The Great America Show - June 23, 2025


Monday Update： June 23, 2025

Hosted by
Lou Dobbs John Fawcett
Mentioned
Donald Trump Dmitry Medvedev Ibrahim Zulfaghari Putin
The Great America Sunday Show： June 22, 2025 Tuesday Update： June 24, 2025

Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

169.06

Word count

938

Sentence count

42

Harmful content

Hate speech

4

sentences flagged


Summary

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An eventful weekend for the United States military over in Iran, with Iran launching missiles towards the U.S. bases in Qatar, as Americans are told to shelter in place at the Al-Yadid Air Base, where President Trump famously was just a few months ago when he visited over the Middle East to meet with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Monday, June 23rd, an eventful weekend, to say the least, for the United States military over in Iran, launching those bunker busters across various parts of Iran and their nuclear facilities.
00:00:16.700 Iran launching 10 missiles towards the United States bases in Qatar, as Americans are told, to shelter in place Al-Yadid Air Base, where President Trump famously was just a few months ago when he visited over the Middle East to meet with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
00:00:31.460 10 missiles launched into that airbase, which holds 10,000 American troops and over 100 U.S. military airplanes. None of those missiles, thank God, landing anywhere inside the base.
00:00:45.360 Qatar's version of the Iron Dome able to stop all of those missiles from coming into the country and onto the American base there in Al-Yadid.
00:00:55.260 Colonel Ibrahim Zulfgranhani, who's a spokesman of the headquarters for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, stated that the criminal United States, through its continued full-scale support for a Zionist regime and their aggression,
00:01:09.260 has directly entered into war with Iran by blatantly violating the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic and launching an attack on Iran's sacred soil.
00:01:17.920 This comes as he's now threatening President Trump, saying they're, quote, warriors of Islam and will launch a powerful and well-planned operation.
00:01:27.000 You started it and we will finish it, according to the Islamist dictator over there. 0.97
00:01:34.020 I don't think it's going to end well for them to be sending threatening messages like that to President Trump.
00:01:39.720 Now, all this comes as Israel has reportedly sent messages to Iran through its intermediaries that it intends to end the ongoing war within days,
00:01:48.880 despite the fact that it has been accelerating its attacks and widening its targets.
00:01:53.600 Just earlier this afternoon, as Iran was launching those missiles at the American base in Qatar,
00:01:59.480 Israel was launching strikes on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,
00:02:03.280 their elite force, of course, the United States considers a terrorist organization.
00:02:06.600 Israel's Army Radio reported that its first attack on the IRGC and the Israeli Defense Forces
00:02:12.820 departed from its unusual practice of sending warnings out of the airstrikes to minimize casualties.
00:02:19.100 In this case, the IDF aimed to kill as many IRGC soldiers as possible.
00:02:23.240 Army Radio said that dozens had likely been killed in their bases.
00:02:27.280 During the recent series of strikes this afternoon, the IDF struck several military command centers
00:02:32.180 that belonged to the Iranian regime, including the Dar-Ala Command Center,
00:02:36.680 the General Command Center under the IRGC,
00:02:39.520 which is designated to defend Tehran from security threats, including internal threats.
00:02:44.980 So, Iran seems to be under a little bit of trouble and a little bit of pressure.
00:02:50.600 We'll see how that all plays out for them and their threats that they continue to make to America and to Israel. 0.95
00:02:56.120 The Trump effect is taking effect.
00:02:58.480 NATO nations have agreed to increase defense spending to 5% GDP.
00:03:03.840 Members of the Western NATO Military Alliance reportedly agreed to increase the defense spending
00:03:08.260 to, like I said, the 5% within the next decade in a major victory for President Trump and for America, 0.62
00:03:14.760 who have long demanded that America's allies pay more for their defense.
00:03:18.580 It all comes, I guess, at a very highly peculiar time as the war between Israel and Iran ramps up
00:03:25.260 and it comes as the NATO summit happening this week in The Hague, in the Netherlands.
00:03:31.060 President Trump famously had said he's not going to defend nations that don't pay their fair share
00:03:36.320 on the world stage when it comes to defending their own country.
00:03:39.800 If they're not going to pay to defend their own country,
00:03:42.020 then America is certainly not going to pay to defend them either.
00:03:45.480 President Donald Trump slamming Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council,
00:03:52.080 for casually throwing around the N-word, the nuclear word,
00:03:56.140 threatening to supply Iran with nuclear warheads.
00:03:59.500 President Trump, speaking from his Truth Social account,
00:04:01.580 specifically called out the former Russian president and the current Security Council deputy,
00:04:06.260 Dmitry Medvedev, for suggesting that a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran
00:04:11.360 with their own nuclear warheads.
00:04:13.920 I think that would be a very, very big mistake, should they decide to do that.
00:04:19.340 President Trump, posting on Truth Social, quote,
00:04:21.320 Did I hear former President Medvedev from Russia casually throwing out, throwing around the N-word, nuclear,
00:04:28.320 saying that he and other countries would supply nuclear warheads to Iran?
00:04:32.280 Did he really say that, or is it just a figment of my imagination?
00:04:36.200 If he did say that, and it is confirmed, please let me know immediately.
00:04:41.180 The N-word should never be treated so casually.
00:04:43.840 I guess that's why Putin's, quote,
00:04:46.260 By the way, if anyone thinks our hardware was great over the weekend,
00:04:51.260 far and away from the strongest and best of equipment we have,
00:04:54.180 20 years advanced over the pack in our nuclear submarines.
00:04:57.680 They are the most powerful and lethal weapons ever built,
00:05:00.520 and just launched the 30 Tomahawks.
00:05:02.360 All 30 hit the mark perfectly.
00:05:04.720 So in addition to our great fighter pilots,
00:05:06.820 thank you to the captain and the crew.
00:05:08.640 It'll be interesting to see now who wants to come to the defense of Iran 0.76
00:05:13.580 and who wants to just stay neutral or support America in whatever comes next.
00:05:20.960 Folks, please be sure to join us tonight and each and every night,
00:05:23.620 6 p.m. Eastern for The Great America Show,
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00:05:27.900 We'll see you there tonight, 6 p.m.
00:05:30.020 I'm John Fossett with this Midday Update.
00:05:32.180 Happy Monday, folks.