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Twelve-Day War Ends in Ceasefire as Trump’s Mid East Win Sparks Media Meltdown · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: A ceasefire that will lead to peace is a wonderful thing.
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  Speaker 1: And the only reason we're talking about ceasefire is bec
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  Speaker 1: also Donald J. Trump. But here's my question. The Rani
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  Speaker 1: and Foreign Minister said at four o'clock midy's time they
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  Speaker 1: would no longer attack Israel if Israel doesn't attack them.
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  Speaker 1: What I want him to say tomorrow morning is, not
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  Speaker 1: only will we not attack Israel in the future, we
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  Speaker 1: recognize Israel as a legitimate member of the Midies.
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  Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have you with
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  Speaker 3: us on the forty seven Morning Update. And the big
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  Speaker 3: story is obviously Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire in Iran.
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  Speaker 3: This coming after our first big story, which was Iran
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  Speaker 3: who decided to retaliate, this time against United States of America.
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  Speaker 3: But the story behind the retaliation is one that's very
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  Speaker 3: interesting and we're going to explain that to you, and
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  Speaker 3: we're also going to cover what Donald Trump said and
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  Speaker 3: what this ceasefire means and what could happen moving forward.
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  Speaker 3: We've got it all. It's all for you right now.
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  Speaker 3: As it's a historic day in American history and a
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  Speaker 3: massive victory for President Trump and his leadership. And it
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  Speaker 3: starts right now.
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  Speaker 2: Story number one nothing.
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  Speaker 3: Short of historic. President Donald Trump announcing on Monday that
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  Speaker 3: Israel and Iran have agreed to a quote complete and
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  Speaker 3: total ceasefire after twelve days of ongoing war between the
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  Speaker 3: two countries. The present putting it this way, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 3: congratulations to everyone. It has been fully agreed by Israel
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  Speaker 3: and Iran that there will be a complete and total
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  Speaker 3: ceasefire in approximately six hours from now, when Israel and
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  Speaker 3: Iran have wound down and completed there in progress final
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  Speaker 3: mission for twelve hours, at which point the war will
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  Speaker 3: be considered ended all capital letters, Trump putting this on
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  Speaker 3: true social saying officially, Iran will start the ceasefire, and
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  Speaker 3: upon the twelfth hour, Israel will start the ceasefire, and
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  Speaker 3: on the twenty fourth hour, an official end to the
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  Speaker 3: twelve day war will be saluted by the world. During
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  Speaker 3: each cease fire, the other side will remain peaceful and respectful.
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  Speaker 3: Trump added for having agreed to a cease fire on
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  Speaker 3: the assumption that everything worked as it should, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 3: this is a war that could have gone on for
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  Speaker 3: years and destroyed the entire Middle East. But it didn't
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  Speaker 3: and never will. God bless Israel. President then said, God
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  Speaker 3: bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God Bless the
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  Speaker 3: United States of America. And then in all caps, the
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  Speaker 3: President wrote, God bless the world. Now, Trump's chosen title,
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  Speaker 3: the Twelve Day War is a clear allusion to the
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  Speaker 3: Sixth Day War of nineteen sixty seven, another dramatic victory
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  Speaker 3: by Israel over its enemies. The Twelve Day War is
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  Speaker 3: no less dramatic of victory, and perhaps even greater one,
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  Speaker 3: opening a path for greater peace and prosperity in the
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  Speaker 3: region and for the India Middle East European Economic Corridor,
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  Speaker 3: the trade route that Trump has been talking about a
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  Speaker 3: lot lately. Now, the other part of this is what
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  Speaker 3: happened after Israel struck those Iran nuclear sites. It was
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  Speaker 3: clear that Iran wanted to get a deal done quickly,
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  Speaker 3: but they also had to save face. And so now
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  Speaker 3: we know more about their strike against American interest in Qutar.
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  Speaker 3: What we now know is that strike was symbolic and
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  Speaker 3: also calibrated retaliation the missile strike on guitars and our
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  Speaker 3: air Force base, Iran launched a barrage reportedly of fourteen
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  Speaker 3: to nineteen short and medium range ballistic missiles in response
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  Speaker 3: to US bunker buster bombings of the three nuclear sites
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  Speaker 3: that the President ordered in America. Most missiles were intercepted.
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  Speaker 3: Why because they said beforehand this was going to happen.
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  Speaker 3: One of those missiles reportedly struck the base, but caused
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  Speaker 3: no oh casualties, thank goodness. And Iran also stated that
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  Speaker 3: this was a proportional and measured response as they described it.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, they fired exactly as many missiles as the
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  Speaker 3: US drop bombs, emphasizing symmetry and avoiding escalation by also
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  Speaker 3: saving face as a radical Islamic regime. It also provided
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  Speaker 3: advanced notice we now knowed Qatar, and also to the
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  Speaker 3: US signaling quote unquote restraint and then the de escalation
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  Speaker 3: signals began. Despite that strike, Iran avoided broader disruptions. It
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  Speaker 3: didn't threaten global supplies or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 3: That is something that their parliament in essence had said
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  Speaker 3: they were going to advocate for just twenty four hours earlier,
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  Speaker 3: but clearly the leadership in Iran didn't want to do that.
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  Speaker 3: Iran indicated it would quote stand down if Israel halted
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  Speaker 3: its bombings, hinting at a conditional truce. So the takeaway
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  Speaker 3: from all of this is that Iran's goal was clearly limited.
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  Speaker 3: It was also a symbolic blow and not a full
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  Speaker 3: military engagement. Why because Iran had to keep up their
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  Speaker 3: strong rhetoric but no escalation. The Supreme Leader, for example,
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  Speaker 3: and the IRGC emphasized their quote readiness to hit the
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  Speaker 3: Achilles heel of US forces, but they actually didn't do
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  Speaker 3: that at all. The Foreign Minister in Iran also came
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  Speaker 3: out condemning the US bombings as a quote heinous crime
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  Speaker 3: and warned of ever lasting consequences reserving all options. Clearly
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  Speaker 3: that wasn't actually what they were planning on as well.
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  Speaker 3: And then the parliament backed that potential closure of the
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  Speaker 3: Strait of Hormuz, but the Council did not act. So
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  Speaker 3: what does this mean? Overall? It's clear that this was
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  Speaker 3: a broader Iranian well miscalculation that they tried to get
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  Speaker 3: under control quickly. Iran is seen preparing a mix of
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  Speaker 3: option the analysts have said at this hour, targeted strikes
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  Speaker 3: on US installation, cyber or proxy attacks, and even plans
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  Speaker 3: to well disrupt global oil or naval routes. But what
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  Speaker 3: really happened is Aram seem determined to avoid total war,
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  Speaker 3: wanting a balance and a deterrence for their own people
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  Speaker 3: to maybe topple them, while allowing diplomacy to work. In
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  Speaker 3: the United States of America, the bottom line is this
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  Speaker 3: Iran has responded with a deliberate, proportional missile strike that
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  Speaker 3: was pre warned, carefully designed to deter further US or
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  Speaker 3: Israeli aggression without triggering full blown escalation, and by giving
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  Speaker 3: advance warning matching US strikes one for one and tying
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  Speaker 3: any ceasefire to Israel stopping its attacks, Tehran now appears
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  Speaker 3: intent on framing its move as a strategic and restrained,
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  Speaker 3: not reckless regime who clearly learn their lesson when Donald
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  Speaker 3: Trump tells you UF sixty days to make a d
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  Speaker 3: you better make the damn deal now.
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  Speaker 2: Story number two.
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  Speaker 3: There is a massive ceasefire that we all now know about,
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  Speaker 3: and it is a historic moment for the President of
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  Speaker 3: the United States of America who said, I do not
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  Speaker 3: want regime change, I do not want to take out
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  Speaker 3: the leader in Iran. I do want to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that we are safe and that they never receive nuclear weapons. Well,
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  Speaker 3: you put that in contrast with what the media wanted,
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  Speaker 3: and my ow, Mai, is it a very different story.
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  Speaker 3: We know the mainstream media hates Donald Trump. We know
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  Speaker 3: that they care more about him being a failure than
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  Speaker 3: they do about the success of making sure that our
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  Speaker 3: foreign policy keeps Americans and others safe around the world.
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  Speaker 3: But if you need a moment to highlight exactly how
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  Speaker 3: biased the media is and exactly how much they hate
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  Speaker 3: Donald Trump and how much they would rather Trump fail
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  Speaker 3: than there'd be success and safety and security for the
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  Speaker 3: United States of America, then you just need to listen
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  Speaker 3: to what I'm going to play for you right now.
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  Speaker 3: What I'm about to play for you was on CNN
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  Speaker 3: right the most trusted name in news, and it was
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  Speaker 3: an embarrassing moment if you were watching it. I hope
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  Speaker 3: you share this everywhere because CNN gets word that Iran
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  Speaker 3: has accepted the cease fire deal just seconds after Caitlin
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  Speaker 3: Collins sets up a narrative casting doubt on Donald Trump. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: this happened in real time. No, this is not me
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  Speaker 3: putting two different segments together from different parts of the day.
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  Speaker 3: I want you to listen to this to the very end.
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  Speaker 3: You really can't make this up. And I mean this,
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  Speaker 3: you cannot hate the liberal media enough.
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  Speaker 4: We're hearing incredibly optimistic views coming out of the White
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  Speaker 4: House as far as how long this can hold and
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  Speaker 4: what this is going to look like. That obviously still
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  Speaker 4: remains to be seen on the implementation side of this,
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  Speaker 4: and waiting to see if the firing does stop and
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  Speaker 4: if Iran and Israel do both agree to this, because
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  Speaker 4: you know, speaking of the fluidity of the situation, it
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  Speaker 4: was just twenty four hours ago the President Trump self
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  Speaker 4: was suggesting a regime change in Iran was a possibility,
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  Speaker 4: and obviously right before that having the United States strike
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  Speaker 4: Iran and so yes, there have been a lot of
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  Speaker 4: phone calls going back and forth. In part this has
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  Speaker 4: to do with Iran's limited response earlier where they fired
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  Speaker 4: on a US base in Qatar, but there were no casualties.
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  Speaker 4: We know that they did give a heads up that
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  Speaker 4: they were going to be firing on US bass without
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  Speaker 4: exactly specif specifying which ones. But that is the question
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  Speaker 4: here is if the United States felt that it did
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  Speaker 4: not need to respond to the Iranian retaliation, did that
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  Speaker 4: create the space for this That is what we've been
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  Speaker 4: hearing from administration officials, and so the question is whether
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  Speaker 4: or not this still holds for the next few hours.
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  Speaker 5: Caitlin, I just been given a word that Iran, according
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  Speaker 5: to a diplomat who brief CNN, Iran has agreed to
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  Speaker 5: the cease fire. So this is significant. I just want
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  Speaker 5: to try to learn some more information as soon as
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  Speaker 5: we get it about that. But if that is the case,
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  Speaker 5: that's incredibly significant because that is we were waiting. We
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  Speaker 5: had not heard from Ran, we had not heard from Israel.
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  Speaker 5: All we were going on so far has been the
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  Speaker 5: president's social media post, which was some two hours ago.
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  Speaker 5: So again, that is the first indication we have that
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  Speaker 5: Iran has agreed to this.
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  Speaker 3: Oops, right, like, you cannot make this up. And this
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  Speaker 3: is the media showing you just how much they were
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  Speaker 3: hoping that what Donald Trump put out would somehow not
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  Speaker 3: become reality, that it would be a failure, that they
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  Speaker 3: could then point to him and say he's starting World
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  Speaker 3: War three. Donald Trump is putting everyone's lives at risk.
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  Speaker 3: Donald Trump is the problem, and you can hear it
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  Speaker 3: in real time. Now, That's not the only thing I
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  Speaker 3: want to remind you about. And this goes back to
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  Speaker 3: liberals that are in charge. I want to take you
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  Speaker 3: back to guy by the name of Scott Kirby. He
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  Speaker 3: is a guy that was at the White House, a
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  Speaker 3: guy that was there under the Biden regime. And what
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  Speaker 3: did Scott Kirby say back on September the thirteenth of
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  Speaker 3: twenty twenty three, and then what did he say January
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  Speaker 3: fourth of twenty twenty four. Remember this Kirby on the
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  Speaker 3: six billion that Biden released to Iran, saying the last
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  Speaker 3: administration was quote incredibly unseerious, absolutely terrible for the world.
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  Speaker 3: Here is the comparing contrast of them.
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  Speaker 6: The US will have visibility. We'll be able to engage
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  Speaker 6: in oversight about where the money was going and for
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  Speaker 6: what purpose. If Ron tries to divert the funds, we'll
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  Speaker 6: take action and we'll lock them up again. And there
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  Speaker 6: will be sufficient oversight to make sure that the request
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  Speaker 6: is valid and that it's going through vendors who we
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  Speaker 6: and the cutteries can trust will actually contract for the goods,
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  Speaker 6: the medical equipment, the food, whatever it is. The regime
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  Speaker 6: doesn't get to touch the money. Peter doesn't go to them.
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  Speaker 6: They don't get to they don't get to decide ultimate
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  Speaker 6: destination and they have no direct access to it. John
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  Speaker 6: arn made two transactions withdrawing from the previously frozen funds
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  Speaker 6: in Oman. What were those transactions for. I don't have
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  Speaker 6: the details on that, JACKI you're gonna have to let
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  Speaker 6: me get back to you on that.
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  Speaker 3: There's the line. Whether it's the media or whether it
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  Speaker 3: was the Biden administration, they were lying to you the
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  Speaker 3: entire time about what was happening with their administration, and
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  Speaker 3: they were not holding Iran accountable. And now that President
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  Speaker 3: Trump has done it, they're now furious that it is
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  Speaker 3: a success and they're rooting against it every step of
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  Speaker 3: the way. Which brings me to the point why did
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  Speaker 3: so many Americans vote for Donald Trump. It's actually very
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  Speaker 3: simple because they wanted to make sure that countries like
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  Speaker 3: Iran who are a threat to United States America are
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  Speaker 3: held accountable. And yet again, the President made good on
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  Speaker 3: his promise to the American people to protect and defend
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  Speaker 3: the homeland.
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