00:10:38.180Nearly a fifth of the world's oil supply, as you know,
00:10:41.100moves through this narrow shipping lane.
00:10:43.940Any disruption there immediately is impacting the global energy markets
00:10:48.660It affects your gasoline prices, inflation as well, and ultimately, every American family who's trying to fill up their tanks for summer vacations or travel.
00:11:00.480Now, one of the biggest goals of these negotiations, they also are being told, is restoring confidence that commercial ships can safely transit the strait without becoming what has been, well, unfortunately, all too often a target.
00:11:14.900according to u.s officials iran has agreed to help facilitate safe commercial navigation while the
00:11:23.440united states has eased some of the military pressure surrounding iranians ports as well as
00:11:29.840well they're all refineries as the negotiations will quote unquote continue now this is an
00:11:36.440important development because stability in the strait doesn't just matter to the middle east
00:11:41.520It literally matters to every economy on planet Earth.
00:11:46.020Now, here's why everyone is also remaining very cautious.
00:11:50.240The ceasefire has already shown signs of strain.
00:11:53.360Even after the announcement of the pause, there were fresh reports and military exchanges that threatened to derail the agreement almost immediately.
00:12:01.980Clearly, hardliners in Iran don't want a deal to be made at all.
00:12:05.900And that's why officials are describing this as an extremely, quote, fragile moment.
00:12:14.240Now, it also means they're trying to give the talks in Qatar,
00:12:18.000well, a chance, and they're extremely important.
00:12:21.880These discussions are also expected to focus on several other unresolved issues.
00:12:27.880First, freedom of navigation through the strait.
00:12:30.700But then second, sanctions and economic issues, which are extremely important to Iran.
00:12:36.780And then third, the broader regional security concerns and eventually the larger nuclear negotiations that have been hanging over the entire conflict since the, well, first bombing attack by the U.S.
00:12:50.200Those nuclear discussions had originally been scheduled elsewhere before the recent fighting force diplomats to completely rethink the agenda altogether.
00:12:59.420So now, instead of immediately diving into the nuclear file,
00:13:03.640the first priority is simply making sure the shooting actually stops.
00:14:07.320You have a military incident, one missile launches, one attack on commercial shipping, one misunderstanding.
00:14:14.060And suddenly diplomacy is replaced by another round of escalation.0.51
00:14:17.420And that's exactly what the radical terrorists and the terrorist organizations that have been supported by Iran are wanting to happen each and every day.
00:14:26.960Now, there's the broader regional implications as well.
00:14:31.260Negotiators are working to establish what has been described as direct communication mechanisms
00:14:36.520that are intended to prevent accidents from spiraling into another conflict.
00:14:40.440And then there's Lebanon, and Lebanon remains tied into these negotiations
00:14:46.560because fighting that is involving the terrorist organization Hezbollah
00:14:50.580has repeatedly threatened to derail the larger U.S.-Iranian diplomatic process altogether.
00:14:57.640Now, diplomats are also continuing to try to prevent that from, well, reigniting,
00:15:02.720while keeping the focus on the broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
00:15:07.620And that's why we need to talk about, well, why you as an American should actually care.
00:15:13.360The obvious reason is avoiding another major Middle East war involving U.S. forces.
00:15:18.400Every American understands the enormous human and financial cost of a prolonged conflict.
00:15:23.560Certainly the markets understand that as well.
00:15:26.260Now, a successful diplomatic pause could reduce those risks dramatically.
00:19:23.720Listen to Armstrong and Getty on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
00:19:26.820Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
00:19:29.520One thing is for sure, President Trump is holding a hard line,
00:19:34.720but also trying to make sure diplomacy has a real chance moving forward.
00:19:40.580Donald Trump going to war with the local radical community in Washington, D.C.
00:19:49.160Donald Trump saying he will not let communist D.C. mayoral candidate destroy the city.
00:19:57.600Now, we're witnessing this happen around the country, in places like L.A., in New York City, with Mondani.
00:20:04.540And President Donald Trump is now warning that he will not let the Democratic candidate for Washington, D.C. mayor destroy the city with her policies.
00:20:12.820In a post on True Social, True shared that George has stated that she wants to empty the prisons, turn the city into a sanctuary city to protect criminal illegal aliens and defund the police, among other things.
00:20:28.160Trump pointed out that many people, including him, had worked long and hard to clean up the nation's capital
00:20:34.320and make sure it is, again, a safe and prestigious community.
00:20:39.040He says, George, the communist, who is also certainly going to be elected mayor of D.C.,
00:20:45.100has stated that she wants to empty the prisons, make D.C. a sanctuary city,
00:20:50.820oppose ICE, welcome criminal illegal aliens back into our beloved capital,
00:20:56.040and resist the anti-crime crackdown as well as defund the police he went on to say she also
00:21:04.920wants to expand cashless bail and so many other capital destroying capital destroying things
00:21:11.560now trump continued to share what he would meet with george and he said he called a communist
00:21:18.260adding that he was warning that washington dc is a safe place in the prestigious community
00:21:23.440saying many people including myself have worked long and hard to get it there
00:21:27.360and we will not let it be destroyed by a communist adherent to
00:21:31.040who has no intention to make america or make washington great again
00:21:35.660now in response to trump's post george issued a statement that she would quote
00:21:41.260stand up to anyone who puts our city on its and its residents in harm's way
00:21:48.700Yeah, so apparently the president, she's saying, is putting Americans into harm's way.
00:21:54.100While most of these claims are incorrect, the fact is that the mayor of our nation's capital and the administration
00:21:59.740are going to be meeting with each other, is what George said.
00:22:03.540I'm willing to work with anyone, including the administration, to improve the lives of D.C. residents.
00:22:10.820And I will stand up to anyone who puts our city or its residents in trouble.
00:22:15.960Now, again, Trump's post comes after he earned praise from even Democrats regarding construction and landscaping projects throughout the city.
00:22:24.800Among the projects include the administration's restoration of monuments and the fountains, such as the Meridian Hill Park and the fountain at Columbus Circle outside of D.C.'s Union Station.
00:22:37.200Thank goodness they're actually working again, something that has not happened in, well, years and years and years.
00:22:44.120The Columbus Circle in their historic front door to Washington, D.C., well, it's now working again and beautiful.
00:22:52.000This is all a part of what the president of the United States of America has been wanting to do.
00:22:57.520Now, if you go back to August of 2025, there was a video that showed the city clearing a homeless encampment located near the Kennedy Center.
00:23:06.680That came after Trump vowed to crack down on crime in the city.
00:23:10.640That move came days after President Trump said, we're not doing this anymore.
00:23:15.180And then the city, he officially invoked Section 8 or 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
00:23:23.440placing the D.C. Metro Police Department under the direct federal control.
00:23:27.720And then he activated the National Guard, which, of course, meant that liberals would lose their minds
00:23:32.580because he was actually trying to have a safer city.
00:23:35.640While Georgia said she will, quote, work with anyone, including the president,
00:23:39.860She has also said there are limits to that, quote, cooperation, saying we are not going to be able to stand up for our autonomy and fight for D.C. statehood.
00:23:50.960Ultimately, by just complying in advance, I have also been very clear that I will work with anyone, including the president, for the best interest of the residents.
00:24:00.160So the question is obviously, well, this, how can you be working for the interests of the citizens of D.C. if you're advocating for illegal immigrants?
00:24:11.600How can you say you're working for the citizens of Washington, D.C. if you're wanting to let everyone out of jail?0.50
00:24:20.720Again, those are her words. How are you going to work for the citizens?
00:24:26.660Again, a simple question of Washington, D.C.0.98
00:24:30.560If you're advocating for illegal immigrants to show up, putting them ahead of American citizens.0.90
00:24:39.260And then she said she's also going to advocate for, as she describes it, statehood.0.98
00:25:52.500This is how they want to destroy this country.
00:25:54.800And they're using massive amounts of cash to actually do it.
00:25:59.220Now, the billionaire Democratic kingmaker Soros putting in one hundred and two point eight million in the midterm elections again so far.
00:26:07.600And with the November election still more than four months away, Soros is probably going to shatter his own record of one hundred twenty eight million set during the last midterms.
00:26:18.380four years ago he's hoping that americans will be disengaged and well money talks and soros's money
00:26:24.900says the most it's all about him trying to destroy the united states of america soros has been
00:26:32.940described as a wannabe bond villain responsible for the radical takeover the democratic party
00:26:38.560and by the way it's working only a fraction of this cycle's contributions 793 000 were made in
00:26:46.920the 95-year-old mega donor's actual name almost all the money 102 million was funneled through
00:26:54.520the democratic political action committee the super PAC that Soros launched in 2020 which
00:27:00.300acts as the family's main political arm yeah it's pretty incredible again democrats say they hate
00:27:06.880rich people until they're begging them for more than 100 million dollars now of all the money
00:27:12.780given for the midterms, over half, $52 million,
00:27:42.780which funds efforts to decriminalize drugs, open the border and abolish the police
00:27:48.180and its lobbying wing, the Open Society Action Fund,
00:27:52.000which is even more obscure as it doesn't have to disclose their political spending
00:27:56.180because it's registered as a non-profit claiming to do merely advocacy work.
00:28:02.300On previous election cycles, the Open Society Action Fund's cash flow went to the most extreme.
00:28:09.180You know, the lefty stars they created, the squad, the AOCs, Ilham Omar, and all of this is again showing that George Soros and his son, they're doing everything they can to find the most radical candidates, like the D.C. mayor candidate, and destroy our country literally from within.
00:28:30.440So pay attention, because this is what the midterm elections are actually all about.
00:28:36.340thanks as always for joining us on the show don't forget you can grab the ben ferguson podcast
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00:28:47.760and on the podcast all week long on neutral podcast we're celebrating america's 250th birthday
00:28:54.240and i ask my guests how they're spending their fourth of july brett bear i will be working i'll
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