you know, those guys care because they know at the end of the day,
03:09:48.140they have to live in the reality. And then you have an other element of their government,
03:09:51.320the clerical, the clerics, the IRGC types, who probably are more immune to that and care less.
03:09:56.640They're more interested in regime survivor at all costs. But ultimately, the pressure points
03:10:00.340are what they are. Are they less divided now than they were before? Because the administration has
03:10:05.020said that the Iranian regime is divided, making it very challenging. Well, it's been challenging
03:10:09.280to deal with them diplomatically because, for example, an offer will be made and then it takes
03:10:12.820five or six days to get a response because you have to get it through the whole system. They
03:10:16.380have to find the supreme leader wherever he hides. They got to get him to sign off. And that's their
03:10:20.340system. Their system has always been multi-layered in this way. It's obviously become more complex
03:10:24.560because of the damage they suffered during the war. But look, suffice it to say, Iran has to pay0.99
03:10:29.020a price. They're not going to change their position out of the kindness of their heart.0.95
03:10:31.940there has to be a pressure point on them that causes them to realize they cannot continue to
03:10:36.620close the straits or they face crushing economic consequences, but also, you know, global diplomatic
03:10:43.860isolation, which they have proven in the past to be susceptible to. But you're right, they have a
03:10:48.740high pain threshold, but they don't have an unlimited pain threshold. Nobody does. All right,
03:10:52.080this has to be the last question. Go ahead. Thank you, Secretary. Many people want to know
03:10:58.000what is your DJ name? My DJ name? Your DJ name. You're not ready for my DJ name.
03:11:04.320On the war, if the fighting is over, the president also said that the U.S. would bomb them off the face of the earth if they tried to go after U.S. ships.
03:11:17.280So if the fighting resumes, are you saying that it would resume under Project Freedom? And I ask as it relates to the War Powers Act.
03:11:25.040Yeah, look, the operation Epic Fury is concluded.
03:11:29.680We achieved the objectives of that operation.
03:11:31.880I'm not going to, you know, we're not cheering for an additional situation to occur.
03:11:38.800What the president would prefer is a deal.
03:11:40.940He would prefer to sit down, work out a memorandum of understanding for future negotiations that touches on all the key topics that have to be addressed, a full opening of the straits so the world can get back to normal.
03:11:49.640And he preferred that be negotiated through the route that Steve and Jared have been working and that all of us have been supporting.
03:11:55.040That's the route he prefers. That is so far not the route that Iran has chosen. And so the result
03:11:59.900has been that the United States has to do something about the fact that we're the only
03:12:02.940nation on earth that can do anything to open up a lane within the Straits of Hormuz to get product
03:12:07.740and to rescue these people that are trapped in there. And that's what we're undergoing now.
03:12:11.520What that may lead to in the future is speculative. I'm not going to speculate about what it would
03:12:14.900take or what it would do. But look, the message to Iran, these guys are facing, they are facing0.64
03:12:20.200real catastrophic destruction to their economy generational destruction to their economy0.88
03:12:25.240generational destruction to the wealth of their country imposed on themselves by the by the actions
03:12:29.400that they're taking they should check themselves before they wreck themselves in the direction that
03:12:32.760they're going check themselves before these votes coming up in congress are a moot point then look
03:12:38.200guys i love talking about this talk you don't want the war powers out okay i love it i was hoping
03:12:42.120somebody would ask all right hold on hold on no no boy you don't let me answer i gotta answer the
03:12:46.040question, okay? And I love it. I'll tell you why I love it. Because even as a senator, I said
03:12:51.080something. The War Powers Act is unconstitutional, 100%. Now, this is not the position of me, not
03:12:56.880the position of the President of the United States now. This is the position of every single
03:13:00.500president that has occupied this position since the day that law passed. It's completely
03:13:04.600unconstitutional. Now, we comply with it in terms of notification because we want to preserve good
03:13:09.380relations with Congress, right? And we do that. But even as a senator, I would say that the War
03:13:13.500Powers Act is 100% unconstitutional. And look, I know some of you, whatever you want to say,
03:13:18.660but this is not this president's position. That has been the position of every single
03:13:23.300presidential administration since the day that law passes. An infringement on the president's
03:13:27.280constitutional powers. We don't acknowledge the law as constitutional. Nonetheless, we comply with
03:13:31.940elements of it for purposes of maintaining good relations with Congress. And we want them to be
03:13:37.480involved and we want them to be informed. I have gone on Capitol Hill, I don't know, four times
03:13:40.920this year for all senators and all house members and intel committee and gang of eight we want them
03:13:45.640to be involved in this but but i want to be clear on the point of the war powers act it's
03:13:49.480unconstitutional and uh every president and every administration has taken that position
03:13:54.520all right guys i gave you 50 minutes thank you thank you guys
03:14:02.520wow okay so few videos um first of all here is marco rubio djing so for those who are
03:14:09.160confused about the DJ question. One of Marco Rubio's many jobs is being a DJ.
03:14:39.160so he was djing at a wedding uh like a here we go
03:14:55.720there you go this is real no this is real so he was he was at a friend's wedding and then
03:15:02.040then he decided to go and like do some DJing for his friends. This is real back there.
03:15:13.280So that's why, that's why the media was asking about his DJ name. Um, now the other thing I
03:15:22.580wanted to show you guys is, um, when Marco Rubio was speaking, uh, speaking about the Huthies guys,1.00
03:15:29.540i also want to remind you how insane the houthis are like when we're talking about um you know the0.99
03:15:35.380different terrorist groups um different terrorist groups in the middle east um the houthis are like0.99
03:15:42.220the most retarded okay they're literally the most retarded um they're always high because they're0.99
03:15:49.740always chewing this drug called khat and that's why their cheeks are bulging because they just0.99
03:15:57.240start chewing these leaves in the morning. And it's kind of like tobacco in the way that you
03:16:03.000don't swallow it. You just chew it. And then you're supposed to spit it out. Oh, it's not a
03:16:08.560picture guys. It's a video. It's a video. It's a video. Wait for the video. They're basically high
03:16:14.300all the time. So they're high all the time. They're the ones who were like dancing barefoot
03:16:19.040over the flag of Israel. So this is what they, this is what they're like guys. These are literally
03:16:24.800the houthis like the most they're like the the the durkayest of the durkas watch this oh they also1.00
03:16:31.520like singing isn't that a justin bieber song baby baby baby oh or something like1.00
03:16:59.960Like, yeah, the Hoopies get high off of Khat and apparently they're singing like Justin
03:17:08.480Bieber and then guys like this is what they do like do you see this like when
03:17:34.820they're not out there like trying to blow things up they just sit in these giant halls just like
03:17:41.000on these like big rows of couches with like chat leaves in front of them and they're they're just
03:17:47.580like chewing on hot so they basically spend their days in these like opium filled rooms getting high
03:17:54.200like it's really gross actually like look at this right and then they're even there with like their
03:17:59.900children like that looks like a young person so they even bring their sons and they're all just
03:18:03.440like chewing drugs and I don't know, man. So there you go. There's the Houthis. Now I want to go to
03:18:09.960the, um, I do want to watch the press conference, um, with, uh, um, uh, Pete Hegseth this morning,
03:18:17.600but I did want to bring up something. Um, the topic of, uh, kamikaze dolphins did come up and
03:18:27.220here's what Pete Hegseth had to say about Kamikaze dolphins.
03:18:31.700And I can't confirm or deny whether we have Kamikaze dolphins, but I can confirm they
03:18:55.300Yeah. So Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Islamic regime does not have kamikaze dolphins, but he can't confirm or deny if they have, you know, if the United States has it.
03:19:11.420Yeah, I know. I know. For some reason, they just want to say Arabian Gulf, but we don't care0.59
03:19:19.000because we have Marco and Marco Rubio. He calls it by the proper name, which is the Persian Gulf.
03:19:27.080And Marco Rubio is more important and influential anyway. So it is really annoying that this is
03:19:33.960happening, but I don't know, man. It's a big mistake. It's a big mistake, but whatever.
03:19:40.340we have we have marco rubio on our side that's all that matters
03:19:43.400yeah i know to people in the chat who are saying maybe he did it to piss off the regime it's not0.74
03:20:00.980going to piss off the regime it pisses off iranians um this is actually giving the islamic
03:20:06.260regime fodder to attack those of us who support the United States. Because now what I've noticed0.96
03:20:12.560is that a whole bunch of regime accounts are now attacking those of us who support the United
03:20:18.340States. And they're like, why are you supporting a country that is attacking the territorial
03:20:23.940integrity of Iran by calling it the Arabian Gulf and not the Persian Gulf? So it's not a
03:20:29.420strategically sound move. And keep in mind, like the vast majority of the Arab countries in the0.99
03:20:36.800Persian Gulf area didn't even exist 100 years ago, right? A lot of them didn't exist 100 years
03:20:42.280ago. So calling it the Arabian Gulf is retarded. It's the Persian Gulf. It's been called the1.00
03:20:48.020Persian Gulf for over 2000 years. So but all this is doing is this is just this is this is giving
03:20:54.020the islamic regime fodder to attack us iranians who support the united states so like i said not0.72
03:21:01.380not a good move strategically wise like it's not not a smart move at all
03:21:06.100well as you know president trump has directed u.s central command to restart the free flow
03:21:15.360of commerce through the street of hormuz under the umbrella of project freedom to be clear
03:21:20.940this operation is separate and distinct from Operation Epic Fury. Project Freedom is defensive
03:21:28.680in nature, focused in scope, and temporary in duration, with one mission, protecting innocent
03:21:35.720commercial shipping from Iranian aggression. American forces won't need to enter Iranian
03:21:42.480waters or airspace. It's not necessary. We're not looking for a fight, but Iran also cannot be
03:21:49.320allowed to block innocent countries and their goods from an international waterway. Iran is the0.94
03:21:55.860clear aggressor, harassing civilian vessels, threatening mariners from every nation1.00
03:22:01.780indiscriminately, and weaponizing a critical choke point for its own financial benefit,
03:22:08.840at least trying to. For too long, Iran has been harassing ships, shooting at civilian tankers0.56
03:22:14.620from all nations and trying to impose a tolling system. Iran's plan, a form of international0.92
03:22:22.420extortion, is unacceptable. That ends with Project Freedom. Two U.S. commercial ships,0.99
03:22:32.180along with American destroyers, have already safely transited the strait, showing the lane
03:22:37.040is clear. We know the Iranians are embarrassed by this fact. They said they control the strait.1.00
03:22:44.280they do not. So American ships led the way, commercial and military, shouldering the initial
03:22:51.320risk from the front, as Americans always do. And right now, hundreds more ships from nations
03:22:57.460around the world are lining up to transit. CENTCOM, along with partner nations, is in active
03:23:03.940communication with hundreds of ships, shipping companies, and insurers. All of these ships from
03:23:09.760all around the world want to get out of the Iranian trap that they have been stuck inside.0.97
03:23:15.820As a direct gift from the United States to the world, we have established a powerful red,1.00
03:23:22.660white, and blue dome over the strait. American destroyers are on stations supported by hundreds
03:25:55.040and god bless the mighty united states navy as well mr chairman over here thank you mr secretary
03:25:59.600and good morning everyone thanks for being here on sunday at the direction of the president
03:26:04.160cencom initiated project freedom with the objective of facilitating the safe passage
03:26:10.000of international commercial shipping through the strait of hormuz over the past seven weeks
03:26:15.600iran's repeatedly threatened and attacked commercial shipping in the strait in order
03:26:20.640to effectively cut off commercial traffic and damage the global economy. By obstructing one0.84
03:26:26.720of the world's most critical maritime checkpoints, a vital transit route for approximately one-fifth0.98
03:26:32.800of the global oil consumption, Iran is weaponizing the global supply chain.0.99
03:26:37.920This action disregards established navigational rights and the law of the sea, and the regime led0.95
03:26:44.080by the IRGC is effectively attempting to hold the entire global economy hostage.0.86
03:26:50.000let me give you an update of the last few days of activities and if you take a look at the map here
03:26:54.880as the secretary said the united states has established project freedom to open up the
03:26:59.920strait of hormuz this graphic highlights the kinetic engagements that the iranians have
03:27:04.800attempted to make or have taken against the the region the green dots and blue dots show the
03:27:11.920groupings of commercial cargo and tanker vessels and the united states has established significant
03:27:19.360presence over the strait here in order to open up the free flow of commerce, noting the blockade
03:27:25.140still continues along the eastern flank. The map shows the examples and samples of Iranian attacks
03:27:33.480against commercial vessels in the strait as well as the Gulf of Oman and up in the Arabian Gulf.
03:27:41.460Since the ceasefire was announced, Iran has fired at commercial vessels nine times
03:27:46.600and seized two container ships, and they've attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times,
03:27:52.220all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point.
03:27:58.700You can also see the group of tankers and cargo vessels in the U.S. blockade line, as I mentioned.0.83
03:28:04.300As a result of Iran's indiscriminate attacks across the region,
03:28:08.080there are currently 22,500 mariners embarked on more than 1,550 commercial vessels trapped in
03:28:18.920the Arabian Gulf, unable to transit. In addition to shipping, Iran has continued to deliberately0.69
03:28:26.460attack its neighbors. Just yesterday, Iran attacked Oman once and the UAE three times,0.51
03:28:33.140including an attack on Fujairah oil terminal, which was1.00
03:28:38.080idiotic idiotic move stupid comment this is this is he's he's basically just giving fodder to1.00
03:28:46.320to the islamic regime by calling it that look it's the persian gulf or like when i hear someone say1.00
03:28:53.860arabian gulf persian gulf successfully defeated they also launched cruise missiles drones small
03:29:03.180boats at U.S. forces defending commercial shipping in the Straits, and United States Navy MH-60
03:29:09.380helicopters and Army AH-64 Apache helicopters successfully defeated those threats. Thus far,
03:29:17.120today is quieter. Let me describe this defensive operation just a few clicks down for you.
03:29:23.100As the Secretary said, Project Freedom is designed to protect commercial shipping and help restore
03:29:29.460the flow of commerce through the strait and sustain freedom of navigation. CENTCOM has
03:29:35.540established an enhanced security area on the southern side of the strait that is now protected
03:29:42.080by U.S. land, naval, and air assets to help defeat further Iranian aggression against commercial
03:29:49.620shipping. I'd like to share a little bit more about U.S. capabilities, but for operational
03:29:55.640security purposes, I'm not going to get into specific details out there. On the surface,
03:30:01.380guided missile destroyers and other warships are detecting and defeating Iranian threats. This0.95
03:30:07.000includes fast boats and one-way attack drones. In the air, more than 100 fighters, attack aircraft,
03:30:14.340and other manned and unmanned aircraft synchronized by the 82nd Airborne Division
03:30:19.840are in the air 24 hours a day providing defensive overwatch for the enhanced security area and its
03:30:27.240approaches that I discussed. These forces are comprised of over 15,000 American service members
03:30:34.640and have established localized air and sea control to protect against Iranian threats.
03:30:42.120Commercial vessels that transit through the area will see, hear, and frankly feel U.S. combat power
03:30:49.280around them on the sea, in the skies, and on the radio. And as of this morning, as was mentioned
03:30:56.580prior, two U.S. flagged merchant vessels have transited, and we anticipate more to transit over
03:31:02.320the coming days. Further up the Gulf, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command continues to work to
03:31:08.280identify and mitigate any threats. Beyond Project Freedom, CENTCOM and the rest of the Joint Force
03:31:15.120remain ready to resume major combat operations against Iran if ordered to do so. No adversary
03:31:22.260should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve. And the president has said,
03:31:27.700as the secretary has, that now is the time for those with equity stake in the strait to come
03:31:33.260assist. Before I turn it back to the secretary, I want to take a moment to highlight
03:31:37.820part of our joint force today. And today I want to talk about the paratroopers of the United States
03:31:43.400Army 82nd Airborne Division. When the President or the Secretary need immediate, scalable, and
03:31:49.460lethal combat power in CENTCOM or elsewhere, the All-American Division answers the call.
03:31:55.900The 82nd is the core of our nation's immediate response force and ready to deploy within hours
03:32:01.360of notice. These paratroopers are capable of accomplishing any mission in any environment,
03:32:07.580constantly training, constantly ready to jump from Air Force aircraft into ground combat and
03:32:13.600seize key terrain if ordered to do so, just like their predecessors did in Sicily and Normandy in
03:32:19.980World War II, or to secure or enable the follow-on forces to flow into theater as they did in Grenada
03:32:27.460or Panama. They can do the range of missions from counterinsurgency to counterterrorism operations
03:32:33.660to power projection, as they have many times over the course of the history of this great division.
03:32:39.680They can do all these things because they're incredibly well-trained, well-equipped, and
03:32:46.000well-led, but also because of the indomitable spirit of the all-American paratrooper. Every
03:32:52.400single one of them volunteered for this role, volunteered to go to airborne training, and
03:32:57.520volunteered to serve. But this division is now more than just a formation that we use for forcible
03:33:03.420entries. For example, just today, they are out there coordinating, integrating, and synchronizing
03:33:09.820land, air, space, sea, and cyber forces using all joint all-domain command and control.
03:33:17.380They use next-generation tactical networks that are AI-enabled to augment intelligence and
03:33:23.680operations, and they seamlessly synchronize all of these effects and are doing so in support of
03:33:30.700Project Freedom as we speak. The relentless focus on technical innovation allows the commanders out
03:33:38.880there in the field to see, sense, and understand the opportunities that are in front of them,
03:33:44.580along with the associated risks, and make smart decisions out on the objective. With incredible
03:33:51.100courage, tenacity, and grit, they are going all the way every day, and whenever the nation calls
03:33:57.760on them, they are there to answer the call. We are grateful for their service and their leadership.
03:34:04.120Lastly, before I close, as I often do, I want to remember some of our fallen. Today, we remember
03:34:10.020Sergeant William Rivers, Specialist Breonna Moffat, and Specialist Kennedy Sanders of the
03:34:16.980718th Engineering Company, U.S. Army Reserves, out of Fort Benning, Georgia. They were tragically
03:34:24.480killed on January 28, 2024, when attacked by an Iranian-backed proxy force at Tower 22 in Jordan.
03:34:33.540We continue to carry on their memories. We remember their names. We remember their families.
03:34:39.540And the Secretary and I are deeply grateful for all of our deployed forces who are out there doing
03:34:44.920our nation's work. And, sir, with that, I'll kick it back over to you. Very good. We'll take a few
03:34:50.220questions. Go ahead. Thank you. Alexandra Andersall, One America News. Do you assess,
03:34:57.920Mr. Secretary, do you assess what's left of this small boat fleet to be a significant threat or
03:35:03.300a nuisance to be managed? And then secondly, what is your message to critics who say that the U.S.
03:35:08.980doesn't have a strategy in this mission? Well, any threat needs to be taken seriously. And just
03:35:15.360like those six attack boats that the chairman mentioned were taken seriously and dealt with
03:35:19.420before there were any real threat to the American military vessels that they were approaching.0.77
03:35:25.380And that is small craft like that are all that Iran has left.0.66
03:35:30.180Their ability to get close with a destroyer of the capabilities that we have is limited,0.95
03:35:36.500but we're going to take it very seriously and kinetically, quickly.
03:35:40.400We're not going to allow a threat to gather.
03:35:43.300And I can tell you, even from just this morning, the strategy remains laser focused.
03:35:48.500In fact, what I think you see from Project Freedom is that we're not allowing ourselves to get distracted.
03:35:53.540This is a separate and distinct effort, temporary in nature, that we plan to hand over to the world.
03:35:57.720The world has expressed a desire to be a part of this, as is often the case, or maybe almost always the case.
03:36:04.800American leadership is required, so the president was willing to undertake this, send commercial ships through, send destroyers in,
03:36:12.080provide this red, white, and blue bubble of protection, and encourage the world to step up.
03:36:16.380Because ultimately, this waterway is, as I said, far more crucial to the rest of the world, and they need to have the ability to defend it.
03:36:23.900So I think this is a reflection of a laser-focused strategy, actually, right here.
03:36:31.440I wanted to ask you of any of the fast boats that have been either sunk or identified.
03:36:35.620Are there any armaments larger than, say, small AK-47 type stuff or any anti-ship cruise missiles identified?
03:36:42.300And my second question is, if there's a divide between the IRGC and Tehran, is there a way to get Tehran to agree to let us go after the IRGC that is doing these attacks without violating the ceasefire?
03:36:57.300Well, right now, anything coming at our crafts, regardless of what's on it, has to be defended against, and that's the case.
03:37:04.360I don't know what the exact armaments that were on those fast boats.
03:37:07.540Small arms, nothing significant on the fast boats.
03:37:12.300uh there were some small coastal cruise missiles shot down as well so there's been there i think
03:37:18.540the there's some frothiness in the beginning aspects of this that were dealt with very
03:37:22.620directly by our destroyers and and we're communicating both overtly and and quietly
03:37:28.060to the iranians to uh allow this defensive operation to happen on behalf of the world
03:37:32.700uh there are some actions the irgc takes sometimes that are outside the bounds of what maybe iranian
03:37:38.780negotiators would like, that's their job to reign that in and ultimately create a condition for a
03:37:43.600deal, right? That's not something I talked about in these remarks, but that's happening in real
03:37:47.920time. Iran has an ability to make that deal. But what we're demonstrating with Project Freedom is
03:37:53.400they don't control the strait. I mean, we know Iran is embarrassed by the fact that our blockade
03:37:58.900is holding and we can run ships through and we're going to help the world run ships through.0.62
03:38:03.660And if they hold it at issue, the whole world knows who's doing it. It's not us. We're willing
03:38:08.080to open it up, it's Iran. And that creates a dilemma for them. We hope they make a deal.1.00
03:38:12.640Yes. Thank you, sir. My first question is for General Cain, Mary Margaret with The Daily Wire.
03:38:16.760You said that the attacks by Iran so far are below the threshold of restarting major combat
03:38:22.900operations. What is that threshold? And then for Secretary Hugseth, are there still concerns about
03:38:28.980mines in the strait? And can you kind of clarify these reports of kamikaze dolphins that we've
03:38:35.000heard about. I haven't heard the common classic dolphin thing. It's like sharks with laser beams,
03:38:40.260right? The threshold of restarting is a political decision above my pay grade. What I'll say is it's
03:38:46.780low harassing fire right now. It feels like Iran is grasping at straws to try to do something0.97
03:38:52.840across the southern flank. To your question, David, their command and control structure0.93
03:38:58.180remains very fractured. And I think they're struggling to maintain control down echelon
03:39:04.000at the edge but um we're still it's still pretty low level kinetics at this point in time
03:39:09.920uh and i can't confirm or deny whether we have kamikaze dolphins uh but i can confirm they don't
03:39:15.680uh ultimately uh the any follow-on effort if there are minds identified would be something that
03:39:22.960uh our our some of our units could undertake or the world could undertake but right now we know
03:39:27.120we have a lane of safe passage that commercial shipping can can flow through uh thank you
03:39:31.840Thank you, Secretary Hexeth. Last 24 hours or so, Iran's fired at us. We fired at Iran.
03:39:37.340I'm just going to ask you more directly, is the ceasefire over?0.98
03:39:41.440No, the ceasefire is not over. Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project.
03:39:47.720And we expected there would be some churn at the beginning, which happened.
03:39:53.760And we said we would defend and defend aggressively, and we absolutely have.0.76
03:39:56.880Iran knows that. And ultimately, the president's going to make a decision whether anything were
03:40:02.640to escalate into a violation of a ceasefire. But certainly we would urge Iran to be prudent
03:40:07.580in the actions that they take to keep that underneath this threshold. This is about the
03:40:12.280straits. This is about freedom of navigation. This is about international waterways. This is about
03:40:16.800free flow of commerce, all the things that happened before, and only Iran is contesting.
03:40:21.740So so right now, the ceasefire certainly holds, but we're going to be watching very, very closely.
03:40:27.240Absolutely. James, go ahead. Mr. Secretary, thank you, General. Thank you.
03:40:31.780I want to first express my gratitude and admiration for the work you do and for everyone involved in our armed forces and also for the accomplishments of Operation Epic Fury, which I think are too often dismissed too lightly.
03:40:46.040But those accomplishments don't obscure, I think, a central default that has occurred here,
03:40:52.760and I would like you both to address it. On the first day of this conflict, President Trump
03:40:57.420addressed the Iranian people directly and said, when we're finished,
03:41:01.740take over your government. It'll be yours to take. And then on the seventh day of the conflict,0.96
03:41:08.440in a Truth Social post, the president said, quote, there will be no deal with Iran except
03:41:13.600all caps, exclamation mark, unconditional surrender. What happens to that pledge to the
03:41:20.400Iranians? And when did the president decide to capitulate on his demand for unconditional
03:41:27.580surrender? James, I wouldn't. You started out nicely, but you ended exactly where we knew you
03:41:34.020would end. The president hasn't capitulated on anything. He holds the cards. We maintain the
03:41:40.040upper hand and Project Freedom only strengthens that hand. And so he will ensure that whatever
03:41:44.880deal is made or whatever end state is reached, creates ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear
03:41:50.780weapon, which is a number one. And he's been focused on that. And the deal and discussions
03:41:54.540are centered on that. And what the Iranian people take advantage of after the fact is up to them.0.59
03:41:59.200And he's been very clear about that. And maybe you do it now, maybe it happens later. But ultimately,0.73
03:42:03.980he's also been clear, we're not going to entangle this into some nation building project.
03:57:16.980You've done a good job crushing it. I was talking with Ambassador Oren,
03:57:20.580used to represent Israel, the United States. I said, I'm going to talk to the president.
03:57:23.660What do you want me to say to him? He said, tell him to finish the job. He'll be a world
03:57:27.160historical figure. He will be up there with the greats if he takes out this regime. Do you see
03:57:31.920it that way? Well, a lot of people have said that. A lot of very smart people. A lot of
03:57:36.460semi-moderate people have said that. Others would like to see a deal because, you know, it's
03:57:42.300travesty when you do that, when you go that far. We've taken out much of what we'd have to do,
03:57:49.020probably another two weeks, two weeks, maybe three weeks. And time is not of the essence for us.
03:57:55.380And I'll say to you, as a very, very highly respected guy, a lot of people think, oh, I want to do it for the midterms.
03:58:03.780I think, you know, I made a speech the other day in front of great senior citizens, unbelievable, thousands and thousands of them.
03:58:11.600And the thing that got the biggest, then I went to Travis Center and said the same thing in Palm Beach, a different kind of a group of people.
03:58:18.300So both of them, the thing that got the biggest hand, and you may have seen it on television, was when I said Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.
04:01:43.740Oh, no Zoom link yet, okay, all right.
04:02:01.560All right, I guess I'm just waiting. Waiting for the Zoom link.
04:02:11.140I'll only bring you guys along if you behave. Only if you guys behave. So that means you have to be quiet, guys. Like, you have to be shh, right?
04:02:20.820Shh. Yeah, I'm going one-on-one. No, I'm going one-on-one with Liz McDonald.
04:02:34.680I've spoken to her before. I actually really like her a lot. Yeah, guys.
04:02:39.540do you guys promise to be quiet only if you guys promise to be quiet
04:02:50.820because if i'm taking you backstage i can't let them know right like they can't know that
04:02:58.760that you guys are coming backstage that's a big no-no
04:03:04.120so yeah why do you think I'm wearing like my suit and everything
04:15:56.220There's no doubt that the clashes in the straight-up hall news continue.
04:16:00.520sporadically, but they do continue. Then the United Arab Emirates today reported that they
04:16:06.200came under attack again from Iran, who were throwing missiles and drones at the Emirates,
04:16:11.940but certainly no reports of any damage. Yesterday, as you can see, an oil refinery or an oil
04:16:17.920facility was hit inside the UAE. But the Pentagon insists that the ceasefire is still in place.
04:16:26.160Earlier today, War Secretary Pete Hexeth spoke to reporters saying that the focus for now is on Operation Freedom,
04:16:34.600the effort to clear out the Strait of Hormuz and let those commercial ships finally go through.
04:16:41.100Now, very slowly, since Monday, we've heard of three major commercial ships able to finally get out of that stranglehold.
04:16:51.280They've been there for more than nine weeks, becoming a humanitarian crisis.
04:16:56.160And the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff put it like this.
04:17:00.880As a result of Iran's indiscriminate attacks across the region, there are currently 22,500 mariners embarked on more than 1,550 commercial vessels trapped in the Arabian Gulf, unable to transit.
04:17:22.380To make a point about the strength of the United States, we got this video from CENTCOM showing a U.S. Air Force F-16 getting ready, and there it goes, takes off from the aircraft carrier to patrol the Strait of Hormuz to basically create what the military calls a defense umbrella to protect U.S. ships and commercial ships that are still trapped in that strait.
04:17:46.620But so far, the ceasefire holds, but who knows, Liz, we'll throw it back to you.
04:17:51.800Thank you so much, Ashley. Always great reporting from you.
04:20:24.480I want to report to warn the viewer.0.97
04:20:26.840Iran's terror regime have literally been raping women to death and gouging out the eyes of women and children.0.83
04:20:33.260Can you explain why they can't get a nuclear bomb?0.95
04:20:36.360If the Islamic regime got a nuclear bomb, then that would basically ensure their existence forever, similar to North Korea.0.98
04:20:46.200Not only would this be detrimental for the Iranian people who have been held hostage by this demonic regime for the last 47 years,0.98
04:20:55.100But what this would do is the Islamic regime would then use their nuclear bombs to hold the rest of the world hostage.0.96
04:21:04.200If you think what's happening in the Persian Gulf in the Strait of Hormuz is bad right now, imagine what it would be like if the regime had nuclear capability, because then no one could stop them.0.97
04:21:16.300And we would see the price of oil rise to three hundred, four hundred dollars a barrel.0.99
04:21:21.200So, you know, President Trump is absolutely right.0.95
04:21:24.640Goldie, what do you make of Mideast nations along the Persian Gulf now fighting back against Iran?
04:21:29.360The UAE and Israel officially announced a new strategic defense alliance,
04:21:33.680but Syria issued a strong condemnation of the Iranian terror regime.
04:21:38.160Well, I mean, Israel has always been an ally of the Iranian people fighting against the Islamic
04:21:43.360regime. So of course, you know, Israel has always been a huge advocate. And we Iranians,
04:21:48.640we support Israel. With respect to the other countries, it's interesting to see, you know,
04:21:52.960know, some of these Persian Gulf countries start speaking out, you know, I mean, UAE, for example,0.99
04:21:57.920the reason that they're speaking out now is because they have been attacked by the Islamic
04:22:02.840regime. And while I do not support those attacks whatsoever, the reality is that, you know, just
04:22:07.460up until a few months ago, the UAE was actually a big hub where the Islamic regime was laundering0.56
04:22:14.040money. So, I mean, we have to kind of look at the reason why some of these Persian Gulf countries0.53
04:22:18.120are now speaking out. It's because, you know, in the past when they thought that they could appease0.83
04:22:22.380the islamic regime they've now realized that there is no honor amongst terrorists and uh0.72
04:22:27.660they're they're not paying the price and they basically risked the security and safety of0.94
04:22:31.980their citizens thank you so much you are a hero for standing up appreciate you like thank you so
04:22:43.100thank you so much for coming on with us we always appreciate it appreciate that anytime
04:25:00.400Israel has always been an ally of the Iranian people.
04:25:04.980Oh, someone's asking, do they give you a heads up on the topic?
04:25:09.420Not really. I mean, they just say Iran. And, you know, like I just, I mean, sometimes, sometimes like I will, like they give me, so like, okay, so I'll give you an example.
04:25:24.840so for for today's um interview they said you know the topic is iran um and then they gave me
04:25:31.480this link so um it was basically like this it was like this um update from new york times um shoot
04:25:46.120let me my pr person sent it to me so they sent me this article and they're like just review this and
04:25:53.560then it's just going to be like a general talk amazing amazing amazing is that not copyrighted
04:26:07.960i know that's why i can't do it i have to like i have to edit it out every single time i play it
04:26:12.760i need to find a different way to rick roll um it's too good though it's worth it but okay so
04:26:19.400So like, for example, uh, you know, the, the producers sent me, um, this link and they
04:26:25.420were like, you know, like basically it's just going to be like sort of the, the, the latest
04:26:29.480news coming from New York times or whatever, like just sort of like the latest news.
04:26:33.600So, but I actually did not even, I did not even check the link.
04:26:37.720So I didn't, I honestly didn't even know what she was going to ask me about.
04:26:41.800Um, but it's, you know, I know the topic is Iran and, um, you know, because like,
04:26:48.820Armin and I are constantly informed on Iran we can you know pretty much on the
04:26:55.320spot Armin and I can like talk about any subject with with respect to Iran so0.99
04:27:02.940yeah so I mean they they don't really give me like I mean sometimes they give
04:27:07.980me a topic sometimes they don't but it basically they just generally say Iran
04:27:12.860and then I just kind of go with the flow and whatever they want to ask me I'm
04:27:15.780there so yeah if we're if we're doing copyrighted music can i share a music video that just came
04:27:24.900out that is amazing but we probably have to cut it later because of which right who is it
04:27:31.940it's zero two one uh so i love that song but uh it's a little bit like it talks about guns
04:27:40.100and violence and stuff i tried playing it yesterday i just i don't want to risk it okay okay but it's
04:27:46.660a great song isn't it no it's really good it's really good i've added it to my iran revolution
04:27:52.900live playlist so people can go there check the song um i shared the artists like this was
04:28:00.660yesterday like when you were in the discussion group um shared the the video like the link to
04:28:06.660the video shared his youtube page so everyone can go follow him but it's just i i was like i
04:28:14.820just i got freaked out because i've been you know like my channel has been banned one time
04:28:20.420for you know fake fake firearms i just i didn't want it to happen again so that's why i was like
04:28:26.260oh but it is really good i agree it's really good everyone should go watch it yes so but i played i
04:28:35.220played his other one though oh okay i didn't know there was i like the savak logos i know
04:28:46.500i like i like the song i like the song but right because he's talking about like you know shoot
04:28:52.820this shoot that and because this is a live stream the rules are a little different for live streams
04:28:59.380so i just i just don't want to get like i just don't want to get my my channel taken down again
04:29:06.980can i give a shout out to a new a new channel with only 14 subscribers that just started
04:29:14.900sure this like this guy i is ali saw money and he just started his channel and i really
04:29:24.980like his analysis he comes in our discussion group and he just has the best um he's really
04:29:31.540really smart so i just wanted to give him a shout out because he just started is that okay if i like
04:29:36.980put this link here in the chat yeah that's fine so yeah and and can i i'm just gonna play maybe a
04:29:43.540short video go for it i'm gonna take like a five ten minute break anyway because i haven't taken a
04:29:48.340break uh but i'll be back in like five ten minutes but i'll be watching okay okay okay but can you
04:29:54.420wait can you wait for 20 seconds because this one is like really short i just want to see okay see
04:29:59.300yeah okay just 20 seconds okay he's really close to donald trump he is really really close to him
04:30:04.980they golf together they hang out they talk all the time he knows what president trump is thinking
04:30:11.380now that he's saying this he's coming on fox news and he's saying this it's almost a guarantee that
04:30:16.900we're going to see probably a couple hundred thousand people uh of the iranian people in
04:30:21.460iran be armed so the next time they come out they're not left completely defenseless which
04:30:26.340they won't be anyway because there will be israeli and u.s drones and jets above providing support
04:30:33.220so his his channel name is persian dude but i'm telling him to change it to his name
04:30:38.740uh but again i put the link one more time in the chat he just started so if you guys could
04:30:43.540go and subscribe to him that would be good for him yeah i mean that's pretty much what we've
04:30:46.980been saying this whole time i mean i had to convince you a few months ago that you know
04:30:51.220When Amu Linzi says something, listen to him, because Amu Linzi is speaking on behalf of President Trump.
04:30:57.120So I'm glad that other people are getting the memo as well.
04:30:59.840We need more voices like that to share that same messaging.
04:38:00.720Vessels intending to transit the strait received an email from the Persian Gulf's strait authority outlining rules and regulations for passage, the report said.
04:38:29.120Is it email? Is that they discovered email? Is that the new part? Because wasn't this their solution to begin with? Like, wasn't this like anybody going through the transit has to communicate with us? Like, that was already your plan. So what changed? Is it because it's by email rather than radio?
04:38:48.420okay ships are required to adjust their operations according to the framework
04:38:57.880and obtain a transit preference before crossing the street from reserve yet everything else here
04:39:03.640is how you used to do it the only thing that is changing is email so like guys we found a
04:39:09.240new revolutionary way to govern maritime traffic oh my god what is this email us
04:39:18.220you have to email us like oh wow so high tags revolutionary this is why they call them
04:39:31.120you know the islamic revolutionary guard they come up with revolutionary ways
04:39:38.020to to govern maritime traffic this is the most revolutionary this is the most revolutionary
04:39:47.780the Islamic Revolution in regard has been.
04:42:40.420This country is run by radical Shia clerics.1.00
04:42:43.560And that's not what Iran and the Iranian people are.
04:42:45.920Now, they may be Shia, but they're not radicals and they're not clerics.
04:42:48.800And they just want a normal life and a regular life.
04:42:51.020And in many ways, a very cosmopolitan country with an incredible history,
04:42:55.060incredible history, an incredible legacy and the like.
04:42:57.320So there's this huge divide between the people of Iran, whom we sympathize with, and who the president sympathize with, because they're the ones suffering.0.94
04:43:05.060But the world is a victim of Iran, okay?0.98
04:43:06.780The world is a victim of Iran because they're terrorists, because of what they're doing now in the straits.0.82
04:43:10.940But the people of Iran are daily victims of the regime, and the president has deep sympathy for what they're going through.
04:43:16.240And I think he's just expressing that sympathy and that frustration that they don't have the ability to do more to get rid of this regime that has crushed this country.
04:52:07.440so there you go that that's that's so he's like he's like oh no the islamic0.91
04:52:11.520regime is shooting like yosemite sam oh my gosh you offered very nicely project
04:52:17.760freedom. The Iranians started firing off like Yosemite Sam at UAE and everybody. So I gather,0.95
04:52:23.920are we at the beginning of the end of a new war? Are we starting over?
04:52:27.900Well, one way or the other, we win. We either make the right deal or we win very easily from
04:52:32.380the military standpoint. We've already won that. You know, you've heard me say it a million times
04:52:37.540that other people say it. They had 159 ships. Now they have none. They're all at the bottom of the
04:52:43.040Today, we took out eight of their, you know, they're reduced to these small little fast ships, very cheap, and they attach a machine gun to it.
04:52:53.440We knocked out eight of them today, and everyone that was available got knocked out very quickly and very efficiently, and so we'll see what happens.
04:53:03.060I mean, it's hard to believe that they would do that.
04:53:05.980You know, the one ship that was hit was and I haven't seen it in a little while because I was with the small business owners of America for the last two hours.
04:53:14.560We were having a good time. They're doing fantastic. Everybody's doing fantastically.
04:53:18.560All businesses right now in the country. Stock markets at a new height despite this.
04:53:23.540But I will say that one way or the other, we have one thing. They will never have a nuclear weapon.
04:53:30.020Mr. President, you've killed a lot of their leaders. Do you think you have to kill the D team as well?0.97
04:53:35.120Cause we're down to the D team or the, or the E team or the X team.0.85
04:53:38.340I don't even know who's running the country. Do you have to wipe them out?
04:53:41.640Well, let's see what happens. I mean, they, you know,
04:53:44.420a lot of people aren't really looking for that job. They have,
04:53:47.120we knocked out their first team. We knocked out their second team.
04:53:50.060We knocked out half of their third team.
04:53:52.340A lot of people aren't looking for that job,
04:53:54.600but I find them to be far superior than the first group. Okay.
04:54:00.160The first group was totally out of control and was doing the wrong thing for
04:54:03.960their country. But I think we'll see what happens. The one thing I will say is they talk a lot
04:54:10.380differently when they're talking to me than they talk when they're talking to the media or the
04:54:14.100television set. It's a lot different. Their propaganda is terrible. That's what Armin was
04:54:19.280saying yesterday. Remember, Armin was saying, imagine if President Trump, and he was saying
04:54:24.400this this morning, and he said it yesterday. He's like, imagine if President Trump comes out and is
04:54:28.900like, oh, yeah, like the regime, they say one thing to me, but then they go on TV and they're
04:54:33.440like death to america now president trump is pretty much confirming that that's exactly what's
04:54:37.900happening well now i'm talking to ambassador oran yeah they're looking to do a job and uh they get
04:54:43.920on television they say the exact opposite you remember i was telling you that they want to
04:54:48.160make a deal that they're talking and they denied ever talking to me and say what's going on over
04:54:52.380these guys so they're pretty good at propaganda i guess but yeah they have no navy they have no
04:54:58.400air force they have no anti-aircraft they have no nothing and you've done a good job crushing
04:55:03.160I was talking with Ambassador Oren, used to represent Israel of the United States.
04:55:07.260I said, I'm going to talk to the president.
04:55:20.800A lot of semi-moderate people have said that.
04:55:23.640Others would like to see a deal because, you know, it's travesty when you do that, when you go that far.
04:55:30.400we've taken out much of what we'd have to do probably another two weeks two weeks maybe three
04:55:36.800weeks uh and time is not of the essence for us you know i i'll say to you as a very very highly
04:55:43.720respected guy a lot of people think oh i want to do it for the midterms i think you know i made a
04:55:49.780speech the other day in front of great senior citizens unbelievable thousands and thousands
04:55:55.920of them. And the thing that got the biggest, and then I went to Kravis Center and said the same
04:56:00.820thing in Palm Beach, a different kind of a group of people, both of them, the thing that got the0.98
04:56:06.080biggest hand, and you may have seen it on television, was when I said, Iran will not
04:56:10.660have a nuclear weapon. That was big. The bigger was when you said these people are lunatics,
04:56:16.520because they are. I wanted to be nice. I actually said, these lunatics will not have a,0.99
04:56:21.180I wanted to be a little bit nicer. I wanted to clean up my act a little bit. But I said,0.95
04:56:25.740these lunatics will not have a nuclear weapon. Well, now I know you were watching. That's right.0.96
04:56:30.500Oh, yeah. Well, that's who they are. I have got grandkids. I understand the stakes. These people
04:56:35.500cannot. They're fanatics. They cannot have nuclear weapons. You think the country understands the
04:56:39.920stakes, Mr. President? Well, I think they do, because, you know, again, this was a pretty big
04:56:44.380sample. I'll bet we had 35,000, 40,000 people outside of the room where I was speaking, where
04:56:50.700we had, I guess it holds five or six thousand people. And then they had another room that was
04:56:55.060packed of equal size, and there are thousands of people outside. They all went crazy when I said,
04:57:00.880and now I said, no tax on tips. I said, no tax on Social Security for our seniors,
04:57:05.700no tax on overtime. That was great, but this blew it away. Then I see these fake polls that 32%
04:57:13.640of the public wants, meaning a lot more don't want. I could ask this question a lot of different
04:57:21.900ways but if you just said uh to protect our country to protect the world i mean look the1.00
04:57:29.200middle east israel in the middle east would be wiped out within the first hour that they had it
04:57:34.500and you know the iran nuclear deal that was given to us by barack hussein obama that was a shortcut0.92
04:57:40.000to a nuclear weapon and we would not have been able to live with that they would have used it
04:57:45.980JCPO was a guarantee. It was a guarantee that they would get a weapon. Mr. President, I want to talk about red lines. One of your red lines is they have to renounce having their nuclear ambition. Do we have to get back the highly enriched uranium? Is that a red line for a deal?
05:10:28.500So he's making a distinction between the IRGC, remember?
05:10:32.080So if we look at our Boom Boom Durka Jihad bingo sheet, right, this is the IRGC and this is the Artish, the, you know, as he calls it, the regular army.
05:10:44.440So you've got the army and you got the IRGC. So wow. Any, any reporter who understands the
05:10:56.000difference between the IRGC and the artist, that reporter knows their stuff. Like that's a very,
05:11:06.360very easy test to like, you know, that that's, that's like basic test number one to find out
05:11:13.440if someone actually understands the political dynamics in iran uh not got after them too much
05:11:21.440because you know we purposely take over from the fanatics they do have the regular army i guess
05:11:26.880things you know we purposely have uh not got after them too much because we think that they're much
05:11:33.920more moderate actually you know oh my god guys that was our theory that was our theory army
05:11:43.440guys, that was our theory. Guys, that was our theory on the, on the boom, boom bingo sheet.
05:11:52.180Remember, remember, we kept on pointing out, we're like, guys, look at this. Look at this.
05:12:00.500There's no boom, booms on the army side. There's no boom, booms on the Atish side.0.98
05:12:06.060The boom booms are only coming from the IRGC side because, you know, our theory, our theory is that there might be people in the Attish.
05:12:23.000There might be people in the Attish who may have defected, right?
05:29:56.340We've been dealing with Pahlavi derangement syndrome for the last, you know, 50, 60, 70 years. Right. So, so it's very similar to Trump derangement syndrome. So, so we get it. We get it. Trump derangement syndrome is insane because we've, we've been dealing with the Pahlavi derangement syndrome. And guys, it comes from the same ideology and the same mindset. It's the Islamists and the Marxist socialists and the woke progressive left. Right.
05:33:58.480Now, in the case of Biden, he had no idea he was doing it.
05:34:01.820He should have been removed from office under the 25th.
05:34:04.340With the Biden administration, he had some very smart lunatics circling him around that beautiful, as you know, the beautiful Oval Office and that incredible desk I sit behind.
05:34:17.720You know, hey, look, he had smart people, really radical left, and they would destroy the country.0.79
05:34:24.600open borders to me the biggest sin of all was allowing 25 million people into our country
05:34:30.460murderers drug dealers wait sorry i really need to answer this question um so someone in the chat
05:34:37.360is asking i wonder what joe biden is even doing right now guys joe biden is busy um fighting uh
05:34:46.780medicare medicaid he's he's he's beating medicaid remember that's that's what joe
05:34:53.940biden is doing right now with his with his steak with his steak yeah he's he's beating medicaid
05:34:59.580yes uh people from mental institutions and we're doing great with it despite the courts that are
05:35:10.200so stacked against us we're doing great with it so let me ask you about you know murders were down
05:35:16.280the lowest in 125 years despite all of this i had out of town visitors yet down by national stadium
05:35:22.740yesterday. He said, how is the National Guard working? It's beautiful. It's very, very nice.
05:35:26.800Let me ask you about the White House Court. Washington now is one of the safest cities
05:35:29.820in the country. And a year ago, when I came in, it was one of the most unsafe places in the
05:35:36.100country to be. We took out 5,000 career criminals. And one stat, before I get, one stat, 2% of the
05:35:43.540people create 90% of the crime. And I love that stat because it means you can fix it. And we've
05:35:49.700that wherever we go. I know you have to run. You offered to the White House Correspondents
05:35:54.200Association to use the ballroom when it gets done. I'm just wondering, could they put a tent
05:35:59.200on the backyard? Would you let them do a tented thing on the south lawn to do their dinner?0.52
05:36:04.340Well, we've done tents for years. Tents don't work. And when it rains, it's very wet land here,
05:36:08.980sort of marshland. And when it rains, it's brutal. You know, you have a thing and the
05:36:13.020water literally goes over their shoes. I would do it. I mean, more importantly for the future,
05:36:19.700we're building a room, you know, it's ahead of schedule, on budget, ahead of schedule. It'll be
05:36:24.580one of the most beautiful and one of the safest ballrooms anywhere in the world, but
05:36:28.480it'll be one of the most beautiful ballrooms. It's been needed for 150 years.
05:36:34.200I approve of the ballroom. I've been in the White House. I work for Reagan. There's no
05:36:37.760place to have a real dinner. It's a nightmare and it's got to be safe. Two final last fun
05:36:42.680questions, Mr. President, for your bio. If there's no McDonald's around, Burger King or Wendy's?
05:36:50.420well i'll tell you you know wait armin okay you know what before we get president trump's
05:36:57.540president trump's answer why don't we do that why don't we ask the chat
05:37:04.660oh my god so not not what they think president trump is going to say
05:37:10.660what you guys prefer so do you prefer burger king or wendy's
05:37:20.500this is this is offending me as a health freak
05:37:26.900to me this is like choosing between heroin and cocaine oh my gosh okay i know you don't need
05:37:32.500drug food yeah all right so but i'm curious to know guys so so what do you prefer if
05:37:41.140like you have to put okay one for burger king two for wendy's
05:57:19.100If Washington decides to pursue such a strategy as Daesh plans for it seriously, does the preparatory work and maintains consistent messaging, mobilizing people into the streets and triggering defections within the regime's security apparatus becomes entirely feasible?
06:17:07.380It just is. That's just a reality here. So that's why President Trump is using a country like Pakistan as like the mediator, as opposed to, let's say, I don't know, Switzerland or, you know, some more respectable, more influential country, right? Or like, you know, Japan or something. I don't know, right?1.00
06:17:28.280It's the same reason that they used Oman as a negotiator in the past, because, again, Oman is completely irrelevant when it comes to geopolitical power.
06:17:38.000So President Trump is just saying, all right, Pakistan wants this.