The Joint Terrorism Task Forces Have Begun The Antifa Crackdown
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Jack Posobiec is back in Washington, D.C. to host the first Human Events Daily show in the studio since the Charlie Kirk Memorial on September 29th, 2025. President Trump hosts last-ditch talks with congressional leaders to avoid a government shutdown. A deadly attack on a church meeting house in Michigan leaves at least 2 dead and 8 injured. The Joint Terrorism Task Forces are activated across the country.
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This is Human Events with your host, Jack Posobiec.
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President Trump hosts last-ditch talks with congressional leaders to avoid a government shutdown.
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The Democrats have become radical left lunatics.
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And, you know, I see what's going on in New York.
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We're going to have perhaps a communist mayor because it's split up.
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You know, if the people would get together and have one candidate, they'd have, I think,
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But it looks like maybe they're not going to do that.
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But we're going to end up with a communist mayor.
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It's not even believable, my beautiful New York.
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A deadly attack on a church meeting house in Michigan, killing at least two people and injuring eight.
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From what I understand, based on my conversations with the FBI director, all they know right now is this was an individual who hated people of the Mormon faith.
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And they are trying to understand more about this, how premeditated it was, how much planning went into it, whether he left a note.
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All of those questions have yet to be answered, but certainly will be answered.
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New protests in Portland, Oregon, in response to President Trump ordering troops into the city that he claims is war ravaged.
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The commander-in-chief vowing to protect ICE facilities, he says, are under siege by Antifa.
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While people are now taking to the streets, they are pushing back on the military move.
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Antifa and other left-wing activists have rallied outside of this ICE facility here every night and clashed with federal agents.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard today's edition of Human Events Daily.
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Today is September 29th, 2025. Anno Domini. First show I've done in this studio since hosting the
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Charlie Kirk Memorial on September 11th, though we will be back in Phoenix for the rest of the week.
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Folks, go take a look at what happened this weekend. And after we got off the show on Friday
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evening, we got the word after we had interviewed the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security,
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where we had been saying over and over that what we need here is an activation of the Joint
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Terrorism Task Forces. Well, kudos to Attorney General Pam Bondi, because that's exactly what
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she did. The full activation of the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, and this is across the country. So
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there's 200 of these, many in the major cities that's typically where they operate out of. So
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New York, LA, Chicago, Philly, Washington, DC has a special situation, Phoenix, Dallas, you take
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your pick. So the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, these are the fusion and ops centers for intelligence
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sharing and for information that can go between the various domestic terrorist groups, some of which,
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by the way, Seattle, Portland, you will see flow of the fighters from various locales. They'll go
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from one AOR to another. So when they're moving between AORs, that's when the different Joint
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Terrorism Task Forces can pick them up or drop them off. And we've got to keep the pressure on.
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We saw incredible videos that came out over the weekend. This was great. It's still reactive,
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though. It's still in a reactive mode. So they're standing there, they're doing the protection,
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they did fantastic work. And my hat is off. Hat is absolutely off to the professional way
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that the ICE agents, the Border Patrol that came in to support every other augment performed
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throughout this weekend. It was incredible. Also, we were able to break the news yesterday,
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even though it's a Sunday, we don't take days off around here. Human Events was able to break the
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news that the ICE officer who was involved in an incident that involved the spouse, it seems,
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of an illegal alien. It had been reported that he was placed under investigation, relieved of duty,
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that he has actually been restored to full active duty, fit for full duty, FFD. Because of additional
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evidence that was found over the weekend, a full review of the situation took place. And it turned
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out that that ICE agent did not do anything wrong. So we're happy to report for you guys when something
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good does happen. And here's the end of the day. The people that are waging domestic insurrection
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against the United States of America, that have declared war on this country, and all that we stand
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for, that we're trying to bomb. They actually uncovered a bomb at the Chicago ICE facility over the weekend.
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And more to the point, Charlie Kirk is not with us because of anti-fascist violence. Ladies and gentlemen,
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it will not stop until it is stopped. The networks are there. The networks are in place. The funding is
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in place. All of this needs to be investigated. It needs to be pressurized, and it needs to be wiped
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clean. It's really as simple as that. It needs to be wiped clean so the rest of us can go about our lives.
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So the rest of us can engage in civil American discourse. The troublemakers and the JTTFs know exactly who they
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are. They need to be rounded up. The financiers need to be shut down. Anyone involved in inciting or conspiracy
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to incite one of these riots, and that's what they are. They are planned riots. They need to be taken down.
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It's really as simple as that. Now we saw another act, horrific act of violence against the LDS church
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yesterday. Some other acts of violence over the weekend. We're going to get into all of that as we
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continue. Prime Minister Netanyahu expected to make an appearance at the White House soon. When that
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yesterday on this act of violence in Michigan, an attack on an LDS church, a Mormon church.
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The president potentially meeting here with Bibi Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel. We want to cut
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to that, and we'll go to it. We're not exactly sure when it's going to come out, but we'll let
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you know. But for the time being, we've got on Tyler Boyer. He's the COO of Turning Point Action.
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Tyler, how's it going, man? Jack, it's going to be with you again. We've seen a lot of you lately.
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A little bit, yeah. You can't get rid of me. You know, so we're obviously, you know, for once,
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we're talking about something completely other than that we've been dealing with the last couple of
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days, but unfortunately, it's yet another act of violence. Caroline Levitt came out and said
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that this was an act of violence directed at the Mormon church, directed at Mormons. Do you have
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any other information regarding this or potential motive here? Yeah, so there's been a lot of
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speculation kind of revolved around the shooter here on specifically on how their, what their intent was.
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Obviously, I don't think you drive a car into an LDS church and unload and start throwing out,
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you know, IEDs if you don't have some kind of hatred for Mormons. So I think it's safe to say
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that that exists, but, you know, what exactly was the motive? Was there people that he had interacted
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with? His politics? I know there's been some speculation. Remember, in Michigan, you don't have
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partisan voter registration, so it's a little bit more difficult to determine who a person is based
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off of their registration. There have been some suggestions based off of some kind of loosely
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posted pictures that, you know, he had some kind of axe to grind against Republicans or Trump.
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We just don't really know that quite yet. I think it's far more likely that religion
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played a factor in this, given the, you know, that that was the target here.
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Yeah, and I'm actually seeing, so the Detroit Free Press has an article up saying that this,
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that a Burton City Council candidate, um, said that he spoke to the man, I guess he had knocked
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on his door about a week prior. So they were, they were out canvassing and somebody knocked on his
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door potentially to, you know, either get him, uh, get a ballot for him or for one of the ongoing
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elections. And that he actually went on this, this suspect here, went on a tirade against the LDS
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church, described Mormons as quote, the Antichrist. The man was outgoing, polite, and extremely friendly.
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And it was his animosity towards the church didn't seem violent, but it was very much the standard
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anti-LDS talking points that you'd find, uh, basically that you'd find online. He said,
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this wasn't something that I would forget. And again, uh, didn't, didn't say anything specific,
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but that's the latest. As of an hour ago, they found someone apparently who Tyler, as you just
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said, you know, they don't have the registration or at least the partisan registration, but we are
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in election time. And, uh, certainly, you know, something about canvassing and this is something
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that was, I mean, those are the types of things, by the way, in canvassing that you would probably
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want to mark down in a special notes section. Right. And it's really important to point out. So
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you know, the LDS church is not huge in Michigan. Um, you know, there's probably
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a lot more, uh, threats against other religions within the state of Michigan. Um, you know,
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the members of the LDS church, uh, only make up about 1% of Michiganders. So it's not like this is a,
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a, a huge quote unquote, you know, you know, problem that, that exists is just all this animosity.
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Seems like that this guy, based off that interaction that he had had with the city council
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candidate, just had some kind of weird obsession, uh, that, that with that. And that's why,
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I mean, he even came up in that conversation potentially with that city council candidate,
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maybe that, that gentleman believing that it was a bigger issue than was there. But,
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you know, it's, this kind of spurred a lot of different conversations because obviously we know,
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uh, Charlie was assassinated in Utah. Uh, there's been some kind of anti-Mormon rhetoric that's come
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out in the weeks from that, um, that, that were around that, even though the individual that was
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responsible was not, uh, seemingly religious at all. I will get to know that shooter a little bit more
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deeply, but, you know, obviously Utah being, uh, the, the, the home of the, the LDS church.
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And then you also had this week, uh, yeah, the president of the LDS church passed away,
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which is kind of a big deal within LDS culture. So you have this really odd convergence of things
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happening where there's just a lot of, you know, forefront and in the mind of the Mormon faith
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tomorrow, we actually are, are hosting an event, a turning point, uh, on campus at Utah state
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university, which was where Charlie was supposed to have his second Utah stop, uh, and his original
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tour. So that's happening tomorrow where we'll be interviewing a number of individuals who were,
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who were present and involved around the assassination, meaning, you know, the individuals who were,
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uh, you know, part and parcel to the news, including the governor and,
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and, uh, Jason Chaffetz, who he was there with his family at the time at Utah Valley university.
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So it should be, it should be really interesting, uh, an interesting conversation, especially given
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the news of Michigan. And then also, uh, the, the bigger news of, of the LDS, uh, president passing
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away this last week. And I think there's, if, if anything, because I know a lot of people are trying
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to draw up some kind of line between these horrific acts of violence that we've all seen,
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I've called it bloody September. Um, you know, it started with an attack on a Catholic church,
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then a series of other attempts, then obviously Charlie's assassination, now an attack on a Mormon
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church, the LDS church, which they, you know, because it's so badly burned, we don't even know
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exactly how many fatalities there were if others, you know, Tyler, I think there's, it's, it's
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something to be said that obviously, you know, Antifa is one is, is one thing. And that, that
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obviously exists separate to the, the broader issue of violence. There's lots of people who
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unfortunately commit violence, but I do think that there's something out there, something of
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a copycat effect out there that when people see this on the news, that if you are, and, and
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studies have borne this out, that if you are someone who's sort of on that, on that line,
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if you're someone who's got a TBI or, or any other potential PTSD that, uh, you know, that
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is, that is left untreated or it's not treated well, that seeing these things in the news does
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tend to kind of push them over. And I think if anyone's looking for a bigger connection, I
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kind of feel like that might be it. Yeah. I, I think it's, uh, it's, you're, you're bringing
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up an interesting point that we're in kind of a dark period here. Um, you know, you, you
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refer to this month as, as bloody September. It looks like we're entering an era, unfortunately,
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that violence is becoming thematic, uh, across the country. And, and, and we know that this
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is what happens is that violence begets violence is that people that see this, that are interested
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in attention, uh, in the sickest way possible, uh, you know, act on some of these thoughts that
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they've had in their head and in particular in communities where they think it's okay.
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And this is why it's so important for our civilization to be able to embrace, you know,
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the, the, the godliness that we, we need to embrace, which is, you know, been one of the
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positives that's come out of Charlie's passing, Charlie's assassination rather, is that we've had
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many people turn their hearts towards God and be, want to be better, better people. But
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unfortunately where that light is cast, sometimes there's darkness that comes in with, with really
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evil people trying to thwart it. And so, uh, regardless of what the motive is here with this
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in Michigan, uh, it's without a doubt, uh, pure evil that is driving some of these forces. And we're
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going to probably see more of it as the battle wages on between good and evil in America.
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No, no, I, I think that's right. I mean, the very first thing that I tweeted out was that
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this is demonic and, you know, as, as Christians look guys, you know, I, I'm more than happy
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to, to have the, you know, the various debates and, and gosh, we, we've had them on the show
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so many times. It's like, we've got a Catholics, we've got Mormons, we've got evangelicals, but
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at the end of the, we've had them with Charlie so many times, but at the end of the day, when
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we're all under attack, we're all under attack. And that's what it comes down to. The, this
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is demonic influence. There's no question about that. Uh, demons are writhing in pain
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when people gather together to worship Christ Jesus. That's the end of it. And it almost
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feels like when the switch is flipped, uh, that you're going to see, unfortunately, more
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and more of this. And actually Tyler, when we come back, um, we didn't get to it in this
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situation. I want to talk about the fact that there's a good, a silver lining here is that
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we had a good guy with a gun. And at the end of the day, that's what it's going to come
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down to. We all need to be getting smarter. We all need to be training more. We all need
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to be understanding that there's a real and serious threat. So it's time to take it seriously.
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We'll be right back. Jack Posobiec, Real America's Voice, Human Events Daily.
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So they talk about influences. These are influences and, uh, they're friends of mine. Jack Posobiec.
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Where's Jack? Jack, he's done a great job. Jack Posobiec. We're back live, Human Events Daily.
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We're talking to Tyler Boyer about this shooting and bombing of an LDS church up in Michigan.
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But Tyler, I know the president's going to be speaking very soon here, but I got to ask you,
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man, it was a good guy with a gun who stopped us. And that needs to be said over and over.
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Yeah. One of the church leaders that was at the, on the dais was a person who happened to be carrying
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a gun actually in the face of church policy, believe it or not. It's come out that church
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policy a few years ago was encouraging people to not carry at church, which is, I think, a total and
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huge mistake. Uh, thank goodness for this, this man who was able to exchange fire. It sounds like
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based off of reports with the shooter was able to save probably dozens of lives. Uh, maybe,
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maybe even more than that by keeping the individual busy, uh, until police got there.
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And I, uh, our understanding is that the police put them down. There's a little bit of confusion
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whether the individual put them down or police did, but it sounds like the individual who was
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carrying got shot. So he's a total hero, saved tons of lives. And that's what we got to see more of.
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And in particular, we've got to have people defending and protecting our churches.
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Wait, wait, wait. I want to, I want to drill down on something real quick. This wasn't like
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a security guard. This was one of the people on the dais actually.
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Yeah, this is, this is a, that what they, in the LDS faith, they call second counselor and the bishop
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Rick. So you have a bishop who's kind of like the pastor or priest, and they have two counselors who,
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who joined them. So all three of them are sitting on, on the stand. And so obviously they had,
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they had looks. And so he was able to pull out his gun and it sounds like exchange fire
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with the individual. And again, thank goodness he was there because who knows who else would have been,
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uh, murdered, uh, if, if had he not had, had exchanged fire with that individual,
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it sounds like he was shot is what the reports are. So we're praying for them. Uh, obviously it's just
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another example of why it's so important to carry is that, uh, you have individuals who are sitting
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ducks in places like churches and theaters and things like that. And the best way to fight the
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bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. And we know that from experience after experience.
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I mean, it's, it's, it has to be said. And, you know, I wish, Hey, don't we all wish we didn't live
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in the world that we live in? And, you know, I hear the Democrats, the liberals run around and say,
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and by the way, Michigan already has red flag laws. So, you know, this is a situation where,
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you know, the red flag laws didn't work here. The system didn't work for whatever reason.
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And, you know, this guy was able to do what he did and ultimately it's, it has to come down to
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that. And this is what I talk about with violence on at the network level, when we're talking about
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network violence, like, like decentralized distributed, um, you know, open source network warfare,
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like a, I talked about on CNN, asymmetric civil warfare. That's what we're seeing.
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And the only way ultimately to stop that is with some type of state force. Okay. We're being told
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Tyler that being told that the president is walking out, tell people real quick where they can follow
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you. Yep. Just that at Tyler Boyer, B-O-W-Y-E-R follow along. All right. Thanks so much, Tyler.
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President Trump and prime minister Netanyahu of Israel, I believe a Gaza potential peace plan
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is being presented. So this is a big, big day, a beautiful day, potentially one of the great days
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ever in civilization. Things that have been going on for hundreds of years and thousands of years.
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We're going to, at least we're at a minimum, very, very close. And I think we're beyond very close.
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And I want to thank Bibi for really getting in there and doing a job. We've worked well together
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as we have with many other countries, both of us with many other countries, which is the only way
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this whole situation gets solved. And I'm not just talking about Gaza. Gaza is one thing, but we're
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talking about much beyond Gaza, the whole deal, everything getting solved. It's called peace in the
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Middle East. So today is a historic day for peace. And Prime Minister Netanyahu and I have just
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concluded an important meeting on many vital issues, including Iran, trade, the expansion
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of the Abraham Accords. And most importantly, we discussed how to end the war in Gaza. But
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it's just a part of the bigger picture, which is peace in the Middle East. And let's call
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it eternal peace in the Middle East. So this is far more than anybody expected. But the level
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of support that I've had from the nations in the Middle East and surrounding Israel and neighbors
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of Israel has been incredible. Incredible. Every single one of them. This afternoon, after extensive
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consultation with our friends and partners throughout the region, I'm formally releasing our principles
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for peace, which people have really liked, I must say. And these are done not just routinely done. These
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are done with total and total consideration and working with the nations that we're talking about. All of
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these nations have made contributions to those suggestions. I want to thank the leaders of many Arab and Muslim
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nations for their tremendous support in developing the proposal along with many of our allies in
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Europe. Europe has been very much involved and as I was called by many of the European leaders, most of
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them saying, is this true? Are you really doing peace in the Middle East? This is the most incredible
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thing we've heard. Some think it's the biggest thing they've ever heard. They called just to find out,
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was it just a rumor or is it actually done? And then they said, have you spoken to the Arab leaders? Have you
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spoken to the, all of the other leaders that we have to get? A lot of people involved in this one. I also
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want to thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for agreeing to the plan and for trusting that if we work together, we can
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bring an end to the death and destruction that we've seen for so many years, decades, even centuries and begin a new
00:26:05.860
chapter of security, peace and prosperity for the entire region. And I want to just say that my meetings and
00:26:15.160
dialogue that we had with so many countries, Saudi Arabia as an example, the king is a phenomenal person. The
00:26:25.460
Emir of Qatar who's, he's an incredible people. UAE and that's MBZ and ABZ. We're totally involved. These are the
00:26:37.160
people that we've been dealing with and who've been actually very much involved in this negotiation, giving
00:26:44.060
us ideas, things they can live with, things they can't live with. Pretty complex. I mean, after 2000, 3000
00:26:51.360
years, whatever it is, I guess it's got to be a little complex or it would have been done a long time ago. The
00:26:56.660
King of Jordan was with us, as you know, in the United Nations. The president of Turkey, President Erdogan,
00:27:06.060
he's a friend of mine, strong man, but a good man. President of Indonesia, somebody who's an amazing leader.
00:27:15.460
He is an amazing leader and respected by everybody. He was in the room with us. We were together with most of
00:27:27.560
these people that I'm mentioning. Others were by phone or the next day. The prime minister and the field
00:27:35.760
marshal of Pakistan, they were with us right from the beginning. Incredible. In fact, they just put out a
00:27:44.560
statement that they fully believe in this pact. It just came out just as I was walking around. They
00:27:50.260
said, sir, you have a big notice from the prime minister of Pakistan and from the field marshal that
00:27:57.460
they back this 100 percent. President El-Sisi of Egypt, who's terrific. And these are people I've gotten to
00:28:06.100
know over the years. I mean, it's I would say it started around 2015 and then went into 2016 when the
00:28:13.840
presidency began officially began. But I've known him actually for a long time. And there are many
00:28:20.440
cases really great men. I can't say in all cases, but I will tell you, in many cases, they're great men
00:28:25.240
and some great women, too. They tend to be mostly men. However, I will say that. But if accepted by Hamas,
00:28:34.240
this proposal calls for the release of all remaining hostages immediately, but in no case more than 72 hours.
00:28:43.840
So the hostages are coming back. And I hate even saying this from the standpoint doesn't sound right,
00:28:52.180
but it is so important to the parents. The bodies of the young men, I believe in almost all cases, the young
00:29:00.940
men are coming back immediately. I met with parents. The parents felt as strongly about getting their
00:29:10.440
the body of their dead boy back as they did as though the boy were alive and well.
00:29:17.320
It's so important to them. And it means the immediate end to the war itself, not just Gaza.
00:29:26.320
It's the war itself under the plan. Arab and Muslim countries have committed that in writing in many
00:29:35.740
cases. But I actually would take their word for it. The people I mentioned, I take their word for it
00:29:40.540
to demilitarize Gaza. And that's quickly decommission the military capabilities of Hamas and all other terror
00:29:51.540
organizations. Do that immediately. And we're relying on the countries that I named and others to deal with
00:30:00.580
Hamas. And I'm hearing that Hamas wants to get this done, too. And that's a good thing. And destroy all terror
00:30:09.300
infrastructure, including the tunnels, weapons of production facilities. They have a lot of production
00:30:16.380
facilities that we're destroying. They'll also help train local police forces in the areas that we're
00:30:25.920
discussing right now, in particular in and around Gaza. Working with the new transitional authority in
00:30:33.660
Gaza, all parties will agree on a timeline for Israeli forces to withdraw in phases. They'll be withdrawing
00:30:40.740
in phases. No more shooting, hopefully, as progress is made toward achieving these goals. Arab and Muslim
00:30:48.480
nations need to be allowed the chance to fulfill these commitments of dealing with Hamas. They have to deal
00:30:54.940
with them because they were the one group that we have not dealt with. I haven't dealt with them. But the Arab
00:31:04.860
countries are going to and Muslim countries are going to be dealing with Hamas. And I believe they've already
00:31:11.160
been there. I think they probably have an understanding. And they haven't maybe mentioned that. But I would
00:31:17.320
imagine they do. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone as far as they've gone. If they're unable to do so, then Israel
00:31:23.960
would have the absolute right and actually our full backing, the U.S. full backing mark is here. And a lot of
00:31:31.640
our leaders are here. Our great vice president, Susie Wiles, Steve Whitcoff, Jared Kushner. They've been so
00:31:39.380
involved in this process. I don't think anybody else could have done it or even come close. But we're right
00:31:48.020
there. We're right there. First time in thousands of years, I think you can probably say, if you really
00:31:55.220
look into it, if you study back, if you're a scholar, you would say thousands of years. Israel would have my
00:32:03.460
full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas. But I hope that we're going to have a
00:32:12.740
deal for peace. And if Hamas rejects the deal, which is always possible, they're the only one left.
00:32:20.980
Everyone else has accepted it. But I have a feeling that we're going to have a positive answer. But if
00:32:28.260
not, as you know, Bibi, you'd have our full backing to do what you would have to do. Everyone understands
00:32:35.460
that the ultimate result must be the elimination of any danger posed in the region. And that danger
00:32:43.540
is caused by Hamas. The tyranny of terror has to end. And this is again something that we're looking
00:32:51.940
for. This is eternity. This is for forever. To ensure the success of this effort, my plan calls for
00:33:00.740
the creation of a new international oversight body, the Board of Peace, we call it the Board of Peace,
00:33:07.060
sort of a beautiful name, the Board of Peace, which will be headed, not at my request, believe me,
00:33:16.180
I'm very busy. But we have to make sure this works. The leaders of the Arab world and Israel and
00:33:25.060
everybody involved asked me to do this. So it'd be headed by a gentleman known as President
00:33:30.500
Donald J. Trump of the United States. That's what I want is some extra work to do. But it's so
00:33:37.860
important that I'm willing to do it. And we'll do it right. And we're going to put leaders from other
00:33:43.540
countries on and leaders that are very distinguished leaders. And we'll have a board. And one of the
00:33:48.980
people that wants to be on the board is the UK former prime minister, Tony Blair, good man, very good
00:33:55.540
man. And some others. And they'll be named over the next few days. And it'll be quite the board
00:34:04.100
working. Everybody wants to be on it now. I don't know if that had anything to do. They named me and
00:34:10.740
everybody else wanted to be on it. I guess they figure he's a soft touch. He'll be easy to deal with.
00:34:16.820
Working with the World Bank and others, it will be responsible for recruiting and training
00:34:22.100
a new government that will be made up of Palestinians along with highly qualified experts from all
00:34:28.100
around the world. Hamas and other terrorist factions will play no role in the board, but they'll play
00:34:37.140
no role in the governance of Gaza at all, directly or indirectly. As you know, thousands of Hamas
00:34:45.540
leaders have been killed and soldiers have been killed. And we can never forget October 7th, but
00:34:55.620
thousands have paid the price for that. And now it's time to get our hostages back and get back to
00:35:03.860
trying to build something that's really great and very important. In our meeting today, Prime Minister
00:35:08.100
Netanyahu is very clear about his opposition to a Palestinian state. And he continuously mentions
00:35:16.820
October 7th. And I understand that. Most people do. And I understand and respect his position on many
00:35:24.900
things. But what he's doing today is so good for Israel. And I noticed that they have large crowds
00:35:31.060
gathering in Israel all the time. And they have my name up. They like me for whatever reason,
00:35:34.820
maybe I don't know. But they do like me. But they say two things. Please get the hostages back and
00:35:42.900
please end the war. They've had it. They've had it. So I think it's a very popular thing you do. Because
00:35:48.740
he's a warrior. He doesn't know about getting back to a normal way of life. But he is a warrior. And
00:35:56.820
Israel is lucky to have him. But now the people want to get back to peace. They want to get back to
00:36:02.020
normalization in a true sense. Several countries have foolishly recognized the Palestinian state.
00:36:09.940
As you know, some of our European friends, allies, good people. But they're really, I think, doing that
00:36:16.900
because they're very tired of what's going on for so many decades. They've been presidents and prime
00:36:22.580
ministers for years. And during this time, having to do with the Middle East, all they're doing is
00:36:27.860
talking about the same thing over and over. They want to see it get back. And nobody wants that more
00:36:33.220
than me or, I believe, Bibi, too. But the people of Israel want it. They really want it. They want
00:36:39.140
the hostages back. That includes the probably 32 bodies that we're talking about, 20 people that are
00:36:46.980
living, 32 or so people that are dead. And they want to have peace. So let us not forget how we got here.
00:36:55.220
Hamas was elected by the Palestinian people. Israel withdrew from Gaza, thinking they would
00:37:02.420
live in peace. Remember that a long time ago? They withdrew. They said,
00:37:06.580
you take it. This is our contribution to peace. But that didn't work out.
00:37:12.020
That didn't work out. It was the opposite of peace. They pulled away. They let them have it.
00:37:19.300
And I never forgot that because I said, that doesn't sound like a good deal to me
00:37:23.140
as a real estate person. I mean, they gave up the ocean, right? Ron, they gave up the ocean. They
00:37:30.340
said, who would do this deal? And it still didn't work out. They were very generous, actually.
00:37:37.060
And they gave up the most magnificent piece of land in many ways in the Middle East. And they said,
00:37:42.260
all we want to do now is have peace. And that request was not honored. Instead of building a better
00:37:49.060
life for the Palestinians, Hamas diverted resources to build over 400 miles of tunnels and terror
00:37:55.540
infrastructure, rocket production facilities, and hid their military command posts and launch sites
00:38:02.100
in hospitals, schools, and mosques. So if you went after them, you'd be after them. And you wouldn't
00:38:08.660
even realize you ended up knocking out a hospital or school or a mosque. That terrible thing,
00:38:14.500
terrible, terrible way to have to fight. No fight is good, but that's a real bad one. So there are many
00:38:21.380
Palestinians who wish to live in peace. Many, many, many. I've seen so many of them. And they have
00:38:29.300
support. And I challenge the Palestinians to take responsibility for their destiny, because that's
00:38:36.020
what we're giving them. We're giving them responsibility for their destiny, fully condemn and prohibit terrorism,
00:38:42.980
and earn their way to a brighter future. They don't want the life that they've had. They've had a
00:38:49.300
rough life with Hamas. If the Palestinian Authority does not complete the reforms that I laid out in
00:38:55.860
my vision for peace in 2020, they'll have only themselves to blame. We're giving them an amazing
00:39:01.540
footprint. And they have amazing support from the leaders of the Arab world and the Muslim world,
00:39:06.100
the great, great leaders. These are great leaders. These are unbelievable leaders that have built great
00:39:11.220
countries and very wealthy countries. What the future holds for the Palestinians, no one really knows.
00:39:17.700
But the plan that we put forward today is focused on ending the war immediately, getting all of our
00:39:24.020
hostages back, getting everything back. Hard to believe when you even say it. And creating conditions for
00:39:33.700
durable Israeli security and Palestinian success. Israeli security is going to be involved. We're going to
00:39:40.340
help you. We'll be there with you. In terms of helping with security, we want to make sure it
00:39:46.820
works. We just want to make sure it works. There shouldn't be a shot fired. Now, there will be,
00:39:50.740
I guess, because that's the way it seems to be. But they shouldn't have to be within a few days.
00:39:55.380
They shouldn't have to be a shot fired. Maybe for eternity. Wouldn't that be nice? I hope it's true.
00:40:03.060
I can tell you the leadership of that region feels that there's a good chance of it being true. So this
00:40:10.500
will lead to a disagreement that we're talking about will lead to a sustainable long-term peace.
00:40:17.220
No president in history has been a greater friend of the state of Israel than I have in addition to
00:40:22.900
negotiating the Abraham Accords. I like to say it that way because the real people, that's what they call
00:40:30.660
Abraham. I would say Abraham. But it's so much nicer when you say Abraham. So much more elegant.
00:40:41.060
But the Abraham Accords are amazing. Jared, you did that along with your group of geniuses.
00:40:47.940
And nobody thought that could be done. We have four countries and sleepy Joe Biden didn't do a thing.
00:40:52.740
He didn't even know what the hell they were. He should have had them fold up. But I think this will
00:40:56.980
also lead to packing them. And who knows, maybe even Iran can get in there. I hope we expect,
00:41:03.700
we hope we're going to be able to get along with Iran. I think they're going to be open to it. I
00:41:11.220
really believe that. But they could be a member. I long ago said, I'll bet you at some point,
00:41:17.060
Iran will be a member of the Accords. And little did I realize it was going to take this turn.
00:41:21.940
It was some turn we did with the B2s. But I think they might very well be there. It's a great thing
00:41:31.860
for them economically. I recognize the eternal capital of Israel. I opened the American embassy
00:41:39.540
in Jerusalem. That was something that everyone said would never be done, could never be done.
00:41:43.220
And virtually every president for many, many years, for decades, would campaign on
00:41:51.220
making Jerusalem the capital of Israel. They campaigned. They campaigned on it over and over.
00:41:56.180
Is that right, Steve? Is that right? Everyone. And when they got to it, and I understand why now,
00:42:00.820
because it was so, when I got to office, I campaigned on it too. I said, we're going to make it.
00:42:07.540
And then I'd get calls from the leaders of various countries saying, please don't do it. Please don't
00:42:12.580
do it. It'll end the whole world. Please don't do it. And finally, I just didn't say anything. And I did it.
00:42:20.180
People were calling me before I did it, because they heard I was going to do it. And
00:42:23.780
leaders of countries were calling me. And I think it was on a Thursday that I did it. And
00:42:29.220
they'd call me Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, three, four times a day. And I said,
00:42:32.980
tell them I'll call them back on Friday. And I announced it on Thursday. And I called them back,
00:42:39.300
the biggest people in the world. And they said, you've done it. I said, done what? You've made the
00:42:46.420
capital of Israel, Jerusalem. And we wanted to talk yet. Oh, I wish you called me a little sooner.
00:42:54.020
Maybe I could have done something about. So that was a lot easier than getting into an argument,
00:43:00.500
because I knew what they were calling about. And you know what? It turned out to be amazing.
00:43:05.140
Everybody thought it was going to lead to the end of the world, right? The end of the world,
00:43:09.540
Ron. That's what they said. It didn't lead to anything. It just led to something that I promised
00:43:15.140
and something that was very, very popular for Jewish people and a lot of other people, too.
00:43:22.660
I recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. And I cut taxpayer funding to
00:43:28.180
the corrupt United Nations relief and works agency. And United Nations was interesting because,
00:43:35.700
as you know, a few days ago, they introduced me. Ladies and gentlemen,
00:43:39.460
the president of the United States, I'm looking at my teleprompter, and the thing was dead,
00:43:43.700
stone cold, dead. The thing's up here. I have a long, beautiful speech to make. I'm back,
00:43:50.420
30 feet back. And I'm saying, they're introducing me. There's nothing on my teleprompter.
00:43:59.540
So, but I made a speech. I actually got good marks. You think Biden could have done that? I don't think
00:44:04.340
so. I don't think he could have done that. I don't think too many people could have done it. But
00:44:08.660
actually, it was actually more of a speech from my heart, if you want to know the truth. I think it was,
00:44:12.820
it was maybe better in certain ways because it was from the heart. It has to be from the heart.
00:44:19.060
Otherwise, you're in big trouble. But I cut taxpayer funding for that very corrupt United Nations
00:44:28.500
relief and works agency. And nobody thought that would be done and withdrew from the horrible Iran
00:44:34.740
nuclear deal that was imposed upon Israel by Barack Hussein Obama and Biden. And I don't think Biden
00:44:43.620
knew anything about it. I don't think he knows anything about it now, actually, if you ask him.
00:44:48.580
He said, what is that? And we obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity, making it impossible
00:44:54.900
for them to have a nuclear weapon, which they would have had probably in about two months from then.
00:44:59.060
But I've never asked Israel to compromise its security. But we had big, strong talk. Nobody's
00:45:07.620
been better than Israel. No president's been better to Israel than Donald Trump. But we had a long,
00:45:13.540
strong talk, Bibi and I, and he understands it's time. It's time. History has shown. And the people of
00:45:19.220
Israel want it. And the people of the Middle East want it. The people of enemies of Israel want it. But
00:45:26.180
they don't have really too many enemies right now. And you know what? Many countries have gained great
00:45:32.180
respect for Israel, for the way they fight, the job they do, including me. I had respect anyway,
00:45:38.580
but they gained respect. History has shown us that those who have relations with Israel have thrived,
00:45:46.180
while those who have devoted resources and attention toward the destruction and even annihilation of
00:45:52.580
Israel have languished. They haven't done well. Israel is not going anywhere. They're going to
00:45:59.220
coexist with other people and countries in the region, from Syria to Lebanon to Saudi Arabia.
00:46:07.540
The promise of a new Middle East is so clearly within our reach. This is the closest we've ever come
00:46:12.580
to real peace, not fake peace, not political fool's peace. If we can get this difficult problem solved,
00:46:20.580
the opportunities for all within that vast region of this world. It's a vast region. It's unlimited.
00:46:30.020
The Abraham Accords show that all countries are better off when they communicate and work together
00:46:37.220
and embrace new opportunities. I hope Jared and Steve and Susie and Marco and J.D., we have great people.
00:46:45.380
I hope you guys are going to work very hard to get these other countries in, because now they have no
00:46:50.740
excuse. There's no longer an excuse. They were somewhere hesitant. And I tell you, the four
00:46:56.500
countries that went in, I give them tremendous credit, and it's worked out incredibly well for them.
00:47:02.500
In the same spirit, I'm pleased to report that earlier today, we took another important step toward
00:47:07.300
greater understanding of the region. A short time ago, we had a historic phone call in the Oval Office with
00:47:13.540
Prime Minister Tani, who's really a great, great person. So we had a great talk. And I was on the phone,
00:47:27.060
and Bibi was talking. Prime Minister Al Thani was of Qatar. They really had a heart-to-heart conversation.
00:47:36.100
It was a great conversation, I thought. It was productive. It was everything that you need to have
00:47:42.660
something turned out to be successful. And I want to thank Bibi, and I want to thank
00:47:47.140
the Prime Minister. It was fantastic. We agreed to launch a formal trilateral mechanism between Israel,
00:47:54.180
Qatar, and the United States to begin a dialogue to enhance mutual security, correct
00:47:59.940
misperceptions, and avoid future misgivings. And I want to thank Qatar, its leadership, and the Amir.
00:48:06.420
It's a fantastic person. I think, you know, I'm going to be his public relations man, because I know
00:48:14.500
him differently than a lot of people know him. But he wants peace. He wants to see peace in his people.
00:48:20.580
And they really acknowledge the critical role that they've played as mediator. And again, we're not
00:48:27.380
quite finished. We have to get Hamas. But I think they're going to be able to do that. So now it's time
00:48:32.180
for Hamas to accept the terms of the plan that we've put forward today. And again, this is a
00:48:38.260
different Hamas than we were dealing with, because I guess over 20,000 have been killed. Their leadership
00:48:44.660
has been killed three times over. So you're really dealing with different people than we've been
00:48:49.140
dealing with over the last four years, five years. Everyone has done their part and come to the table
00:48:55.700
in good faith. Our Arab and Muslim partners are fully prepared to step up and fulfill their commitment
00:49:02.100
for the benefit of the people of Gaza and the entire region. They're willing to step up and do a lot.
00:49:07.300
They really are. There are a lot of good people involved. Everyone who wants to see,
00:49:11.540
everybody who wants to see an end to the violence and destruction should be united in calling for
00:49:16.740
Hamas to accept the extremely fair proposal so that we can end the war and get us back our hostages
00:49:26.020
right now and have everlasting peace. And I look forward to having relationships with everyone
00:49:33.780
as the chairman of the board. I'll be involved and we'll have meetings with some very smart people
00:49:41.620
that will be working over there to make sure that we haven't just been wasting time with an agreement
00:49:46.340
that doesn't get done. The task of building peace will not be easy. There are some of the hardest
00:49:51.860
problems in the world to solve. And that's why it's been going on for so many centuries.
00:49:58.420
But too many lives are at stake not to try. And this is more than a try. I mean, I think this is
00:50:03.140
something that gets done when you have every virtually every country. And these are powerful,
00:50:08.260
powerful countries that have a lot of money and the money can make things happen. A lot of countries
00:50:14.580
try and they don't have any money. These are very rich countries that can make things happen.
00:50:18.900
So together we'll forge a much safer and more hopeful future for everybody, including Israel.
00:50:26.420
And I want to thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for his partnership. And I want to thank all of the
00:50:32.260
leaders, the kings and the emirs and the presidents and prime ministers, people I mentioned. And they've
00:50:41.460
been absolutely fantastic to work with. And it's just happened very quickly. It's happened from
00:50:46.420
a couple of weeks before the, I had a meeting, a couple of meetings, but a couple of weeks before
00:50:54.180
we went to the United Nations. And we had some just, we had some incredible meetings. It all
00:50:59.460
came to place. It all took place. And everybody wanted to be a part of it. I don't have anybody
00:51:03.940
that's saying, we don't want anything to do with it. It's just the opposite. And I'll tell you,
00:51:08.340
a couple of years ago, a year ago, I don't think we would have had this kind of participation,
00:51:13.620
Mr. VP, right? I don't think we would have had. It's been amazing. The participation was 100%.
00:51:19.060
Everybody wants to be a part of it. And everybody, those very strong countries, everybody wants it
00:51:24.740
to work. So, Bibi, congratulations on this. I think this will be your crowning achievement,
00:51:32.420
frankly. If this all works out, we think it will. It's going to be your crowning achievement. And I want
00:51:37.620
to thank you very much for being here. Thank you. Please. Thank you. Thank you.
00:51:48.100
graciously hosting me once again in the White House. And second, I want to thank you for your
00:51:54.820
for your friendship and for your leadership. From Jerusalem to Tehran, from the Golan Heights to Gaza,
00:52:03.860
you've proven time and again what I've said many times. You are the greatest friend that Israel has
00:52:12.260
ever had in the White House. And, Mr. President, you and I both know it's not even close.
00:52:21.460
While you focus at home on making America great again, your leadership abroad is changing the world
00:52:30.100
for the better, ending wars and advancing peace. I believe that today we're taking a critical step
00:52:40.020
towards both ending the war in Gaza and setting the stage for dramatically advancing peace in the Middle
00:52:48.100
East and, I think, beyond the Middle East and very important Muslim countries.
00:52:54.100
I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war aims. It will bring back to Israel
00:53:05.300
all our hostages, dismantle Hamas's military capabilities, end its political rule, and ensure
00:53:13.540
that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel.
00:53:16.820
We would not have achieved this turning point without the courage and sacrifice of our incredibly brave
00:53:30.580
soldiers. They fight like lions to defend the people of Israel, and they serve on the front line
00:53:40.260
in the war between civilization and barbarism. Mr. President,
00:53:49.140
when our two countries stand shoulder to shoulder, we achieve the impossible. Just a few months ago,
00:53:58.100
in Operation Rising Line and Operation Midnight Hammer, we struck a decisive blow
00:54:04.980
against Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program. Your bold decision to send those B-2s
00:54:14.580
made the region safer and the world safer. Now, under your leadership, we're taking the next step
00:54:23.860
to win the war and expand the peace. Your plan is consistent with the five principles my government set
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for the end of the war and the day after Hamas. Everybody asks, what is your plan for the day after Hamas?
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Here's our plan. Pass that in the cabinet. All our hostages, both those who are alive and those who died,
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all of them will return home immediately. Hamas will be disarmed.
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Gaza will be demilitarized. Israel will retain security responsibility, including a security perimeter
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for the foreseeable future. And lastly, Gaza will have a peaceful civilian administration
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that is run neither by Hamas nor by the Palestinian Authority.