Verdict with Ted Cruz - Liberal Logic on Iran, Hegseth takes it to the Media & Screwing up the Iranian End Game Week In Review

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00:00:05.300 Welcome.

00:00:06.020 It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review.

00:00:08.620 Ben Ferguson with you.

00:00:09.640 And here are the big stories that we talked about this week that you may have missed.

00:00:13.000 First up, talk about liberal logic.

00:00:15.580 Since the attack on Iran, liberals are afraid of Iran's response to what Donald Trump is

00:00:21.580 doing, saying he could be starting World War III.

00:00:23.980 Yet they're not afraid of Iran actually getting a nuclear weapon.

00:00:27.560 We'll break that down for you.

00:00:28.820 Also, the DOD Secretary, Pete Hedseth, briefing, doing it directly to the media, calling them

00:00:36.180 out to their faces on their lies about the damage assessment.

00:00:40.520 And finally, the big question moving forward is, what's next?

00:00:44.840 And what can happen if we screw up the endgame?

00:00:48.080 It's the Weekend Review, and it starts right now.

00:00:51.220 Let's talk a little bit about the liberal logic that has been coming out of so many Democrats

00:00:55.060 since this attack took place.

00:00:56.860 And the people who seem to be obsessing over Iran's response, implying that their response 1.00

00:01:04.220 is Donald Trump's fault that they're going to respond, are the same idiots that were not afraid of Iran getting a nuclear weapon. 1.00

00:01:12.820 Can you explain that liberal logic, please? 1.00

00:01:15.580 Sadly, today's Democrat Party sides with every enemy of America.

00:01:20.140 They side on the other side.

00:01:21.660 Look, J.K. Rowling tweeted this weekend about this person, India Willoughby.

00:01:28.720 Now, I'll confess, I have no idea who India Willoughby is.

00:01:31.720 But J.K. Rowling tweeted, 0.95

00:01:33.480 India, a fan of women-hating, gay-hating, authoritarian regime, color me astonished. 1.00

00:01:39.660 So I went and Googled who is this India Willoughby person, and it turns out, according to Wikipedia, 0.86

00:01:45.920 quote, she is Britain's first transgender national television newsreader.

00:01:53.400 Now, pause for a second, Ben. 0.99

00:01:56.020 Iran murders transgender people. 1.00

00:01:59.760 They throw them off buildings. 1.00

00:02:01.100 If you are gay, they murder you. 1.00

00:02:04.320 And think about the mindset of a leftist who, this transgender newsreader in, I guess, the U.K., 0.99

00:02:13.940 is like, even though the Ayatollah wants to murder me, I stand with the Ayatollah rather than America. 0.79

00:02:22.260 That is how messed up leftists are right now. 1.00

00:02:24.920 They're like, oh, homicidal, theocratic, women-oppressing, gay-murdering, torturing, genocidal lunatics. 1.00

00:02:35.340 Those are my people. 1.00

00:02:37.240 It doesn't make any sense to me.

00:02:39.160 And then you go back to also the quotes that people have been posting,

00:02:43.680 and I think it's really important that history reflect.

00:02:46.520 You go back to Bill Clinton, Senator, and he said that Iran couldn't get a nuclear weapon.

00:02:50.880 Hillary Clinton, when she was a senator, Secretary of State, and running for president, said Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon.

00:02:58.600 Barack Obama said that he cannot get a nuclear weapon.

00:03:02.480 You had Joe Biden that said they couldn't get a nuclear weapon.

00:03:05.820 And then they're at 60-plus percent, and Donald Trump stops them,

00:03:10.360 and then all of the left's like, you can't do that.

00:03:13.000 You're going to start World War III. 0.70

00:03:14.440 This is somehow your fault.

00:03:15.840 You're the aggressor.

00:03:16.720 And understand, the reason we are here is because of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

00:03:23.060 Barack Obama negotiated the disastrous Iran nuclear deal.

00:03:26.660 That flooded billions and billions of dollars into Iran.

00:03:30.900 Listen, remember, Obama literally flew $1.7 billion of cash, unmarked bills on a pallet to deliver to the Ayatollah.

00:03:38.700 That agreement set the stage for Iran to get nuclear weapons. 0.80

00:03:43.360 Donald Trump, when he came in as president.

00:03:45.260 Can we look at that deal for a second, and just now, in hindsight, what really was that deal?

00:03:50.960 Was that deal a, hey, I don't want to have to deal with you guys, so let's just, you kind of play nice with me,

00:03:56.580 and then I'll kick the can down the road to another administration?

00:03:59.540 Like, in hindsight, what was that?

00:04:01.640 Why did we do that deal?

00:04:03.480 It was radical ideology.

00:04:05.580 You know, when Barack Obama first became president,

00:04:08.180 he went and gave a speech at the University of Cairo in Egypt.

00:04:11.400 And in that speech, he said Iran has a right, and he used the word right, a right to nuclear technology. 0.93

00:04:20.020 Now, that is nutty.

00:04:21.460 That is, I'm familiar with the right to the pursuit of happiness.

00:04:25.300 I'm not familiar with a right to possess thermonuclear weapons.

00:04:29.280 And at the end of the day, I think Barack Obama and his entire team came in with an ideological view

00:04:36.660 that America's role in the world is fundamentally illegitimate, that we are colonial oppressors.

00:04:42.620 Look, as you know, my last book was Unwoke, How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America.

00:04:47.140 These are the cultural Marxists.

00:04:48.540 They view America as illegitimate, and therefore, they view that we have no business,

00:04:55.040 we have no right stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. 0.60

00:04:58.960 Listen, the Obama-Iran nuclear deal would inevitably lead to Iran with nuclear weapons. 1.00

00:05:04.560 These guys are not idiots. 1.00

00:05:05.880 They knew that. 1.00

00:05:07.220 They're fine with that outcome because they believe America has no right to prevent it.

00:05:12.360 My view is, yes, we do. 0.98

00:05:13.960 If you've got a lunatic who's saying death to America, 0.96

00:05:16.740 and we have the power to stop him from getting nuclear weapons, 0.91

00:05:19.660 we will use that power because the commander-in-chief is not going to fail to protect America. 1.00

00:05:26.020 And I've got to say, by the way, the useful idiots across the globe. 1.00

00:05:29.400 Hey, you've got the Democrats today who are all chirping about, 1.00

00:05:32.500 how dare you act to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? 0.55

00:05:35.580 We also had the Secretary of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres,

00:05:40.300 who put out a statement.

00:05:41.300 I'm going to read it to you.

00:05:42.080 I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today.

00:05:48.260 This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge

00:05:52.040 and a direct threat to international peace and security.

00:05:56.220 There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control

00:06:00.920 with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world.

00:06:05.260 I call on member states to de-escalate

00:06:08.000 and to uphold their obligations under the UN Charter and other rules of international law.

00:06:13.520 At this perilous hour, it is critical to avoid a spiral of chaos.

00:06:18.680 There is no military solution.

00:06:20.900 The only path forward is diplomacy.

00:06:23.480 The only hope is peace. 1.00

00:06:26.100 What a blithering idiot. 1.00

00:06:28.200 I'll tell you what I tweeted today. 1.00

00:06:29.780 I tweeted, of course, the UN sides with Iran. 0.81

00:06:34.320 Clown face emoji, clown face emoji, clown face emoji.

00:06:37.080 The only thing they couldn't decide is which chant they agree with more strongly. 0.97

00:06:44.720 Quote, death to Israel or, quote, death to America. 0.73

00:06:49.360 And then I asked a simple question.

00:06:51.760 Remind me again why we're paying their bills?

00:06:55.480 It's a fair question.

00:06:56.520 And you've got to wonder what's the point of being involved

00:06:58.880 if this is how insane they actually are.

00:07:01.920 So let's move to...

00:07:02.940 By the way, Ben, I also observed,

00:07:05.440 I think Tehran would make a lovely UN headquarters,

00:07:09.340 just located right there,

00:07:11.340 maybe on the smoldering ashes of Florida.

00:07:13.860 We can put the UN there,

00:07:15.600 and they can all get together with their anti-Israel hate

00:07:18.420 and their anti-American hate,

00:07:19.880 and they can sit there and glow radioactive

00:07:22.000 while they talk about developing nuclear weapons to bomb America.

00:07:27.680 At least it would be intellectually honest.

00:07:29.280 Like, where's the UN?

00:07:30.240 It's in Tehran.

00:07:30.980 Okay, that makes sense.

00:07:33.580 Look, that's who they...

00:07:35.480 This should not be complicated.

00:07:40.080 Iran, like... 0.99

00:07:42.480 Let me ask you, Ben, seriously,

00:07:43.780 put yourself in the head of the UN Secretary General.

00:07:47.480 How do you look at this and say,

00:07:49.120 where do I stand?

00:07:50.420 I know, with Iran. 0.93

00:07:51.760 Like, what thought process goes through your brain?

00:07:55.540 Yeah, what's the upside of doing that, and why?

00:07:57.760 And especially if you know what Iran just did 0.99

00:08:00.160 and how many terrorist organizations they've supported

00:08:02.440 that are just beyond, I mean, factually accurate.

00:08:06.880 Hamas, Hezbollah, and the UN's like, 0.92

00:08:08.620 we got you.

00:08:09.220 We're going to cover for you.

00:08:10.260 Don't worry.

00:08:10.960 We got your back.

00:08:11.860 It is...

00:08:12.580 And that's the reason why I think

00:08:13.940 it delegitimizes the United Nations

00:08:16.000 to the point where I just roll my eyes at them.

00:08:17.880 Now, I don't pay attention to what they say.

00:08:20.140 Final question, and this is what is next.

00:08:22.880 It's very clear there's a warning from this president.

00:08:25.960 Don't screw with us moving forward. 0.99

00:08:28.340 If Iran is dumb enough to retaliate against Americans 1.00

00:08:32.360 in the Middle East, 0.99

00:08:34.420 maybe even shutting down the Strait of Hormuz,

00:08:36.820 what is the president's obligation moving forward on that?

00:08:41.560 Well, one of the consequences of the bombing run

00:08:43.580 is the parliament in Iran did vote

00:08:45.520 to shut down the Straits of Hormuz.

00:08:47.380 Now, the parliament's not the decision maker.

00:08:49.820 At the end of the day, the Ayatollah's the decision maker. 0.96

00:08:52.000 So it's not clear if Iran is going to do so or not.

00:08:55.180 If it did so, it would impact America,

00:08:57.340 but it would impact China even more.

00:08:59.740 Roughly half of the oil that China uses

00:09:02.080 travels through the Straits of Hormuz.

00:09:04.120 A very small percentage of American oil

00:09:06.440 travels through there.

00:09:07.440 But that being said,

00:09:09.160 if the Straits of Hormuz were shut down,

00:09:11.440 it would impact America

00:09:12.560 because it would drive up global oil prices.

00:09:15.420 It would drive up gasoline prices at home.

00:09:17.520 And that would impact Americans.

00:09:19.020 I hope that doesn't happen.

00:09:21.080 I think if they try to shut down

00:09:22.700 those major trade routes and commerce routes,

00:09:25.360 I think we will see force to open them up

00:09:29.140 because Iran does not have the right 1.00

00:09:30.760 to shut down the ability of America

00:09:33.040 and the rest of the world

00:09:34.000 to engage in trade and commerce.

00:09:35.580 That is a possible escalation.

00:09:38.240 I think the most likely escalation

00:09:40.480 is going to be continued attacks

00:09:42.980 on civilians in Israel

00:09:44.380 because at the end of the day,

00:09:46.100 I think the Ayatollah and the Mullahs, 0.98

00:09:47.840 they hate the Jewish people. 0.99

00:09:50.320 And murdering innocent civilians 1.00

00:09:52.320 is something that they believe in.

00:09:56.060 I worry, as I said,

00:09:58.360 about the risk of terrorist attacks as well.

00:10:00.940 I think those are sadly the two most likely.

00:10:04.440 The people of Israel,

00:10:05.840 I know the government of Israel,

00:10:07.320 the Iron Dome,

00:10:08.400 they're working hard to protect their civilians.

00:10:10.540 America is assisting in that.

00:10:11.940 And here at home,

00:10:13.620 law enforcement and Homeland Security

00:10:15.780 and the Department of Justice

00:10:16.800 are all working hard

00:10:18.060 to intercept and stop

00:10:21.880 any terrorist attack before it occurs.

00:10:23.920 But understand these are dangerous times,

00:10:27.420 but they're dangerous times

00:10:28.540 because we have enemies

00:10:29.680 that wish to do harm to America. 0.55

00:10:32.160 And that's why the responsibility

00:10:33.680 that the president has

00:10:35.160 is so grave and serious.

00:10:37.200 And I will say,

00:10:38.260 listening to President Trump speak Saturday night,

00:10:40.760 I think there are times

00:10:42.220 where the weight of the job

00:10:43.560 really falls on his shoulders

00:10:46.040 and he feels it.

00:10:47.540 And I think Saturday night was one of them

00:10:49.420 because it was an incredibly consequential moment

00:10:54.100 in our nation's history

00:10:55.220 and a very positive moment

00:10:57.820 of the president standing up and saying,

00:10:59.920 my first responsibility is to defend America

00:11:02.640 and I will not shirk from that responsibility.

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00:11:44.040 Now on to story number two.

00:11:46.520 Senator, I want to play for everybody.

00:11:49.280 Pete had Seth at the Pentagon

00:11:51.400 briefing about how effective

00:11:54.480 this attack actually was

00:11:56.040 and saying it directly

00:11:57.320 to the media's face.

00:11:58.320 Take a listen.

00:11:59.720 Read some of the assessments

00:12:01.380 that have been provided

00:12:02.540 because whether it's fake news,

00:12:04.900 CNN, MSNBC or the New York Times,

00:12:09.040 there's been fawning coverage

00:12:10.620 of a preliminary assessment.

00:12:12.720 I've had a chance to read it.

00:12:13.880 Every outlet has breathlessly reported

00:12:16.920 on a preliminary assessment

00:12:18.540 from DIA.

00:12:20.420 I'm looking at it right now.

00:12:23.020 Again, it was preliminary

00:12:23.920 a day and a half

00:12:24.860 after the actual strike.

00:12:27.040 When it admits itself

00:12:28.660 in writing that it requires weeks

00:12:30.100 to accumulate the necessary data

00:12:31.580 to make such an assessment,

00:12:32.520 it's preliminary.

00:12:33.560 It points out

00:12:34.600 that it's not been coordinated

00:12:35.880 with the intelligence community

00:12:37.040 at all.

00:12:38.740 There's low confidence

00:12:39.860 in this particular report.

00:12:41.760 There's, it says in the report,

00:12:43.120 there are gaps in the information.

00:12:44.440 It says in the report,

00:12:45.920 multiple linchpin assumptions

00:12:48.140 are what this assessment,

00:12:50.240 a linchpin assumption,

00:12:51.100 you know what that is?

00:12:52.140 That means your entire premise

00:12:53.520 is predicated on a linchpin.

00:12:54.920 If you're wrong,

00:12:55.560 everything else is wrong.

00:12:57.220 And yet, still,

00:12:59.120 this report acknowledges

00:13:00.080 it's likely severe damage.

00:13:02.040 Again, this is preliminary,

00:13:03.280 but leaked because someone

00:13:05.580 had an agenda

00:13:06.120 to try to muddy the waters

00:13:07.180 and make it look like

00:13:07.820 this historic strike

00:13:09.160 wasn't successful.

00:13:10.720 I'm going to get to the chairman

00:13:11.420 in a moment

00:13:11.820 because he's going to lay out

00:13:12.820 the particulars for you

00:13:14.460 based on his professional

00:13:15.960 military experience.

00:13:16.980 But here's what other folks

00:13:17.840 are saying.

00:13:18.720 The DIA that put that report out

00:13:20.760 says that this is a preliminary

00:13:22.800 low confidence report

00:13:24.160 and will continue to be refined

00:13:25.940 as additional intelligence

00:13:27.360 becomes available.

00:13:29.260 How about the Israeli

00:13:31.280 Atomic Energy Commission?

00:13:33.240 The devastating U.S. strikes

00:13:34.560 on Fordow destroyed

00:13:36.020 the site's critical infrastructure

00:13:37.680 and rendered the enrichment

00:13:39.440 facility inoperable.

00:13:41.660 Have any of these quotes

00:13:42.640 made their way into

00:13:43.240 the New York Times

00:13:43.800 or the Washington Post?

00:13:45.700 MSNBC?

00:13:47.200 CNN?

00:13:48.520 Any of these quotes?

00:13:49.280 How about this one?

00:13:49.800 This is a new one.

00:13:50.460 From the U.N.,

00:13:51.180 the United Nations.

00:13:52.840 No friend of the United States

00:13:54.140 or certainly Israel often.

00:13:55.540 Here's the head

00:13:56.760 of the U.N.

00:13:57.760 Atomic Energy Agency

00:13:59.140 this morning.

00:14:00.440 Rafael Grossi.

00:14:02.000 U.S. and Israeli strikes

00:14:03.420 caused enormous damage

00:14:05.580 to Iran's nuclear sites.

00:14:08.560 Don't take my word for it.

00:14:09.780 How about the IDF's

00:14:10.740 chief of staff?

00:14:12.140 I can say here

00:14:12.960 that the assessment

00:14:13.660 is that we significantly

00:14:15.480 damaged the nuclear program

00:14:16.860 setting it back by years.

00:14:18.460 I repeat, years.

00:14:20.760 The Iranian foreign minister,

00:14:23.200 the spokesman,

00:14:23.880 our nuclear institutions

00:14:24.820 have been badly damaged,

00:14:26.120 that's for sure.

00:14:27.500 I'm sure that's

00:14:28.220 an understatement.

00:14:29.880 John Radcliffe,

00:14:31.180 the director of the CIA,

00:14:32.540 putting out a statement

00:14:33.340 just last night.

00:14:34.600 CIA can confirm

00:14:35.820 that a body

00:14:36.460 of credible intelligence

00:14:37.540 indicates Iran's

00:14:39.180 nuclear program

00:14:40.020 has been severely damaged

00:14:41.820 by recent targeted strikes.

00:14:44.140 This includes

00:14:44.680 new intelligence

00:14:45.320 from a historically reliable,

00:14:47.600 very different

00:14:48.260 than preliminary assessment

00:14:49.880 with low confidence.

00:14:51.800 He's saying,

00:14:52.280 historically reliable

00:14:53.480 and accurate source

00:14:54.600 and method

00:14:55.080 that several key

00:14:56.440 Iranian nuclear facilities

00:14:57.740 were destroyed

00:14:59.480 and would have to be rebuilt

00:15:02.060 over the course of years.

00:15:04.780 You listen to all of that data

00:15:06.980 and I love how he laid it out.

00:15:08.720 He's not just saying

00:15:09.680 this is from our administration.

00:15:11.680 This is from people

00:15:12.600 that hate us.

00:15:13.280 This is from the UN.

00:15:14.040 This is from Iran.

00:15:15.120 Like, how the hell

00:15:16.340 did you guys go with this report

00:15:17.780 when it's so off from reality?

00:15:19.500 Look, I think the evidence

00:15:21.660 is indisputable.

00:15:23.820 And it's worth noting,

00:15:28.400 he said,

00:15:29.520 the Secretary of Defense

00:15:30.460 said in that press conference

00:15:31.660 that the Iranian

00:15:33.480 nuclear weapons program

00:15:34.780 has been set back years.

00:15:37.460 I can tell you

00:15:38.140 I spent an hour and a half

00:15:39.280 in a classified briefing.

00:15:40.920 I can't tell you

00:15:41.720 what was in that briefing.

00:15:43.240 But we heard nothing

00:15:44.440 that was inconsistent

00:15:45.780 with what the Secretary of Defense

00:15:47.440 said in that press conference,

00:15:49.800 which is that

00:15:50.580 this military attack

00:15:52.300 set Iran's nuclear program

00:15:54.200 back years.

00:15:55.940 It was incredibly effective.

00:15:58.440 And so that is cause

00:16:00.020 for celebration,

00:16:00.720 which is why the Democrats

00:16:02.060 don't want people

00:16:02.920 to know about it.

00:16:03.560 The media don't want people

00:16:04.460 to know about it.

00:16:05.620 But I have to say,

00:16:06.820 I mentioned at the outset

00:16:07.920 of this program,

00:16:08.620 we were going to discuss

00:16:09.740 what happened.

00:16:10.380 But every bit as importantly,

00:16:12.740 we're going to discuss

00:16:13.540 what's going to happen next.

00:16:15.920 And listen,

00:16:16.360 it's one thing to talk

00:16:17.400 about where the puck is today,

00:16:19.680 but you've got to look

00:16:20.580 at where the puck

00:16:21.160 is going to be tomorrow.

00:16:23.080 And where the puck

00:16:25.020 is going to be tomorrow,

00:16:26.200 there was a CNN report

00:16:27.440 that came out this week

00:16:29.240 that said,

00:16:29.780 quote,

00:16:30.580 the Trump admin

00:16:32.000 is considering offering Iran

00:16:33.920 a series of major benefits

00:16:35.960 to bring it back

00:16:37.380 to the negotiating table.

00:16:38.640 According to the report,

00:16:41.060 Washington is considering

00:16:42.360 helping Iran 0.57

00:16:43.400 establish a nuclear program

00:16:46.360 for the purpose

00:16:47.680 of producing civilian energy

00:16:49.600 at a cost of about

00:16:51.600 $30 billion,

00:16:54.320 easing sanctions

00:16:55.360 and unfreezing billions

00:16:57.580 of frozen Iranian dollars.

00:17:00.260 And I will tell you,

00:17:01.500 within the Trump administration

00:17:02.820 right now,

00:17:03.540 there is a battle.

00:17:04.480 There are voices

00:17:05.200 within the Trump administration.

00:17:06.340 These are the voices

00:17:07.300 that opposed the strike

00:17:09.280 on Iran,

00:17:09.960 that wanted to have

00:17:11.960 weakness and appeasement

00:17:13.220 towards Iran,

00:17:14.100 who are now saying,

00:17:15.660 well,

00:17:15.820 after the strike,

00:17:16.760 after victory,

00:17:18.080 we should flow

00:17:19.760 billions of dollars

00:17:21.100 to Iran.

00:17:21.960 We should let them

00:17:22.800 sell oil,

00:17:23.980 let them sell oil

00:17:24.900 to China.

00:17:25.740 We should let them

00:17:26.620 make billions.

00:17:27.880 And I got to tell you,

00:17:28.840 this is the same

00:17:29.800 failed approach

00:17:30.920 of Barack Obama

00:17:32.580 and Joe Biden.

00:17:34.040 we should,

00:17:35.700 under no circumstances,

00:17:37.220 allow the Ayatollah 0.99

00:17:38.660 who chants death 0.99

00:17:40.120 to America,

00:17:40.800 who has been actively

00:17:42.380 trying to murder

00:17:43.320 President Trump. 0.56

00:17:44.280 We should not let him

00:17:45.260 win a windfall

00:17:46.380 and get billions

00:17:48.080 of dollars to use

00:17:49.540 to wage war

00:17:50.340 against America.

00:17:51.460 How did we even

00:17:52.480 get to this point

00:17:53.500 where this was

00:17:54.480 a real possibility?

00:17:55.800 Where is this coming from?

00:17:57.740 Because it is shocking.

00:17:58.960 Like you said,

00:17:59.640 you don't want to do

00:18:00.100 the same thing

00:18:00.600 that was a failure

00:18:01.260 with the last administrations

00:18:03.620 where they're like,

00:18:04.180 hey,

00:18:04.460 here's billions of dollars,

00:18:05.800 we'll put it on a plane

00:18:06.660 and here's a bunch

00:18:08.020 of American money,

00:18:09.080 have a great day.

00:18:11.140 Listen,

00:18:11.680 there are voices

00:18:12.120 in the Republican Party

00:18:13.200 who have decided

00:18:14.020 to embrace isolationism,

00:18:15.880 who have decided

00:18:16.680 to say we should

00:18:17.740 withdraw from the world.

00:18:19.340 You and I talked

00:18:20.000 previously on this podcast

00:18:21.120 about the interview

00:18:21.960 I did with Tucker Carlson.

00:18:24.200 I knew what that

00:18:25.120 was going to be.

00:18:25.840 I knew when I accepted

00:18:26.920 that interview

00:18:27.520 that Tucker was coming

00:18:28.460 after me,

00:18:29.040 that he was going

00:18:29.520 to do everything he can

00:18:30.780 to blast me.

00:18:32.220 And he and I spent

00:18:33.020 two hours.

00:18:34.000 It was a bloodbath.

00:18:36.900 We were pounding

00:18:37.560 the hell out of each other.

00:18:39.200 But every single thing

00:18:40.940 Tucker said about Iran

00:18:42.080 and Israel proved wrong.

00:18:43.520 Tucker said publicly,

00:18:45.000 if America strikes Iran,

00:18:48.600 we would be dragged

00:18:49.720 into World War III.

00:18:51.280 Thousands of Americans

00:18:52.380 would be killed.

00:18:53.480 And in World War III,

00:18:54.880 we would lose.

00:18:56.640 Now, Ben,

00:18:57.160 that wasn't slightly wrong.

00:18:58.560 It wasn't a little bit wrong.

00:18:59.700 It was totally,

00:19:01.000 catastrophically,

00:19:01.960 utterly false.

00:19:03.500 Tucker also argued

00:19:04.520 with me at great length.

00:19:06.140 It's not true

00:19:07.140 that Iran is trying 0.99

00:19:08.720 to murder Donald J. Trump. 0.58

00:19:11.340 Well, you know, 0.98

00:19:13.220 it's one thing

00:19:13.820 if you're a talk show host

00:19:15.640 and you can just kind of

00:19:16.520 yell into the microphone

00:19:17.480 and ignore facts.

00:19:19.260 But facts matter.

00:19:20.640 The truth matters.

00:19:22.160 It is an objective fact

00:19:24.100 that Iran has been 0.89

00:19:26.440 trying to murder

00:19:27.220 Donald J. Trump, 0.96

00:19:28.160 has been trying 0.99

00:19:28.740 to murder him

00:19:29.360 for several years.

00:19:31.200 And I pointed this out

00:19:32.280 in the interview.

00:19:32.720 I put it out afterwards.

00:19:33.700 I put out

00:19:34.280 the sealed indictment

00:19:36.300 from the Department of Justice

00:19:37.540 indicting Iranian hitmen

00:19:39.200 who were here

00:19:39.980 in the United States

00:19:40.760 trying to murder 0.96

00:19:41.520 Donald J. Trump. 0.94

00:19:42.880 I put out video

00:19:44.460 of President Trump

00:19:45.400 talking about

00:19:46.220 the Iranians 0.96

00:19:46.860 trying to murder him. 0.65

00:19:47.700 I put out video

00:19:48.600 of senior Iranian leaders

00:19:50.500 talking about

00:19:51.360 their intention 0.99

00:19:52.540 to murder Donald Trump. 0.81

00:19:53.840 I put out a video 0.98

00:19:55.380 that the IRGC put out,

00:19:57.380 an animated video

00:19:58.560 of an Iranian drone

00:20:00.380 murdering Donald Trump

00:20:02.200 on the golf course 0.96

00:20:03.480 at Mar-a-Lago.

00:20:04.540 And it is an objective fact.

00:20:06.900 And this is where,

00:20:08.080 again,

00:20:08.480 the sort of

00:20:09.220 isolationist rhetoric

00:20:10.260 is weird.

00:20:10.860 Because when I said

00:20:12.720 that Iran was trying 0.98

00:20:13.780 to murder

00:20:14.200 President Trump 0.96

00:20:15.460 and Tucker said,

00:20:16.920 I've never heard that.

00:20:18.480 And then he did

00:20:18.960 his kind of weird,

00:20:20.040 high-pitched cackle.

00:20:21.640 He then came back

00:20:23.960 with this bizarre statement.

00:20:26.260 Well, if that were true

00:20:28.000 that Iran were trying 0.99

00:20:29.080 to murder Donald J. Trump,

00:20:30.660 well, then we should 1.00

00:20:31.500 attack them immediately. 1.00

00:20:32.560 We should nuke them. 1.00

00:20:34.480 And I got to say, 0.99

00:20:35.620 I kind of wondered

00:20:36.380 if like Tucker Carlson's

00:20:38.080 old neocon,

00:20:39.580 to be clear,

00:20:40.240 Tucker Carlson was someone

00:20:41.480 who during the Iraq War

00:20:43.380 was a cheerleader

00:20:45.400 for the Iraq War.

00:20:46.420 He basically put on

00:20:47.340 a short skirt

00:20:48.020 and pom-poms.

00:20:49.620 I think the Iraq War 0.98

00:20:50.640 was a mistake.

00:20:51.420 I've been vocal

00:20:51.960 about that for years.

00:20:53.760 Tucker cheered it on.

00:20:55.440 It is loopy.

00:20:56.820 It is Froot Loops

00:20:57.980 to say you should

00:20:59.540 nuke Iran 0.98

00:21:00.360 because they're doing that.

00:21:01.640 No, the right thing

00:21:02.560 to do is what

00:21:03.740 President Trump did,

00:21:04.820 which is take out

00:21:05.720 their nuclear weapons

00:21:06.780 capability.

00:21:08.280 And I got to say,

00:21:10.900 Tucker's voice

00:21:11.760 and their allies

00:21:12.760 of Tucker

00:21:13.280 in the administration

00:21:14.300 who were desperately

00:21:16.280 trying to convince

00:21:17.240 the president,

00:21:18.500 do not attack

00:21:19.560 Iran,

00:21:20.720 do not take out

00:21:21.400 their nuclear weapons

00:21:22.160 capability,

00:21:22.840 do not support Israel,

00:21:24.320 abandon Israel. 0.86

00:21:25.940 They were wrong

00:21:26.820 and they lost this battle

00:21:28.460 but the second iteration

00:21:29.740 and this is coming

00:21:30.700 is they're now saying,

00:21:33.840 okay,

00:21:34.780 now that you've won,

00:21:36.220 give the Ayatollah 0.92

00:21:37.320 billions of dollars

00:21:38.360 because it works out

00:21:39.200 really well

00:21:39.740 when you give billions

00:21:41.000 of dollars 1.00

00:21:41.460 to a theocratic lunatic 1.00

00:21:42.700 who says they want 1.00

00:21:43.780 to murder you 0.55

00:21:44.500 and is still actively 1.00

00:21:45.840 trying to murder you. 1.00

00:21:46.840 That is incredibly foolish 1.00

00:21:48.740 and so I'm urging 1.00

00:21:50.800 the president,

00:21:51.700 don't listen

00:21:52.380 to those voices.

00:21:53.380 They were wrong before

00:21:54.400 and they're wrong now.

00:21:56.160 Do not send billions

00:21:57.620 of dollars

00:21:58.180 to the Ayatollah.

00:21:59.420 As before,

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00:22:01.180 the rest of this conversation

00:22:02.400 on this topic,

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00:22:39.540 I want to get back

00:22:40.760 to the big story

00:22:41.960 number three of the week

00:22:42.900 you may have missed.

00:22:43.660 Where things are going now

00:22:45.740 and how we could

00:22:47.480 screw up the endgame

00:22:49.120 here with Iran 0.97

00:22:49.980 with some in this country

00:22:51.800 saying,

00:22:52.380 well,

00:22:52.520 maybe we should appease

00:22:53.500 them a little bit.

00:22:54.460 Doesn't make a lot of sense.

00:22:56.180 Yet that's where we are.

00:22:57.520 And Senator,

00:22:57.960 you had this to say

00:22:58.900 on Hannity's show

00:22:59.780 about as well.

00:23:01.060 Something else, Sean.

00:23:02.640 There are voices

00:23:03.800 in the administration

00:23:04.660 now that the president

00:23:06.080 has scored

00:23:06.660 an historic victory

00:23:07.740 who are urging,

00:23:09.520 let's cut a deal,

00:23:10.340 let's let Iran sell oils, 0.98

00:23:11.820 let's lift all the sanctions,

00:23:12.960 let's make this a victory

00:23:14.740 for the Ayatollah.

00:23:16.240 Understand this,

00:23:17.320 Ayatollah still hates America, 0.75

00:23:18.980 he chanced death to America, 0.90

00:23:20.380 and he's been trying 0.88

00:23:21.340 to murder Donald Trump. 0.75

00:23:23.080 And so, 0.99

00:23:23.760 it would be a catastrophic mistake

00:23:25.800 to flood billions of dollars

00:23:27.620 into Iran.

00:23:29.420 I agree with you.

00:23:31.040 What if they use a proxy

00:23:32.520 to attack Israel?

00:23:33.620 Does that end the ceasefire?

00:23:34.780 Because I would imagine

00:23:35.620 that's the next plan.

00:23:38.040 Real quick.

00:23:38.540 You know,

00:23:39.500 I will tell you

00:23:40.120 one of the best indications

00:23:41.400 of how successful

00:23:42.260 this attack was,

00:23:43.600 within hours,

00:23:44.700 Iran was rushing 0.67

00:23:45.840 to have a ceasefire.

00:23:47.020 That's because

00:23:47.620 they are utterly decimated

00:23:49.320 and weakened,

00:23:49.980 and that's why

00:23:50.440 they wanted a ceasefire.

00:23:51.880 But don't think

00:23:52.780 for a minute

00:23:53.280 they suddenly love America

00:23:54.700 or love Israel.

00:23:55.560 They still hate us.

00:23:56.820 They are still our enemy,

00:23:57.820 but we have taken away

00:23:59.240 their ability

00:23:59.820 to murder Americans. 0.97

00:24:01.180 If they use a proxy 0.98

00:24:02.460 to attack Israel, 0.51

00:24:04.120 are they to blame?

00:24:04.760 Of course they are.

00:24:07.980 The proxies,

00:24:08.720 Hezbollah and Hamas, 0.93

00:24:09.980 work for Iran.

00:24:11.260 They pay for them

00:24:12.080 and they control them.

00:24:13.980 All right,

00:24:14.340 Senator Ted Cruz,

00:24:15.220 we always appreciate

00:24:15.920 your time, Senator.

00:24:16.800 Thank you.

00:24:17.580 Strong close there, Senator,

00:24:19.060 and it's the truth.

00:24:20.400 This is what people

00:24:21.280 are trying to do now.

00:24:23.600 It absolutely is,

00:24:24.840 and I'll tell you

00:24:25.320 one point that I made

00:24:26.220 on Hannity

00:24:26.680 that I think is powerful.

00:24:28.400 We started this show

00:24:29.760 by talking about

00:24:30.640 how the Democrats

00:24:31.600 and the media

00:24:32.060 are trying to claim

00:24:32.920 the attack

00:24:33.900 was not effective.

00:24:35.760 If that were true,

00:24:37.740 why did Iran 1.00

00:24:39.080 immediately want

00:24:40.640 a ceasefire?

00:24:42.360 Look, Iran has been 1.00

00:24:43.560 at war with Israel

00:24:44.840 for years.

00:24:45.700 They have been

00:24:46.040 lobbying missiles.

00:24:47.220 They have been

00:24:47.780 funding Hamas

00:24:48.660 and Hezbollah.

00:24:49.300 Understand,

00:24:50.340 Hamas,

00:24:51.160 more than 90%

00:24:52.420 of Hamas' budget

00:24:53.440 comes from Iran.

00:24:54.860 Hezbollah,

00:24:55.740 more than 90%

00:24:57.060 of Hezbollah's budget

00:24:58.020 comes from Iran.

00:24:59.860 Iran,

00:25:00.520 when the Ayatollah 0.78

00:25:01.280 chants death to America 0.89

00:25:02.460 and death to Israel, 1.00

00:25:03.260 he means it. 1.00

00:25:04.540 They have spent

00:25:05.180 millions and millions

00:25:06.240 of dollars.

00:25:06.880 They have killed

00:25:07.380 thousands of American

00:25:09.080 servicemen and women.

00:25:10.280 They have been

00:25:10.600 the leading state

00:25:11.320 sponsor of terrorism

00:25:12.400 for decades.

00:25:14.820 And after this,

00:25:16.600 look,

00:25:17.100 Iran has had 0.99

00:25:17.720 a really rough year.

00:25:18.760 October 7th,

00:25:19.640 they funded October 7th,

00:25:21.600 and since October 7th,

00:25:23.220 Hamas has been 0.98

00:25:23.920 utterly decimated.

00:25:24.960 Hezbollah has been 0.96

00:25:26.060 utterly decimated.

00:25:27.180 Bashar Assad,

00:25:28.040 who was their puppet

00:25:28.680 leader in Syria,

00:25:30.120 he has fallen.

00:25:31.020 The Houthis, 0.95

00:25:31.840 who they were funding,

00:25:32.980 who were attacking

00:25:33.740 American ships

00:25:34.640 and shipping through

00:25:35.340 the Suez Canal,

00:25:36.680 they are badly degraded.

00:25:38.300 And now,

00:25:39.860 Iran,

00:25:40.540 when they were on the verge

00:25:41.560 of acquiring nuclear weapons,

00:25:42.880 look,

00:25:43.260 if you're the Ayatollah 0.93

00:25:44.380 and you're weak

00:25:45.160 and you're collapsing, 0.99

00:25:46.540 getting a nuclear weapon

00:25:47.680 is your Hail Mary.

00:25:48.660 It's the one chance

00:25:49.520 to say,

00:25:49.900 okay,

00:25:50.340 we're relevant,

00:25:51.460 we're strong,

00:25:52.200 and then Israel

00:25:53.220 devastatingly takes out

00:25:55.800 their military capability,

00:25:57.860 their air defenses.

00:25:58.820 Because the entire course

00:26:00.800 of this war,

00:26:01.380 the 12-day war,

00:26:03.000 Iran had no control 1.00

00:26:04.260 over their air defenses.

00:26:05.320 Israel had total superiority 1.00

00:26:06.780 than the United States

00:26:07.780 when we went in

00:26:08.380 and did our bombing run.

00:26:10.020 Iran could not 1.00

00:26:10.960 defend themselves,

00:26:12.240 and then America comes in.

00:26:14.560 I think Iran believed 0.96

00:26:15.700 they could talk,

00:26:16.540 talk,

00:26:16.800 talk,

00:26:17.100 and avoid

00:26:18.100 any real consequences.

00:26:19.340 I think they felt

00:26:19.980 that Forda was deep enough

00:26:21.280 under a mountain,

00:26:21.880 there was nothing

00:26:22.320 they could do about it,

00:26:23.580 and that America

00:26:24.580 would never use

00:26:26.000 bunker buster bombs

00:26:26.980 against them.

00:26:27.440 And by the way,

00:26:28.520 Joe Biden never would have.

00:26:29.700 The Democrats never would have.

00:26:31.260 But Donald J. Trump,

00:26:32.520 he's not an isolationist,

00:26:33.780 he's not weak,

00:26:35.320 he's not interested

00:26:36.260 in a prolonged war.

00:26:37.680 Note,

00:26:38.000 we did not invade Iran,

00:26:39.460 we did not send boots

00:26:40.440 on the ground,

00:26:41.400 we're not going there

00:26:42.500 trying to turn them

00:26:43.400 into a democratic utopia,

00:26:44.760 we're not trying to turn

00:26:45.520 them into Switzerland.

00:26:47.180 The objective of the mission

00:26:49.080 was very,

00:26:49.940 very focused.

00:26:51.380 It was to stop Iran 1.00

00:26:53.100 from having nuclear weapons capability.

00:26:55.300 And by the way,

00:26:55.740 the reason I went

00:26:57.500 on Tucker Carlson

00:26:58.520 just a week ago

00:26:59.400 was to make clear

00:27:01.080 that President Trump

00:27:02.400 is right

00:27:03.240 and Tucker Carlson

00:27:04.900 was wrong.

00:27:05.640 And I think,

00:27:06.640 I was unhappy

00:27:08.140 with Tucker

00:27:08.620 because he's been

00:27:09.240 attacking President Trump.

00:27:11.220 He said that

00:27:12.100 President Trump

00:27:12.740 was complicit

00:27:13.820 in the attack

00:27:15.600 on Iran.

00:27:16.340 He claimed,

00:27:17.520 amazingly enough,

00:27:19.240 that Donald Trump

00:27:20.260 was not America first,

00:27:22.160 that if you attack Iran,

00:27:24.080 you're not America first.

00:27:25.760 And President Trump

00:27:26.500 quite rightly came back

00:27:27.540 and said,

00:27:27.880 look, 0.99

00:27:28.500 I invented the damn term 1.00

00:27:30.220 and what I say 1.00

00:27:32.620 is what America first is.

00:27:34.520 And he said to Tucker,

00:27:35.900 he said,

00:27:36.400 look,

00:27:36.600 if you want Iran 0.90

00:27:37.440 to have a nuclear weapon,

00:27:38.620 that ain't America first 0.99

00:27:39.860 because these lunatics 1.00

00:27:40.960 want to kill us. 1.00

00:27:42.740 President Trump 1.00

00:27:43.380 is exactly right.

00:27:45.800 And this has been,

00:27:47.360 I'll tell you,

00:27:48.220 I texted him this week

00:27:49.520 and I told him,

00:27:50.940 Mr. President,

00:27:52.560 this past week

00:27:53.920 has been the single

00:27:55.660 finest leadership

00:27:56.960 you have had

00:27:58.440 the entire time

00:27:59.540 and I'm incredibly proud

00:28:01.240 of the job

00:28:02.260 you're doing

00:28:02.600 as Commander-in-Chief.

00:28:04.040 You know,

00:28:04.760 one of the compare

00:28:05.440 and contrasts

00:28:06.200 that you talk about

00:28:07.080 with this administration

00:28:08.520 in the past

00:28:09.360 was brought up

00:28:10.120 at the White House

00:28:10.600 press briefing room.

00:28:12.300 Carolyn Levitt,

00:28:13.120 I think,

00:28:13.540 did a great job

00:28:14.500 of explaining

00:28:15.100 the difference

00:28:15.940 very much like

00:28:17.060 you just described it.

00:28:17.980 and here's what she said

00:28:19.340 to the press

00:28:19.960 about the real story here.

00:28:21.900 The Iranian regime 0.51

00:28:22.820 was weeks away

00:28:23.900 from being able

00:28:24.600 to produce

00:28:25.100 a nuclear weapon

00:28:26.020 that would threaten

00:28:26.740 the entire world

00:28:27.800 before President Trump

00:28:29.340 took this decisive action

00:28:31.000 on Saturday night

00:28:31.900 to obliterate

00:28:32.760 their nuclear capabilities.

00:28:35.000 The contrast

00:28:35.720 in leadership

00:28:36.340 could not be more clear.

00:28:38.120 Barack Obama

00:28:38.780 and Joe Biden

00:28:39.540 sent pallets of cash,

00:28:41.480 American taxpayer dollars,

00:28:43.400 in a failed attempt

00:28:44.280 to buy the Iranian regime's

00:28:45.880 compliance

00:28:46.300 with a weak

00:28:47.120 and ineffective deal.

00:28:49.220 President Trump

00:28:50.000 sent a fleet

00:28:50.940 of American warplanes

00:28:52.220 to destroy Iran's ability 0.97

00:28:53.940 to produce

00:28:54.620 a nuclear weapon.

00:28:56.160 The United States

00:28:57.040 and the entire world

00:28:58.040 are safer

00:28:58.760 because of this

00:28:59.600 president's decisiveness.

00:29:01.560 Despite agenda-driven leaks

00:29:03.260 by the fake news media

00:29:04.640 aimed at undermining

00:29:06.100 this incredible accomplishment

00:29:07.460 achieved by President Trump

00:29:08.840 and our brave fighter pilots,

00:29:10.900 there is broad consensus

00:29:12.140 emerging already

00:29:13.180 that Iran's nuclear capabilities

00:29:15.400 were indeed destroyed.

00:29:17.800 The United States,

00:29:19.060 Israel,

00:29:19.660 the United Nations,

00:29:20.500 and even Iran

00:29:21.400 all agree

00:29:22.140 they can no longer build

00:29:23.820 a nuclear weapon.

00:29:25.500 So why did the president

00:29:27.740 immediately turn

00:29:28.620 to obliterating

00:29:29.460 after the Iranian nuclear threat?

00:29:32.120 Securing peace.

00:29:33.340 Within 48 hours

00:29:34.900 of the devastating strike,

00:29:36.600 President Trump

00:29:37.180 and his team

00:29:37.800 brokered a historic ceasefire

00:29:39.380 between Israel and Iran

00:29:41.120 and officially ended

00:29:42.560 the 12-day war.

00:29:44.380 The Middle East

00:29:45.180 is now shifting away

00:29:46.500 from chaos and bloodshed

00:29:47.940 and moving toward

00:29:48.640 the beginning stages

00:29:49.640 of a new era

00:29:50.820 of peace and stability

00:29:52.620 that President Trump

00:29:53.920 has long called on them

00:29:55.060 to achieve.

00:29:56.180 This was unthinkable

00:29:57.140 at this time last week.

00:29:59.120 And this is what

00:29:59.740 peace through strength

00:30:00.660 looks like.

00:30:01.780 I mean,

00:30:02.880 it's just laying it out

00:30:04.240 right to their faces, right?

00:30:05.660 This is what the president said.

00:30:07.760 This is what he believed.

00:30:08.780 This is what he was going to do.

00:30:10.320 We're not back down.

00:30:10.980 And she also said something else

00:30:12.380 that also the DOD

00:30:13.720 said several different ways.

00:30:17.100 How dare you not

00:30:18.420 just give some accolades

00:30:20.660 to the men and women

00:30:21.300 that risked their lives

00:30:22.060 to pull this off

00:30:22.820 and did it flawlessly?

00:30:24.920 Look,

00:30:25.560 peace through strength

00:30:26.560 is exactly what this is.

00:30:28.280 And the left,

00:30:29.140 they have a bizarre view

00:30:30.720 that weakness and appeasement

00:30:32.940 somehow avoids war.

00:30:34.700 Listen,

00:30:35.080 if you look through history,

00:30:36.800 the opposite is true.

00:30:38.860 Weakness and appeasement

00:30:40.120 encourages our enemies.

00:30:41.860 They engage in more hostilities.

00:30:43.880 You get more war.

00:30:45.180 I have joked,

00:30:46.200 but there is a reason

00:30:47.480 nobody goes and studies

00:30:49.160 at the Neville Chamberlain

00:30:50.980 School of Foreign Affairs.

00:30:53.660 Appeasement doesn't work.

00:30:56.340 Donald J. Trump

00:30:57.240 is a strong commander-in-chief,

00:30:58.980 just like Ronald Reagan was.

00:31:00.700 And I'll tell you,

00:31:01.540 your family and my family,

00:31:02.960 all of our families,

00:31:03.780 are safer

00:31:04.440 because President Trump

00:31:05.980 acted decisively

00:31:07.000 to take out

00:31:07.800 Iran's nuclear weapons capability.

00:31:10.000 As always,

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Verdict with Ted Cruz - June 28, 2025

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