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Trump's Peace Through Power—or Iranian Power Play · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: I let him know.
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  Speaker 2: I said, look, if you don't adhere to the agreement,
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to do that, but we're going to
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  Speaker 2: bomb the hell out of you. And I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that they're going to hear from the agreement. What else
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  Speaker 2: am I going to do? I am I gonna say, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to take you to court. Let me take you
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  Speaker 2: to court. Just let me sue you.
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  Speaker 1: No, we're going to bomb the hell out of them
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  Speaker 1: if they violate the agreement. I don't want them to.
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  Speaker 1: I want them to honor the agreement.
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  Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 4: Good Thursday morning. Nice have you with us on the
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  Speaker 4: forty seven Morning Update, and we've got two big stories
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  Speaker 4: for you. First up, President Trump explaining the Iranian deal.
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  Speaker 4: This is there's a lot of fighting within the conservative
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  Speaker 4: community over this deal and what actually happens. So what
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  Speaker 4: did the President say? I'll have that for you in
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  Speaker 4: just a moment. Also, a story that's been underreported on
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  Speaker 4: Gavin Newsom in serious legal trouble right now in California,
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  Speaker 4: a full investigation going on into him and a plea
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  Speaker 4: deal with his former chief of staff, apparently as roll.
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  Speaker 4: seven Morning Update, and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 3: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: It is pretty clear that there is a real war
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  Speaker 4: happening right now in the Republican Party. This over the
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  Speaker 4: Iran Deal. Many conservatives coming out saying that this deal
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  Speaker 4: is not what they want and talking about why they
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  Speaker 4: believe there are flaws in the deal. And it's obvious
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  Speaker 4: that Donald Trump is going to have to do some
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  Speaker 4: serious convincing when he gets back to Washington, DC from
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  Speaker 4: the G seven, sitting down with key Republicans in the
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  Speaker 4: Senate explaining him why this deal is something that they
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  Speaker 4: should be excited about now the present, speaking at the
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  Speaker 4: G seven about the deal, laid out his points for
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  Speaker 4: why he says this deal is in fact a good deal.
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  Speaker 1: Take a listen.
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  Speaker 2: On Sunday, we reached an agreement with Iran that achieves
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  Speaker 2: everything we set out to accomplish, everything and much more,
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  Speaker 2: ending the current conflict, reopening the Strait of Hormos, and
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  Speaker 2: preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it was all about. That was about ninety
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  Speaker 1: nine percent.
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  Speaker 2: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, they can't develop it,
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  Speaker 2: buy it, they can never have a nuclear weapon. At
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  Speaker 2: the same time, with this announcement or close to it,
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  Speaker 2: as people started to think it was going to happen,
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  Speaker 2: when Iran was making some very positive statements, the stock
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  Speaker 2: market has surged to record highs picking up thousands of
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  Speaker 2: points over the last short period of time, thousands of points,
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  Speaker 2: and oil is dropping like it has never dropped before,
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  Speaker 2: at levels that went in numbers down seven dollars, down
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  Speaker 2: eight dollars.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't never see anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: But if we didn't do this deal, we could have
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  Speaker 2: dropped more bombs for another three weeks, two weeks, four weeks,
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  Speaker 2: two years. You would never have the harmers straight open,
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  Speaker 2: you would never have success. Your market would have instead
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  Speaker 2: of going up at levels that nobody's ever seen before,
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  Speaker 2: we'd go down at levels that nobody ever saw before,
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  Speaker 2: maybe except for nineteen twenty nine or whatever. Then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all the tough guys, tough guys don't realize that this
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  Speaker 2: wasn't a three month deal.
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  Speaker 1: This was years in the making.
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  Speaker 2: You know why, because I was the one that killed
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  Speaker 2: General Solomony, And if I didn't kill General Solomony, we
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  Speaker 2: probably wouldn't be talking right now about this deal. Because
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  Speaker 2: he was a mad genius. They never were able to
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  Speaker 2: replace him. But a lot of people forget that. The
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  Speaker 2: tough guys, you know, the tough guys that would drive
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  Speaker 2: the country right down the two The past two days
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  Speaker 2: have provided a chance to discuss the details of this
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  Speaker 2: historic agreement with many of our closest friends and allies,
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  Speaker 2: including the G seven nations and many presidents and prime ministers.
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  Speaker 2: As you saw, Prime Minister Modi was here. We had
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  Speaker 2: a long talk. He's a great guy. They are thrilled
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  Speaker 2: that we made a deal, every one of them. There's
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  Speaker 2: no one nation that came to us and said, please, sir,
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  Speaker 2: keep dropping bombs on them, Please keep dropping bonds.
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  Speaker 1: The stupid people say that, but I'm thrilled to report.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, those last two days were brutal,
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  Speaker 2: two hundred million dollars worth of bombs. And you know
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  Speaker 2: it is expensive too, by the way, aside from everything else.
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  Speaker 1: And they knew I was coming for a third night.
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  Speaker 1: We informed them were coming for a third night.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't have their navy it's sunk. They didn't have
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  Speaker 2: their air force, it's gone, not one plane. They didn't
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  Speaker 2: have anti aircraft equipment, so we got reign. They didn't
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  Speaker 2: have their leaders, but they have a new group of
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  Speaker 2: leaders that I think is actually I think they're smarter.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're very smart.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're far less radicalized, and I think they're.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're really good. They love their country. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you talk about regime change, nobody will say that.
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  Speaker 2: But I guess one set of leaders is all gone,
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  Speaker 2: the second set of leaders is all gone, their third
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  Speaker 2: set of leaders a little bit gone, but for the
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  Speaker 2: most part, and frankly, I think that's regime change.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're going to behave much differently.
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  Speaker 2: I think they see a different way of life that
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  Speaker 2: they were never exposed to.
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  Speaker 4: Now it's clear there that the President is making his
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  Speaker 4: case not just to America but also the rest of
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  Speaker 4: the world of the G seven, saying that this agreement
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  Speaker 4: is a major foreign policy breakthrough. The president says it
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  Speaker 4: delivers on the core promise made from the beginning a
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  Speaker 4: RAN will not have a nuclear weapon. In fact, Trump
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  Speaker 4: said that point is written clearly into the memorandum and
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  Speaker 4: that it will be backed by what he described as
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  Speaker 4: strong inspection and enforcement mechanism. Now, to be clear, there
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  Speaker 4: are many conservatives that are very worried about this deal.
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  Speaker 4: Many are criticizing the Vice president for being the man
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  Speaker 4: in charge of getting this deal together, and the President
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  Speaker 4: is also pointing to what he says is a victory,
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  Speaker 4: the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, as another victory.
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  Speaker 4: There are many that are saying, yeah, but you let
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  Speaker 4: Iran be in charge of that straight moving forward, and
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  Speaker 4: that is concerning.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 4: That is one of the most important shipping lanes on Earth.
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  Speaker 4: It carries a huge percentage of the world's energy supply,
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  Speaker 4: and Trump says getting ships moving freely is incredibly important
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  Speaker 4: and it will reduce the threat of global energy crisis
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  Speaker 4: and also help push oil and gas prices lower in
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  Speaker 4: the short term. Now, that's something American families can directly
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  Speaker 4: feel at the pump, and the oil markets have reacted
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  Speaker 4: positively as they are now saying that they believe the
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  Speaker 4: waterway will remain open. Now, Trump is also emphasizing something else.
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  Speaker 4: He believes this is a perfect example of how peace
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  Speaker 4: through strength works. He says that he was able to
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  Speaker 4: get them to the table and leverage the military and
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  Speaker 4: economic conditions to his advantage. Now, Trump also warn that
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  Speaker 4: this is not a blank check. If Iran violates the
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  Speaker 4: terms or fails to comply, He says America has the
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  Speaker 4: ability to return to military action at the G seven.
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  Speaker 4: He put it very simply. If he doesn't like what
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  Speaker 4: Iran does, we will go back to shooting. Now, the
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  Speaker 4: broader framework also lays out a sixty day period to
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  Speaker 4: negotiate a funnel settlement. It includes the ceasefire commitments related
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  Speaker 4: to Iran's nuclear activities under international monitoring, the reopening of
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  Speaker 4: maritime traffic through the Strait, and discussions over sanctions relief
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  Speaker 4: and access to frozen Iranian funds that are tied to
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  Speaker 4: the implementation of the agreement something else that many are
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  Speaker 4: fighting over in Washington right now.
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  Speaker 5: Now.
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  Speaker 4: It's important to understand that supporters see this as a
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  Speaker 4: historic opportunity ideal that could prevent a nuclear ran and
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  Speaker 4: stop a wider Middle Eastern war. It also stabilize energy
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  Speaker 4: markets and bring down the costs for consumers. But many
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  Speaker 4: critics in the Republican Party are arguing that some of
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  Speaker 4: these provisions, involving sanctions relief and Iran financial assets being
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  Speaker 4: reopened to them, as well as regional security commitments, could
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  Speaker 4: actually give Tehran too much in return before all of
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  Speaker 4: its obligations are fulfilled, and the debate it's not over.
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  Speaker 4: The debate, however, is over those provisions, and it's going
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  Speaker 4: to dominate Washington in the coming days. But from Trump's
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  Speaker 4: perspective at the G seven, the message was crystal clear.
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  Speaker 4: Trump believes this is a deal that ends a dangerous conflict,
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  Speaker 4: it protects American interest, it keeps a ran from getting
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  Speaker 4: the bomb, and it delivers economic relief around the world.
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  Speaker 3: Next story number two, There is a very good chance.
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  Speaker 4: That the front runner for the Democratic Party for the
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  Speaker 4: presidency in twenty twenty eight may not even be on
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  Speaker 4: the ballot. Why well, Gavin Newsom and the investigation into
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  Speaker 4: him and his wife are a big story that the
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  Speaker 4: Democrats and the media aren't talking about, but we are.
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  Speaker 4: What's even more shocking is the fact that there was
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  Speaker 4: a massive plea deal that involved his very close friend
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  Speaker 4: and former chief of staff. Yeah, it is one of
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  Speaker 4: the biggest political stories that could have a massive impact
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  Speaker 4: on twenty twenty eight. And Newsom is now saying this
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  Speaker 4: is all well warfare, that's just Donald Trump going after
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  Speaker 4: him and his wife because he doesn't like them. There's
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  Speaker 4: just one problem with that narrative. This investigation happened before
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  Speaker 4: the Trump administration was in and it was not from Washington,
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  Speaker 4: d c. It originated in liberal California. Here's some more
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  Speaker 4: details from Fox News about this investigation.
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  Speaker 5: It's familiar tell Fox News that the investigation will has
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  Speaker 5: actually been ongoing since twenty twenty five, and that the
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  Speaker 5: probe is based on whistleblower complaints related to Newsom and
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  Speaker 5: his wife's personal finances. Now, the case is apparently being
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  Speaker 5: handled by the US Attorney's office in Sacramento, and as
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  Speaker 5: you pointed out, the governor remains defiant, saying today that
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  Speaker 5: the President is quote coming after my wife jen.
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  Speaker 6: In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors
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  Speaker 6: of family, friends and former employees, not because they found
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  Speaker 6: a crime, because they're simply trying to find one. They're
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  Speaker 6: demanding records, They're abusing the grand jury process, digging through
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  Speaker 6: years and years of random documents. So let me say
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  Speaker 6: it again, mister President, come after me. I'm not going anywhere,
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  Speaker 6: and the country is watching.
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  Speaker 5: Governor also claims the investigation is intended to undermine any
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  Speaker 5: potential White House bid in the future. Now, as for
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  Speaker 5: his wife, Jennifer, she's a documentary filmmaker who runs the
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  Speaker 5: Representation Project. It's a nonprofit and it seeks to advance
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  Speaker 5: feminism through media production. However, that charity has attracted pay
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  Speaker 5: for play allegations, with critics claiming that what essentially is
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  Speaker 5: happening over in the Golden State is corporations with business
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  Speaker 5: interests in California donate to the organization and an effort
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  Speaker 5: to gain influence over Newsome. Now you may be wondering,
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  Speaker 5: what about the DOJ. Well, they did not respond to
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  Speaker 5: a request or comment with respect to any potential investigation.
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  Speaker 4: Well, now, to be clear, what you just heard there
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  Speaker 4: is this had nothing to do with Donald Trump. This
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  Speaker 4: investigation started before Donald Trump was even back in office,
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  Speaker 4: and it came from with some blowers within his own government.
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  Speaker 4: So Gavin Newsom can cry all he wants that Trump
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  Speaker 4: is targeting me and my wife. Well conveniently forgetting one
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  Speaker 4: massive detail. The federal investigation into his shady finances and
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  Speaker 4: Jennifer's nonprofit paid to play scheme began before Trump was
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  Speaker 4: in office. Yes, this all began the investigation under the
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  Speaker 4: Biden administration, and it was people around him, whistleblowers from
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  Speaker 4: his own inner circle that blew the whistle on the corruption.
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  Speaker 4: That's right, his own team saw the corruption and just
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  Speaker 4: couldn't take it anymore, couldn't stay silent. Now the Sacramento
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  Speaker 4: US Attorney's Office is handling all this, which also points
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  Speaker 4: back to the point about his lie and his press conference. No,
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  Speaker 4: Gavin Newsom is not being politically prosecuted. This is actually
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  Speaker 4: accountability finally catching up to California's most corrupt power couple,
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  Speaker 4: the first Lady and the governor of the state. The
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  Speaker 4: walls clearly seem to be closing in. I'm Gavin, and
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  Speaker 4: it looks like there's a good chance now that not
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  Speaker 4: only has Gavin Newsom exposed, but maybe all the corruption
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  Speaker 4: on him and his wife and his former chief of
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  Speaker 4: staff has even taken a plea deal pleading guilty to
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  Speaker 4: federal charges, and that apparently maybe his biggest liability, not
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump, but his own friends.
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