6/19/26 - Trump's Iran Policy vs 47 Years of Appeasement

Summary

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Mark Levin Podcast

Episode: Trump's Iran Policy vs 47 Years of Appeasement

Date: June 20, 2026
Host: Mark Levin

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Main Theme

Mark Levin delivers a passionate, in-depth critique of U.S. policy toward Iran, contrasting former President Trump's confrontational approach with what he calls 47 years of American appeasement and isolationism. He argues that Trump broke with decades of inaction and emphasizes the costs—both moral and strategic—of not responding more forcefully to the Iranian regime. Levin also addresses the broader political landscape, including the rise of Democratic Socialists in the Democratic Party and increasing radicalization on both ends of the spectrum.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Shifting GOP Attitudes Toward Iran

• Recent Reagan Institute Survey: Levin dissects a New York Post story highlighting a dramatic shift among "MAGA Republicans" toward favoring regime change in Iran.
  • "51% of MAGA Republicans said they wanted the U.S. to install new leadership in Iran. Just 25% preferred a peace deal." (03:46)
• Levin challenges mainstream characterizations of these positions as "hardline," instead framing them as a rational response to Iranian aggression over decades.

2. Critique of Media Coverage and Foreign Policy Discourse

• Levin lambasts the Washington Examiner for misrepresenting his commentary on Iran.
  • "It’s a disgrace…I have not talked to Netanyahu at any time during this war or the June bombing. But what if I did? So what?" (10:52)
• Accuses media of "smearing" him and other conservative commentators by insinuating they take cues from foreign leaders.

3. Historical U.S. Response to Iran

• Outlines 47 years (since 1979) of what he calls U.S. "appeasement" toward Iran, punctuated by attacks on Americans that went largely unanswered.
• "For 47 years, we didn’t respond militarily in any real way to the Iranian regime’s murder of our military personnel and civilians." (20:25)
• Argues that only with Trump did the U.S. take meaningful military action (attacks on nuclear sites).

4. On the “Forever Wars” Narrative

• Levin pushes back hard on the claim that more assertive policy means endless conflict:
  • "For 47 years…with a few exceptions…but not many…the isolationists, the appeasers and the pacifists won the day…We didn’t go to war with Iran." (07:09)
  • "The warmonger is the enemy, and the isolationists are playing right into their hands." (33:29)
• Draws World War II analogies, arguing that American reluctance to engage until Pearl Harbor cost lives and strategic initiative.

5. Analysis of Trump’s Current Iran MoU Deal

• Levin and callers express skepticism and disappointment with the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Trump administration and Iran.
  • Points out perceived risks: empowering Iran, sidelining Israel and rewarding adversarial behavior.
  • "Any criticism of Israel that has come to pass in this past week is so undeserving of what Benjamin Netanyahu has been such a good leader, an ally to our country…" (87:32)
  • Many callers echo disappointment, urging a continuation of hardline instead.

6. Responses to Domestic Radicalization

a) Antisemitism and Threats to Jewish Americans

• Levin reports on the New York Post story regarding a foiled mass shooting plot targeting AIPAC, reads out the details, and notes the convergence of anti-Israel, "woke right," leftists, Islamists, and conspiracy theorists fueling hate. (17:24–30:12)

b) Rise of Democratic Socialists in the Democratic Party

• Airs and comments on CNN analysis:
  • "Democratic Socialists have such a good chance because simply put, they are a better brand at this point than Democrats in Congress." (41:18)
  • Expresses grave concern at the trend and blames party leadership for failing to push back.
  • Critiques their slogans and what he views as lack of substance and experience.

7. General Disdain for Online Political Culture

• Takes aim at "nobodies" and "trolls" online, including Daily Caller figures and right-wing influencers.
  • "Online is a cesspool…it's a lot easier not to go there…just to put on the boots and click your heels. But that's not who I am and that's never going to be who I am, period." (68:33)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On 47 years of appeasement:
  "Thousands of Americans were killed and maimed…The result was widespread mayhem, assassination attempts on the President by the Iranian regime and his daughter, the slaughter of Marines, the slaughter of airmen, sailors, American civilians." (08:29)

• On Trump’s Iran policy as a break from the past:
  "Donald Trump is not an isolationist. Again, he's the eighth [president] since 1979 who has taken real military action against this enemy." (33:56)

• On media accusations:
  "Nobody's paying me except Westwood One and Fox and Simon and Schuster. That's it. …It wouldn't even cross my mind [to take foreign money]." (77:44)

• On Democratic Socialists and young progressives:
  "They can't perform, they can't do what they say they're going to do. But it doesn't matter. Not only are they nuts, they're complete liars." (45:53)

• On the AIPAC shooting plot as a sign of rising hate:
  "So you can see where the extreme libertarianism and the Marxism and the anti-Semitism and the Islamism becomes just one big vegetable soup." (28:45)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | Notes | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | 03:46 | Reading New York Post survey on GOP Iran attitudes | Shift to regime change | | 07:09 | 47 years of U.S. Iran appeasement | Historical overview | | 10:52 | Criticizing Washington Examiner's coverage | Media misrepresentation | | 20:25 | Isolationism, appeasement, and Trump’s shift | Cost in American lives | | 24:15 | Trump on Iran MoU and China’s role | Trump’s own words on new policy | | 41:18 | CNN poll analyst on Democratic Socialists | Detailed political trend commentary | | 62:00 | Bernie Sanders/Brad Lander speeches, critique | Populist sloganeering | | 87:24 | Callers discuss feeling betrayed by current Iran MoU| Trump/Netanyahu/Israel handling | | 99:02 | Analogy: If American states faced missile attacks | Empathy with Israel’s position |

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Flow & Tone

• Levin’s style: Combative, sarcastic, often personal; jumps between policy, history, media criticism, and call-ins.
• Tone: Outrage at past and present “appeasement”; exasperation with both isolationist right and radical left; passionate, sometimes acerbic defense of robust foreign policy and traditional conservatism.

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Summary Table: Segment Highlights

| Main Point | Summary | Key Quote | Time | |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------| | MAGA views on Iran | Most want regime change, not a deal; contrary to media spin. | “51% of MAGA Republicans want the regime replaced.” | 03:46 | | Decades of U.S. inaction on Iran | 47 years of appeasement, thousands of Americans killed or maimed. | “…Thousands of Americans were killed and maimed.” | 08:29 | | Trump’s break with appeasement | Only president to attack Iran militarily; not isolationist. | "Donald Trump is not an isolationist..." | 33:56 | | Disdain for Radical Left/Wokism | Democratic Socialists have overtaken mainstream Dems and their promises are empty. | “…complete liars. They can’t perform.” | 45:53 | | Antisemitism and political violence | Rising after convergence of “woke right,” leftists, Islamists. | “Vegetable soup” of extremism. | 28:45 | | On false media narratives | Rejects claims of foreign influence, calls out named journalists. | "Nobody has tapped me. Really sick, absolutely sick." | 104:32 | | Defense of debate and open speech | Personal attacks, not real argument; calls for real debate. | "This is about picking your brain...your own thought processes."| 72:43 | | Israel, security, and American values | Harsh against those equating Israel with terrorists; analogy to U.S. facing similar threats. | "They simply cannot agree to surrender to Hezbollah." | 99:02 |

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Conclusion

Mark Levin’s episode is a tour-de-force defense of Trump-era assertiveness on Iran, a call for realism about the cost of American timidity, and a warning against both isolationism and radical leftism. He peppers his show with pointed criticism of media, political opponents, and even some on the right, while fielding supportive but critical calls. Levin delivers a clear narrative: in foreign and domestic policy, appeasement and radicalism alike imperil American values and security.

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Transcript

[Mark Levin]

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He's here now. Broadcasting from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the brick and steel of a nondescript building, we've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Lev.

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Hello, America.

[Rich]

Mark Levin here. Our number, 8773-8138-1187-7381-3813.

[Mark Levin]

I'm looking at this, this entity that keeps track of podcasting, Mr. Producer, who the big podcasters are. And it's always Bongino's up there, Ben Shapiro's up there. So I dropped 11 spots because I haven't been podcasting, you understand, I should be dropping 50 spots because we're revamping this. We're going to be changing this over the course of the next two to four weeks. So I literally haven't been podcasting for three or four weeks, as those of you who are following us know. So when they say, oh, he's down 11 slots, well, of course I am. There's nothing to measure. Hey, crazy, crazy, crazy out there. Well, let's see here. Looking, looking a lot to do. And I want to start off with something a little different. This is very interesting to me. This is from the New York Post. Twice as many MAGA Republicans favor regime change in Iran as those who want a negotiated settlement. Now, that hasn't been told that many people has. President Trump's most fervent supporters prefer overthrowing Iran's theocratic regime.

[Rich]

We see it here, we see it here.

[Mark Levin]

We've opened our calls like really never before. And you guys have flooded in and the call board has been full. I think we can take eight or nine calls at a time and it's loaded every time. And I think pretty much to a man and woman, there might have been one or two. But even those individuals weren't saying, yeah, let's do the deal. I had some issues and questions. They opposed a deal and wanted to wipe out the regime. Now we're being called hardliners. I don't see this as a hardliner. The Reagan Institute summer Survey found that 51% of self described MAGA Republicans said they wanted the US to install new leadership in Iran. Just 25% preferred a peace deal. Just 25% among all Republicans, 50% said they were in favor of putting a US friendly regime in place. 25% again saying they wanted to negotiate a deal. So let's just go through this. 51% of MAGA Republicans said destroy them. 50% of all Republicans said destroy them. In other words, regime change.

[Rich]

And yet if you listen to the

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woke Reich out there or some of these clowns online who seem to be some kind of mobsters trying to enforce an ideology, it's just very weird.

[Rich]

You would think the opposite.

[Mark Levin]

You would think the opposite, but it's not the opposite. Again, 51% of self described MAGA Republicans wanted the US to install new leadership in Iran. 50% of all Republicans.

[Rich]

So you're not out of the mainstream

[Mark Levin]

of Republicans, ladies and gentlemen, it's only 25% prefer a deal or a negotiated settlement. The other 25 or 24 aren't sure what's cooking. Among all respondents, a narrow plurality that would include Democrats. 39% wanted Iran's current leadership to remain, to remain with verifiable limits on nuclear and missile programs. Another 36% opted for supporting regime change. Again, that's this. All including Democrats.

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16% they wanted the regime to stay in place.

[Mark Levin]

We actually have 16% who are rooting for the regime.

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The annual survey shows the uphill political

[Mark Levin]

battle the President faces. The cell's latest deal with the rogue Islamic State. After three and a half months of military action, on Wednesday, the President and his Iranian counterpart signed that memorandum. Actually, I think digitally. I think technically it was signed on Sunday. See, is there anything else we care about in here? The Reagan institute survey polled 1555 respondents nationwide March 26 to June 3. So it's quite recent. A combination of live phone interviews, online panel text to web responses. In other words, they used every scientific measure possible. There's a margin of error, plus or minus 2.5%.

[Rich]

So just to recap,

[Mark Levin]

let's see here. I want to make sure I'm 100% accurate and I will be. 51% of MAGA Republicans want the regime replaced. 50% of all Republicans. And this is a very trustworthy survey that the Reagan Institute does every year, obviously not just about Iran, but other military and national security and defense issues. So I thought you'd find that interesting. I did. Because if you, again, if you listen to the phony influencers, the woke, right, and others, you would have thought the opposite. The opposite doesn't mean forever wars. And let me, let me underscore a point. For 47 years, as I explained last evening, Iran and Hezbollah were slaughtering Americans, military personnel and civilians. That 47 year period, with a few exceptions, but not many, was a period where the isolationists, the appeasers and the pacifists won the day, right? We didn't go to war with Iran.

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So that shows you that in a

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47 year period, thousands of Americans were killed and maimed.

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Thousands.

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241 marines were killed, 19 cell, excuse me, pilots were killed. And the list goes on and on and on.

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Isolationism in the face, in the face of Islamism, communism, fascism is also a death cult. And so I would say to the

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woke, right, and their ilk, you won

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the day for 47 years. And the result was widespread mayhem, assassination attempts on the President by the Iranian regime and his daughter, the slaughter of Marines, the slaughter of airmen, sailors,

[Mark Levin]

American civilians.

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And that's what you get in the

[Mark Levin]

face of a revolutionary Islamist regime. You get, you get killed if you don't stand up for yourself and defend yourself. That's the truth. Now, we went through the Memorandum of Understanding. I went through it as objectively and honestly as I can. And unlike some people, I'm always going to tell you the truth about these things. I wish they would sync up with where the President is on this, but maybe he is with us on this, I don't know. But

[Rich]

I've got to tell you the truth.

[Mark Levin]

When I look at something and I go through it, and I went through it one point by one point by one point by one point. And we're not the only ones who did that. The Iranians and Hezbollah did too. And as a result today Hezbollah killed four IDF soldiers. They were basically incinerated in a tank by a killer drone.

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Israel responded, went right after the terrorists, killed about 80 of them.

[Mark Levin]

And now there's a so called ceasefire between them.

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I've been listening to some people speak

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about Israel and Netanyahu and I want to make a few points. Let me do this. First and foremost, I want to call out the Washington examiner here.

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I want to read something to you

[Mark Levin]

from the Washington examiner by Claire Carter. It's a disgrace. I promote this website all the time and will never do it again. The headline is mark Levin says Iran war should continue after 2026 elections. Listen to this. As Netanyahu reportedly lobbies right wing pundits. He hasn't lobbied me. I haven't even talked to him. Didn't even ask me.

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I've told you folks a thousand. I'm on nobody's payroll.

[Mark Levin]

I don't work for anybody.

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I haven't talked to Netanyahu at any

[Mark Levin]

time during this war or the June bombing.

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But what if I did? So what? But I didn't. What if I did? So what? I'm not talking to Qatar, I'm not talking to Iran, I'm not talking to Saudi Arabia, I'm not talking to Russia. There are enemies and adversaries. But the article goes on. Conservative podcaster Mark Levin on Tuesday said the United States should knock out Iran

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after the midterm elections.

[Rich]

So I said, maybe that's an idea. We dragged them on. I did it right here. I spoke to you. We drag them on like they try to drag us on. And then after the midterm elections are behind us, then we hammer them again, saying the recently signed peace deal was rushed and offers a great deal of benefits for Tehran.

[Mark Levin]

Actually, that's her summation. I spent a lot of time going

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through it, analyzing it with you, posting it online.

[Mark Levin]

She doesn't even put a link. Not even a link. Again, her name is Claire Carter at the Washington Examiner.

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Levin, here you go. A close ally of President Donald Trump

[Mark Levin]

who is pro Israel made his remarks

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shortly after reports ready circulated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to sway public opinion about the Iran deal

[Mark Levin]

through right wing influencers.

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So I made my remark, which apparently was connected to this report in the Israel I don't know was national news

[Mark Levin]

or whatever it's called.

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I hadn't even seen it. But as soon as I saw it,

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I said, I have no idea what that means.

[Rich]

None. So why would she put that in there, Mr. Producer? And why would she put that in

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there without contacting me?

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It's a smear time for a change in strategy.

[Mark Levin]

Levin said in the next post.

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We should consider slow walking the enemy,

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building up our munitions, our oil reserves,

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get the price of gasoline down, get through the midterms, then knock them out instead of rushing to a deal, building

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up their oil industry, transferring billions to them. Actually like that idea.

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And maybe the White House will eventually

[Mark Levin]

come to that conclusion too.

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I'm not pushing it.

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Just the thought I put out.

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Levin has been critical of the memorandum

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of understanding between Iran and us since

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details started coming to light about the

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language in the document he has frequently posted to social media in support of Israel's attack on the Hezbollah operations in Lebanon, which were included in the ceasefire agreement. What was included in the ceasefire agreement? Can't they write? She means Hezbollah was included in the ceasefire agreement and since April 8th. What she doesn't say is they have

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violated it hundreds and hundreds of times, according to Israel sources speaking with cnn. Here we go again. Netanyahu is not sold on Tehran's intentions

[Mark Levin]

in signing the deal with Washington because

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Trump has signed the MoU with Iran, setting the stage for 60 days of negotiations. The prime minister reportedly trying to utilize conservative media figures and lawmakers, including Levin, to get his message out. I don't have a call.

[Mark Levin]

Why is she writing this?

[Rich]

Then I went back and looked. It was some anonymous source who mentioned that this was going to happen and threw out my name. An anonymous source. I'm a real source. If you want to talk to me again. I'm not going to be intimidated into not talking to Netanyahu or the president of the United States or Netanyahu's opponents or the president of Israel or whomever I want. But they try to infer that the opinions I give are somehow tainted. Not bloated Bannon's or Megyn Kelly's or Pierre Moron or all these other. No, no, no, no, no. I think all these podcasters or radio hosts, if they're getting any money from foreign governments, let's see it. Let's see it.

[Mark Levin]

I've got no problem with it. And it goes on. And it goes on. I just wanted you to be aware of this. It's so pathetic. I'll be right back.

[Caller or Guest]

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[Mark Levin]

So I want to pick up on something with you folks. New York Post Florida man indicted for allegedly plotting mass shooting of Jewish employees at advocacy group. It's in the New York Post

[Caller]

and

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says here federal prosecutors said that on December 23, 2024 Pemberton all these damn advertisements. Kendall Penderton, 27, of Greenville is charged with an attempted hate crime, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence and possession of a short barrel rifle. Federal Prosecutors said on December 23, 2024 he attempted to carry out a shooting at an office belonging to. Ready for this? The American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Aipac, the demonization of aipac,

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which is

[Mark Levin]

an organization that is set up by Americans, that employs Americans, that raises contributions from Americans who are Jewish to promote those causes and those views like the NAACP does for blacks and if Catholic organizations for Catholics and on and on and on and on. But this AIPAC has become, you know, the same thing as Israel and neocons,

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just the racist

[Mark Levin]

woke right and others, the left, the Islamists and the Marxists. And so this hate is just growing and growing and growing and growing based on conspiracy theories and so forth and so on. I want to continue this when we return. Just sickening beyond belief. We'll be right back. I talk about protecting your liberty, your family and your future. And right now I think one of the smartest moves you can make for your financial future is gold and silver. Gold just had a pullback. You know what that means? It means you have a window, a

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real opportunity to get in at a lower price before the next move up.

[Mark Levin]

And it's coming. The fundamentals haven't changed.

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Washington keeps spending, inflation keeps eroding your

[Mark Levin]

savings and gold keeps doing what it's always done, holding its value when everything else is shaky.

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That's why I trust monetary gold.

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For 26 years, monetary gold has been

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For 47 years, we didn't respond militarily in any real way to the Iranian regime's murder of our military personnel and civilians. The policy practiced by presidents before Donald Trump was exactly as the isolationists, appeasers and pafists demand today. And demand it before POTUS attacked Iran's nuclear sites last June and this February. He's the first president to take real military action. Putting aside different views of the MOU, the Forever 4 was and is being fought by an enemy that believes in forever wars. We certainly haven't fought a forever war against Iran. So what are these people talking about, Mr. Producer?

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And by not taking the steps we

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needed to take, we lost many, many. And to underscore that, shoot. Okay, here's Brian Kilmeader, friend of ours on Fox and Friends today. Cut to go.

[Ari Enten]

Kind of shock to see J.D. vance go after Israel yesterday. I wish he would be that tough with Iran and Israel. If they. This is the reason they put these talks on hold. Israel had four IDF soldiers killed. What do you expect them to do? And if you want them to go along with the plan, you should tell them what's in the plan. They were not even in the talks. All of a sudden, they're roped into it. So it's up to Iran to tell Hezbollah, who does whatever you tell them, to knock it off. And then Israel will knock it off.

[Caller]

Mm.

[Mark Levin]

But it's easy to tell Israel, knock it off because Hezbollah is never going to knock it off. Isn't that the truth? General Jack Keane on Fox and Friends today. Go.

[General Jack Keane]

Yeah. I mean, the Iranians here certainly are trying to drive a wedge between the United States and Israel. To a certain degree, they've accomplished some of it. The Iranians cannot make a claim dealing with Lebanon. Lebanon is. They don't own Lebanon. Lebanon is an independent country. Obviously, they have an organization inside of it made up of Lebanese citizens called Hezbollah. It operates under the orders of Iran, for sure.

[Mark Levin]

Ye.

[General Jack Keane]

And they've had significant political and obviously military influence in that country for years. But their principal reason for being there is one, is to defend Iran against an attack by Israel and two, to attack Israel and also is their major export of terrorism outside of the region. So they have interest there for sure. But we should tell them to stand down. You're not going to make a claim here. The reality is the major lesson from October 7th that the Israelis have, have learned, and it's obvious looking at it, is you cannot permit proxies on your border to have capacity to attack. That can never happen again. Hamas in particular and Hezbollah specifically here. And that is what is happening here. Hezbollah was building up infrastructure in the south and then began to, despite the ceasefire on April 17, a special ceasefire dealing with Lebanon. They conducted over 2,000 rockets and drone attacks in Israel, which are still going on. In the last 48 hours they've been going on. That's the reality of it.

[Mark Levin]

He's right. He's got a lot of bravery. He's had bravery in his past. He was a unit commander. I think the right phrase is in Vietnam when he was much younger. He's seen a lot of war, he's seen a lot of killing, he's seen a lot of horrible injuries. And he's a retired four star army general. That is a big deal. And when he speaks, people listen. People listen. President Trump at Joint Base Andrews today unveiling the new Air Force One. Cut seven, go.

[Donald Trump]

Now, we have an agreement that was signed last night and it's 60 days after make a deal. Otherwise we, we will do things that won't make them happy. But I don't think it's going to get to that. I think it's going to be very good. Remember, if we do that, then all of a sudden you're not going to have the oil flowing out of the strait too quickly because people that own billion dollar ships don't love missiles flying over them, don't love mines all over the water.

[Mark Levin]

Cut a go.

[Donald Trump]

President Xi's coming here in September, but we're going back for a big conference that's in China. I said I'd do that. And I want to thank China because to be honest, I asked President Xi not to get involved with Iran and they get 50% of their oil from the Strait. But I asked him not to get involved. Then he said he wouldn't and he didn't. I mean, very nice, actually. Very nice. So I appreciate that.

[Mark Levin]

All right. Now, China did provide, as did Russia, some technical information, satellite information to the Iranians. That's why they were able to hit our base and hit some of the other bases and locations and so forth. So there was assistance. As far as I know there was some assistance as well in that regard. I want to get back. I didn't lose my place to this guy in Florida. So this guy's been indicted for plotting a mass shooting target Jewish employees at an APAC office, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Plantation, Florida. Again, I want you folks to understand because there's a lot of horrendous lies out there. This is an American organization like any other group, religious group, minority group, majority group, business group. It's a political action committee. It's made up of Americans. It employs Americans, and only Americans can contribute to it. Okay? The amount of money they actually spend in campaigns is dwarfed. Dwarfed by other political action committees, whether they be religious, whether they be race related, whether they be business or labor PACs or whatever they are. He was reportedly armed with an AR15 style rifle equipped with a silencer. He was ready to go, I guess. The Palm Beach Post previously reported that AIPAC was the targeted group. Torq documents didn't specify the nonprofit. Critics of AIPAC have said the group defends the actions of conservative Israeli government. So what? Including expansionist settlement policies in the West Bank. This is the New York Post. That's called Judea and Samaria. They're not expansionist policies

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and aggressive military

[Mark Levin]

campaigns while opposing conditions or restrictions on US military aid to Israel. Let me tell you the truth about aipac. I've never been a fan of them over the years because I thought they were too squishy. And in fact, they would support a lot of Democrats in the past. They've gotten better. They've gotten more conservativists. Mondami and his ilk and the Marxists and their ilk and the universities and what's going on there are pressing their agendas so it pushes back. It's not allowed to push back.

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They get a write up like this.

[Mark Levin]

Investigators traced Pemberton using cell phone geolocation technology. He allegedly planned to volunteer for AIPAC in an effort to gain access to the group and carry out a deadly attack. Authorities said he left his home on December 22, 2024 with two rifles and a pistol after leaving a note to his family. When he arrived at the building it believed to be AIPAC headquarters, the structure was empty. Law enforcement initially became involved in the case when Pemberton's father called the Gainesville Police Department out of concern over his son's disappearance. The newspaper reported that Pemberton left a letter apologizing to his family and discussing his adversity to authority, quote, unquote, and

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the flaws of modern day.

[Mark Levin]

So you can see where the extreme libertarianism and the Marxism and the anti Semitism and the Islamism becomes just one big vegetable soup.

[Rich]

The newspaper reported that Pendleton left a

[Mark Levin]

letter apologizing to his family and discussing his adversity to authority and the flaws of modern day. As I mentioned, living in a flawed system haunts me in ways I cannot describe, he wrote. I am breaking the loop. Pemberton was pulled over in Tallahassee on Christmas Day, 2024, while driving a rideshare vehicle.

[Rich]

His abandoned pickup truck was subsequently found

[Mark Levin]

by authorities on the side of the road. At the time, he allegedly told authorities that he was on his way to Alabama to deliver one of his guns to an acquaintance. No arrest was made. During the traffic stop, Pemberton's father was notified, traveled to Tallahassee and brought his son back to Gainesville.

[Rich]

On December 26, 2024, Pemberton agreed to

[Mark Levin]

be interviewed by investigators who asked if he had intended to commit an act of violence. I really don't know if I was going to end it with my life or not, he said. I hadn't gotten that far yet. Entirely depended if I ended up getting caught. If caught, that was the way out.

[Rich]

These are people prepared to go down

[Mark Levin]

shooting or killing themselves. Pemberton was arrested the following day. Fox News Digital has reached out to APAC and so forth and so on. It's pretty frightening, don't you think, Rich? You never know when your number is going to come up. You're just minding your own business, apparently in the wrong building. You just don't know. That's why you stand by your principles and your beliefs and your values. You don't need to compromise what's so essential in your life. You try and live a good life, try and do the right things, and hopefully you live a good and a long life. I'll be right back.

[Rich]

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the Electronic Payments Coalition. I just Mentioned Iran, where the isolationists won the day, and it cost thousands of Americans their lives and body parts until President Trump stepped in to deal with the nuclear sites last June and this February. So we can. We can debate the issue on the mou, but let's get that abundantly clear. The isolationists had their way and worse, some of them were actually funding the enemy for half a century, and the result was death. A lot of it of our people. You look at World War II,

[Rich]

we didn't get into that war until we were attacked.

[Mark Levin]

And by that time, Hitler was on the move. He had built up his military industry. We were on our backs. We had to do things we wouldn't normally do in a republic, effectively nationalizing industries, at least for wartime. A massive draft, trying to get in

[Rich]

place as fast as we possibly could.

[Mark Levin]

A lot of people lost their lives because we were not prepared and we were not ready.

[Rich]

Again, the isolationists won the day until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor. So these people keep talking about forever wars. They seem to think that some of us who are traditional conservatives, who believe

[Mark Levin]

in a strong national security, military second

[Rich]

to none, that if we're going to have men and women in the military, that they need to be the best prepared and protected, that somehow that's a forever war or warmonger. No, it seems to me the warmonger is the enemy. And the isolationists are playing right into their hands. Communist China would love nothing more than for our nation to be led by an isolationist. Donald Trump is not an isolationist. Again, he's the first President out of

[Mark Levin]

eight, he's the eighth one since 1979

[Rich]

who has taken real military action against this enemy. Again, we can discuss this mou, and we should, but we shouldn't be silenced. But those who opposed this president taking the action he took would have killed more Americans, among others, and they would have a nuclear weapon and it have tens of thousands of more ballistic missiles. I don't understand how that prevents a forever war. I don't understand how that's in America's interests, period.

[Mark Levin]

It's not in America's interest.

[Rich]

And so isolation, isolationism caused death, Americans death, and it caused death in the lead up to World War II. The enemy's preparing, preparing, preparing. We can see them preparing. We sit on our hands. So the isolationists make the argument of the leftists and the Democrats and the media. I don't make that argument.

[Mark Levin]

They make that argument.

[Rich]

They're very thrilled now that we have a memorandum of understanding. They don't even want you to read it. They don't want you to understand it. They don't want you to distill it. They don't want you to discuss it. They want you to accept every piece of it, even though it's just the predecessor to a deal that's supposed to be negotiated. And they tell you to shut up because they don't care. They just want out. Well, I care and you care. It's very important. This isn't ideological with you or with me. This is America first, and we have a say in this, too. And we want our representatives to hear what we say, too. That's natural, that's normal, and that's okay.

[Mark Levin]

I've got all kinds of clips

[Caller or Guest]

from

[Mark Levin]

all kinds of Democrats trashing the president, and I'm not going to play any of them. Mr. Producer, I've just decided. No, Mr. Producer works hard to pull all this stuff together. But I've just decided that why should I give them voice, considering that they exist for one reason. To sabotage our country, to sabotage our president, sabotage our military. Why should we do that? Well, we're not going to, because that's not really a discussion or debate worth having. Sometimes there's no discussion or debate worth having because the person is so repulsive or unconscionable or just plain dumb and ideological. Why would you debate somebody like that? If you want to debate somebody who's relatively intelligent, has information, maybe a scholar, or just somebody you may have a disagreement with, that's fine.

[Rich]

But if you're going to debate somebody

[Mark Levin]

who's challenging your right to exist, your

[Rich]

faith, you know, your ethnicity, that's not a debate, that's an attack. And you shouldn't respect that person, let

[Mark Levin]

alone debate that person. Dismiss that person. We'll be right back.

[Rich]

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[Rich]

Hello, America.

[Mark Levin]

Mark Levin Here, our number, 8773-8138-1187-7381-3811. All right, We're very excited. We're very excited. With one son that got engaged a few Weeks ago and another son who got engaged yesterday. Mr. Producer. Yes. One is here in America, one is over in Israel and we're just very excited here, very happy. All right, Ari Enten on the Constipated News Network today. He is their legal analyst, excuse me, data poll analyst. Democratic socialists are rising in the Democrat Party. Now, folks, this is not good. They're taking over the Democrat Party because the Democrat Party is run by very stupid people. Very stupid people. All the moderates are pushed out. Any conservatives that used to be there, particularly from the south, they're all pushed out. And so they have managed to take over big elements within the Democrat Party. And we've talked about how they've done this in some ways they get into the primaries where they know that there won't be a big turnout, particularly in off year elections. And in the mosques, the imams turn out the numbers. So you don't have to be in a majority to make the difference. You'll get the usual number of Democrats and then you'll have, as you had in New York city with Mandami, 97% turnout by Muslims,

[Rich]

97% in a primary

[Mark Levin]

nobody was paying attention to. And so you got Mandami. They're playing the system.

[Rich]

They did it in another district in

[Mark Levin]

New Jersey about a month ago or so.

[Rich]

So the Democrat Party, I told you about the numbers earlier.

[Mark Levin]

The overwhelming majority are not going to be flying a flag on July 4th

[Rich]

because they don't believe in our country.

[Mark Levin]

They believe in overthrowing it.

[Rich]

They're real haters. And I hope we get to a time and apparently it's not going to

[Mark Levin]

be too soon where we can focus on them. But these woke Reich neo fascists who we have to pay attention to or they will envelop our party and our movement.

[Rich]

We have to battle them.

[Mark Levin]

And I'm honored to say I was

[Rich]

the first to really take them on

[Mark Levin]

over a year ago. People would call me and say, what are we going to do? What are we going to do? I said, what do you mean we? You're not doing anything.

[Rich]

Remember all that, Mr. Producer.

[Mark Levin]

Oh, yes, but we survived. Look, here we are. Here we are.

[Rich]

So here they are. Harry Anton, the the poll analyst, data analyst over at the constipated news network.

[Mark Levin]

Cut 12.

[Rich]

Go.

[Ari Enten]

So when we talk about Democratic Socialists, how are they viewed inside the Democratic Party?

[Rich]

I just wish we would use the

[Mark Levin]

real names of what they are rather than the names they give themselves. Democratic Social, that's an oxymoron. They are Marxists who support economic socialism. So They're Marxist socialists, not Democratic socialists. All right, let's start at the top, please. Go.

[Ari Enten]

So when we talk about Democratic Socialists, how are they viewed inside the Democratic Party?

[Data Poll Analyst]

Yeah, you know, you mentioned New York, you mentioned Vermont, Obviously, there's the D.C. mayor. We've seen, seen it in Pennsylvania as well. The Democratic Socialists seem to be doing considerably better than they used to be. And they have the chance to knock off, in fact, Democratic incumbents in Congress. And part of the reason for that, why we're seeing these Democratic Socialists having such good chances or downright outright winning nominations, is take a look here. Net favorability among Dems, Democratic Socialists of America. Look at that. A plus 17 point net favorability rate among Democrats. That is actually better. That is better. Better than how Congressional Democrats.

[Mark Levin]

All right, let's slow down. That tells me that you stupid, stupid

[Rich]

Democrats who run your party, who've been around a long time, you don't know what you're doing.

[Mark Levin]

You don't know how to deal with this.

[Rich]

You don't have to deal with the

[Mark Levin]

Marxists and the Islamists.

[Rich]

You go along, you're slobbering along, you're not putting up a fight, you're not

[Mark Levin]

putting up a disagreement.

[Rich]

Instead, you hate Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump.

[Mark Levin]

That's all you can do. And you're being destroyed, you morons. You're being destroyed, you morons. Go ahead.

[Data Poll Analyst]

It just plus four points. So no wonder that Democratic Socialists have such a good chance because simply put, they are a better brand at this point than Democrats in Congress.

[Ari Enten]

Among Democrats, it's interesting to see who they like more. All right, and you've used this number before. I always find this fascinating. When you compare socialism to capitalism, how are they doing right now?

[Data Poll Analyst]

Yeah, how are they doing right now? Among Democrats, you see this Democratic socialist America, more positive than Congressional Democrats. And I'll tell you, take a look at the trend line, that favorable rating among Democrats on socialism. And look at this. In 2010, they were about equal. 50% had a favorable view of socialism. 51% said the same about capitalism. But capitalism has absolutely fallen through the floor. Look at this. It's now just 42% of Democrats who have a favorable view of capitalism. Socialism on the other hand, up like a rocket. Look at this. Two in three Democrats have a favorable view of socialism. So socialism is on the rise among Democrats. Capitalism is on the decline among Democrats.

[Mark Levin]

I just wish that Democrats would all gather in one place, have their socialism, have the redistribution of wealth, have all their freebies and their government run food stores. So they can create their own little third world for themselves rather than drag us into this hell. I really mean that. Rather than drag us into this hell. Capitalism is commerce. That's all it is, commerce. And they're so smart.

[Rich]

So smart. You know, they get out of high

[Mark Levin]

school and they're in college or they just come newly to the United States or, or, you know, they, they go through the, the indoctrination mill at some college or university or they read a book and it sounds so cool. And they, they went to a thing with Bernie Sanders and there he is spewing his vomit all over the place and going on and on about the great, the great socialism and let's get the billionaires and so forth and so on.

[Rich]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mark Levin]

I just wish that they could all go to Vermont.

[Rich]

I really do pick a state, just go there. But no, they go into red states, they go into places that don't want them and they try and take them over.

[Mark Levin]

They try and take them over.

[Rich]

Go ahead.

[Data Poll Analyst]

This is part of the longer term trend in which we are seeing Democratic socialists doing considerably better among Democrats electing a mayor right here in New York City, for example.

[Mark Levin]

Hmm. By the way, Mr. Producer, you're around New York City, you have any free, free public transportation yet? You see many government run grocery stores in your area? No. Okay. You see many government run homes other

[Rich]

than what was already there?

[Caller or Guest]

No.

[Mark Levin]

You don't see that either?

[Rich]

Gee willikers.

[Mark Levin]

So not only are they nuts, they're complete liars. They can't perform, they can't do what they say they're going to do.

[Rich]

But it doesn't matter.

[Mark Levin]

It doesn't matter. Cut 13. Mr. Enton, please, will finish it up. Go ahead.

[Ari Enten]

And as we said, there are primaries next week with Democratic socialists self proclaimed on the ballot. What are the prediction markets saying about how they may do?

[Data Poll Analyst]

Yeah, this to me is one of the more stunning trends, right. That I have seen in covering politics over the last 15, 16 years. And if you believe the prediction markets, it's not going to just stop suddenly. It may extend into next week. Because just take a look at the chance that Democratic socialists win in Dem primaries. House primaries here, New York. You go to New York 7 district, right. You got a Brooklyn borough president who at this point looks like an underdevelopment, underdog. Looks like an underdog compared to a Democratic socialist. And then you may get a Democratic incumbent in northern Manhattan get knocked off. That's closer to a 50, 50 race. But the bottom line is this, the bottom line is this Next week in New York may be a very good one for Democratic Socialists. Mayor Mamdani endorsing them. His political star is rising and he may bring a few Democratic socialists along with him and put him in a Congress.

[Mark Levin]

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[Mark Levin]

Mandami, I want to thank the Democrats for giving us this guy. You can't get your act together, can't get your asses off your chairs to vote in the Democrat primary. Now you get this guy and the whole city has to suffer. In fact, the country suffers from this guy. Here he is on endorsing candidates. Cut 14. Go.

[Brad Lander]

You know, I think there will always be risk when it comes to fighting for working people. And I made a promise to New York.

[Rich]

I'm so sick of this.

[Mark Levin]

They're fighting for working people.

[Rich]

No, they're not. They're fighting for power as communists. Working people. They're fighting for people who aren't working. They're fighting for people who are on the dole. They're fighting for illegal immigrants. They mean fighting for working people. They're fighting for a bigger and bigger welfare state. That's not working people. That's people who aren't working. But they're fighting for working people. And what has he done for working people? You're going to have massive property tax increase and you're going to, some of you are going to lose your jobs because he's chasing out businesses. But he's fighting for working people. No, he's not. He's fighting for people on the dole.

[Brad Lander]

Go ahead, you tool at my disposal to deliver on the agenda to transform the most expensive city in the United States.

[Rich]

You haven't transformed crap.

[Mark Levin]

You haven't transformed anything.

[Rich]

Listen to these fools.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Brad Lander]

To the people who helped to build it. And these endorsements are part of that because you cannot.

[Rich]

Marxist Islamists. Since when did Marxist Islamists build America? What city did Marxist Islamists build? What invention have Marxist Islamists created? Somebody tell me. I'm waiting. My ears are wide open. Has there ever been a book, the Great Invention of Marxist Islamists? No, I don't think so. Marxist Islamists don't create prosperity. They don't create services, they don't create goods. They tell everybody what to do. They're mobsters. Go ahead.

[Brad Lander]

And in Dariel, Issa, Claire and Brad, I see partners who would not only be fighting.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Brad Lander]

Same agenda in D.C. but also be side by side here as we fight for it in New York City.

[Rich]

And you know, what are they fighting for? What is it? What is this great agenda for working people? Please. You know what, Mr. Call Screener, leave a line open for a Mandami supporter. Mandami supporter out there. Call me and tell me what this great agenda is for working people. Because what I see is destroying the jobs of working people, destroying the incomes of working people for a massive welfare state. Redistribution of wealth. Not to working people, to non working people. The electrician, the plumber, the janitor, the bus driver, the. The train engineer, the guy that runs the pizza parlor, you name it. They're not getting anything out of Mondami. What are they getting? Working people. He doesn't mean working people. He means more money for people who don't work. For people aren't even citizens. Working people.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead, Stan.

[Brad Lander]

That New Yorkers are facing a number of things at the same time. We not only have had the Knicks historically.

[Mark Levin]

You do understand, moron, you're the mayor, right?

[Rich]

So what have you accomplished, Rich?

[Mark Levin]

Do you know anything this guy's accomplished? Actually, nothing.

[Rich]

He's a gas bag. That's what he is. He's a walking, talking Communist manifesto. That's all he is. Working. He's got the slogans. Working people, you know, got to get the prices down. Affordability. Crazy. The guy knows nothing. He's a young guy. He never worked a day in his life. He spent time in the legislature in Albany. He was raised in Uganda with a platinum foot in his mouth. Doesn't Know anything? It's a sloganeer. Go ahead.

[Brad Lander]

NBA championship. We also have the World cup. And then all of that at the beginning of a slogan.

[Rich]

But you had nothing to do with any of that. The NBA is a private sector enterprise. The World cup. Private sector enterprise. But Trump got the World cup into

[Mark Levin]

the United States, didn't he?

[Rich]

Mandami didn't, Madame. He hasn't done anything.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Brad Lander]

Was like one we'll never forget. And so we have a few days

[Rich]

left of early voting for a rambling buffoon. Can't stay on point.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Brad Lander]

Today we saw more younger voters come out. We saw more voters in general start to come out and vote. And we know that election day is on Tuesday. And so I'm going to be doing everything that I can to let New Yorkers know that.

[Rich]

Now, why don't you run the city, moron? Can you do that?

[Mark Levin]

Instead of running your mouth all the

[Rich]

time, can you run the city?

[Mark Levin]

Actually, it's better that he doesn't. He's running it into the ground.

[Rich]

Cut 15.

[Mark Levin]

Go.

[Rich]

For far too long, our party has seen its job as managing decline instead

[Brad Lander]

of delivering material change for working.

[Mark Levin]

Wow, that's unique. Managing decline.

[Rich]

Well, who's been running New York City

[Mark Levin]

for most of the last half century? With a couple of respites by some Republicans who actually pump life back into it.

[Rich]

The Democrats, the Democrats, City council Democrats, Democrats. Everywhere you go, Democrats. And not just Democrats. Radical kooks. The experiment has failed. And so now they quadruple down on the experiment. You know what? It's unaffordable here. Yeah, the taxes are high, the crime is high. You're undermining the cops. Streets are filthy because you don't have money to clean up. The prices are high. Rent control, so of course there's no supply for the demand, so all the prices go up. The Marxist experiment is a complete and other failure, but for the fact that the capitalist system that existed significantly before the Marxist experiment is the only thing that's holding up that city.

[Mark Levin]

Because Marxism is not about creating wealth, it's about redistributing it. And if you don't have wealth that's created, there's nothing to redistribute. And the idea that these people are for working people is the biggest joke in the world. Socialist economies suck in Canada. Their economy stinks.

[Rich]

Their health care is horrendous. Horrendous. National health care. How you can shove your national health care system except when you need an operation. You're all in the same boat. It's equal. They call it equality. Don't you see? Equally sucks for everybody. There's no motivation, there's no, there's no human desire to do something differently when you're treated like a peg. There's none. If you can make a little bit more money doing X, a little bit more money doing Y, you're going to do X, you're going to do. Yeah, that's human nature. But if you're going to earn the same paycheck as the sh.

[Mark Levin]

Hold on, Mark.

[Rich]

As the schlub right next to you, whether you work harder or smarter or better than them, well, you're not going to be rising up to a higher level. You're going to say, well, if that schlub's getting paid what he's getting paid, I'll do the same thing like him, have a three hour lunch break or whatever it is. Capitalism is commerce. That's all it is, commerce. It is spontaneous. And the better you are at it, the more successful you are at it. The more products you create, the more things you invent, the more services you provide, the more successful you are. Oh, that's so horrible. That's unequal. Well, I'm sorry I can't be a homeless illegal alien on welfare. I'm sorry. I'll be right back.

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[Rich]

You know, it seems to be like a, like a Marxist meeting in, in

[Mark Levin]

New York these days.

[Rich]

Bernie Sanders is at a rally for this guy, Brad Lander.

[Mark Levin]

Brad Lander is a disgusting puke and

[Rich]

he's there with Claire Valdez. Brad Lander is a radical left wing, self hating Jew and the anti Semites

[Mark Levin]

out there might really like him because he trashes Israel left and right. Now, I've told you this before. These Marxists, whether they're Catholic or Jewish or Protestant or whatever they are, they don't have a faith because Marxism rejects religion and faith. Marxism is the religion. Marx wrote about faith being nothing but mysticism. And that faith is an obstruction to

[Rich]

the paradise that awaits all workers, all people. If we can destroy all these ridiculous social foundations in society, faith, the nuclear family, anything that has its own sort of social circle or social basis, tradition, you got to get rid of all of this so we can think anew. A blank slate. So that's why when you have Jews who are Marxists, they're really not Jews other than born Jews like Bernie Sanders. He doesn't practice the faith. Or when you have Catholics do the same thing. They're out there as radical Marxists, don't care about abortion, except they want more and more of it because they're not

[Mark Levin]

practicing the faith, you understand?

[Rich]

So here's Bernie Sanders pushing this guy, Brad Lander. He's running against Dan Goldman.

[Mark Levin]

Dan Goldman is a piece of crap, of course, just horrendous. But it's an amazing thing where you see these radical left wing Democrats versus these Islamist Marxists.

[Rich]

It's crazy. It's like a Stalinist running against a Trotskyite. It's just incredible. Anybody who's still a Democrat who works

[Mark Levin]

for a living, you're nuts.

[Rich]

Absolutely nuts.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead, please.

[Democratic Socialist Speaker]

We need and will take on Trump and his pathological lying. We're going to take on his racism, his authoritarianism, his undermining of democracy and constitutional rights.

[Mark Levin]

Now, he will never actually say anything substantive. He's a sloganeer, he's a Leninist, he's a Stalinist in what he would do, but a Leninist in his propaganda. This is called agitprop.

[Rich]

You don't need to be specific.

[Mark Levin]

You just go on with the generalizations. Now I want to, now that I've told it, let's go at the top. And I want you to listen carefully so we can break this down together. It's in my book on power. It's the use of language. They use it as really a hypnotic Sort of piece of propaganda, and they throw out certain devil words and devil terms to apply to their opponents. And they compare themselves in their own views to angels.

[Rich]

Devil words on your opponents.

[Mark Levin]

Angelic words when it comes to you and your agenda. So let's listen at the top. Go ahead.

[Democratic Socialist Speaker]

We need and will take on Trump and his pathological lying. We're going to take on his racism, his authoritarianism, his undermining of democracy and constitutional rights, his kleptocracy and his illegal and unconstitutional wars.

[Mark Levin]

Okay, so stop there. What has he said? Anything? Slogans. Slogans. Go ahead.

[Democratic Socialist Speaker]

But let me be as clear as I can be. And that is taking on Trump is not enough. The American people are hurting. They are struggling. And they demand strong and immediate action now to improve their lives,

[Mark Levin]

which includes seizing private property, redistributing wealth, murdering, murdering the goose that lays the golden egg. I mean, folks, we had Venezuela, we have Cuba, we have Nicaragua, we have North Korea. I mean, where are these spectacular examples of equity and equality?

[Rich]

Where are these spectacular examples of prosperity? Where are these spectacular examples of the

[Mark Levin]

greatest socialist supermarkets, industries, health care systems on the face of the earth?

[Rich]

Where are the examples of this? Why do you think as big as China is, they have to keep stealing

[Mark Levin]

our technology to prop up their regiment?

[Rich]

We don't steal technology from Russia. We don't steal technology from China unless

[Mark Levin]

it's military, so we know what they're doing.

[Rich]

But we don't steal it because we need it. We don't steal technology from Nicolaqua or Venezuela or Cuba. We're not stealing technology from communist or socialist regimes unless that technology gives us information about what they're doing. But we don't need it. We don't steal it. It's crazy. And there never seems to be a person capable of challenging these people. Maybe it's because they go to these,

[Mark Levin]

you know, communist rallies, that sort of thing. And so there's really no opportunity to debate.

[Rich]

Or you get sort of these Rhino

[Mark Levin]

Republicans who have about three lines and they don't know anything.

[Rich]

But I think it's mostly because they

[Mark Levin]

don't have an opportunity to really debate.

[Rich]

In a lot of these districts, it's like 90% Democrat.

[Mark Levin]

So the Republican is running, you know,

[Rich]

God bless him or her, but doesn't have a chance just based on the registration that you listen to these guys, the oligarchs and the. Now, they never mention that billionaire in

[Mark Levin]

China, do they, who's funding the destruction of America. They never mention George or Alex Soros, do they?

[Rich]

They never mentioned the Billionaires who fund them, they never mention the millionaires they have become, do they?

[Mark Levin]

No, they don't. I just wish we were better at this.

[Rich]

Now here's bound to me at the same rally for Brad Lander, a disgusting piece of garbage. Cut 15. Go. For far too long, our party has seen its job as managing decline. It's not your party, jackass. You're a Democratic Socialist. You're not a Democrat. This is the other thing that's crazy. Bernie Sanders has never been a Democrat. He's a Democratic Socialist. Which means he's a Marxist. This little puke Mondami, same thing. He's not a Democrat in the old sense of the word. He's a Marxist. So they're not even honest about what they actually. I have an idea. What's that, Mandami? Asa? Let's call ourselves Democratic Socialists of America. But we hate America and we hate the Democrats. And we're not even socialists. We're Marxists. Exactly. Go ahead, bring material change for working people. This slate here today. Change for working people.

[Mark Levin]

Well, where you get the material from there, sparky?

[Rich]

We'll just take it. Take it.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Rich]

Is our answer the Democratic Party? You have no answer again.

[Mark Levin]

Slogans, Slogans.

[Rich]

That's it.

[Mark Levin]

Slogans. Go ahead, change.

[Ari Enten]

When does the race for 2028 begin?

[Rich]

It starts now.

[Mark Levin]

Wow, that was informative too. Don't you think, Rich?

[Rich]

Very, very informative.

[Mark Levin]

I mean, you go to those rallies, you have a negative IQ for the most part. We'll be right back. America doesn't stand for 250 years as a beacon of hope without the brave men and women willing to put their lives on the line to defend it and to honor those patriots. Pure Talk and its customers will raise $250,000 for America' your partnership by the end of July. Now, this is an unbelievable foundation. It stands on the front line of helping to prevent veteran suicide by covering the basics. Housing, access to VA benefits, transportation, counseling. The tangible things that give veterans a hand up. When you switch your cell phone service to Pure Talk this month, you'll have an opportunity to round up to support America's Warrior partnership. Pure Talk will match that donation till the total donation hits $250,000. So get unlimited talk, unlimited text, unlimited high speed data. Just 34.99amonth, folks.

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[Rich]

Go to PureTalk.com Levin that's PureTalk.com Levin to switch to my favorite wireless company right now, PureTalk. Again, that's PureTalk.com Lavin.

[Mark Levin]

Here's what I've learned. Online is a cesspool. It's a lot easier not to go there. It's a lot easier just to put on the, the boots and click your heels. But that's not who I am and that's never going to be who I am, period.

[Caller or Guest]

Period.

[Mark Levin]

Give an example. Let's see here. There's a girl by the name of Ashley Brassfield and a guy by the name of Chris Madison or something to that effect. They've got like 14 followers. So what do they do? They do a little video stuff. They put words in my mouth. There's no maturity. There's no intelligence. It's on a Tucker Carlson news site. So Ashley Brassfield will forever be remembered as a moron. She's not going to move up in the world.

[Rich]

She's got to stay. Stay

[Mark Levin]

in that cesspool and she'll be stupid her entire life. Stupid her entire life. Ashley Brassfield,

[Rich]

despite all the effort her

[Mark Levin]

parents no doubt put into her education, she turned out to be a scum.

[Rich]

And it's sad because I think our side needs to have people who aren't

[Mark Levin]

scum, like Ashley Breastfield, who are going to think, who are going to be educated, who are going to engage. I remember when I was a young guy would never do anything like this. Just taking sides and shooting spitballs. That doesn't do anything. Engage debate.

[Rich]

You know, when I was going through

[Mark Levin]

high school and college, I really enjoyed it a lot and I engaged and debated with teachers. There were no neo Nazis. Mr. Bedud, do you remember any neo Nazis?

[Rich]

Klansmen, supremacists, none of that stuff that didn't. That doesn't mean they didn't exist. But they weren't in my classroom, they

[Mark Levin]

weren't in our school. And we'd have fun, a lot of fun. And then you'd have lunch, you go in the cafeteria, maybe you'll continue it, maybe you won't. Wasn't a blood sport.

[Rich]

Wasn't a blood sport.

[Mark Levin]

But we've raised a generation, not all for sure. Not all for sure, but too many,

[Rich]

who are literally stupid. And what they've learned by listening to podcasters is just to throw bricks. To throw bricks. They say they're for free speech, but they're not. They're thugs.

[Mark Levin]

They're mobsters.

[Rich]

They don't want free speech. They want their speech. That's it. Ashley Brasberg of Brashfield, I think she

[Mark Levin]

works at the Daily Caller. That is a Tucker Carlson or was site.

[Rich]

It's funded by a guy.

[Mark Levin]

I forget his name.

[Rich]

Mustafa or somebody like that.

[Mark Levin]

Mr. Producer. Something like that. That doesn't matter.

[Rich]

And so they enlist all their little

[Mark Levin]

friends and all these different sites to do these things.

[Rich]

I'm not going to be deterred. Not going to be deterred.

[Mark Levin]

But can you imagine

[Rich]

raising a kid like this who doesn't know how to use their mind, who doesn't know how to engage? It's crazy. And you see it on the left

[Mark Levin]

with the radicals, many of whom are very violent.

[Rich]

Crazy. So this isn't about picking sides.

[Mark Levin]

This is about picking your brain and making decisions based on your own thought processes. And if you disagree with somebody, great,

[Rich]

so be it. You disagree with them, they disagree with you. But don't say you support free speech

[Mark Levin]

when your entire existence is about trying to stop people from speaking. Yeah, that's just. Just foolish. It's not even funny. Ashley Brassfield, Mr. Producer, would you contact Ashley Brassfield? I think she's at the Daily Caller. And ask her if she'd like to come on the program for five minutes. Let's see what we can get out of that. Maybe nothing. Do I owe you something? All right.

[Rich]

It's a guy, Jack Posobiek.

[Mark Levin]

Horrendous. Horrendous. There's a big video out on him that lays him out.

[Rich]

He's going on and on.

[Mark Levin]

He was invited on this radio program to debate. You're the one who did it, right, Mr. Producer. He never responded. Oh, that's not true.

[Rich]

His publicist said he wanted to get paid.

[Mark Levin]

Right. And then they never responded.

[Rich]

You reached out to Piers Morgan's producer, isn't that correct?

[Mark Levin]

Never heard back.

[Rich]

I mean, I don't tell you the

[Mark Levin]

half of it, folks. The people we've reached out to. We'll be right back. From America's revolutionary war to Israel's fight for survival in 1948, both nations have faced moments that tested their courage. Yet freedom endured. Through generations of challenge and triumph, America and Israel have stood as beacons of courage, democracy and faith.

[Rich]

Bound by shared values and a common belief in freedom, the United States and

[Mark Levin]

Israel continue to stand together as allies,

[Rich]

as friends, and as partners in the

[Mark Levin]

cause of peace and security.

[Rich]

As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews honors the enduring friendship between the United States and Israel, two nations united by faith, liberty and hope.

[Mark Levin]

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[Rich]

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[Mark Levin]

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[Announcer]

He's here now, broadcasting them from the underground command post deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker somewhere under the brick and steel of a nondescript building, we've once again made contact with our leader, Mark Len.

[Rich]

Welcome back America. Hour three, our last hour of the week, our power hour.

[Mark Levin]

I have a little announcement. I won't be here next week. We have some great guest hosts and you can always listen to the program on the Internet, our podcast, which is simultaneous. And just go to marklevinshow.com you can find us anywhere you want. Live streaming, hopefully on your affiliate station. But in many ways you can still listen to the program. Now listen to this. For two and a half months, we have scheduled a trip to Israel. By the way, our buddy Sid Rosenberg is already there, the morning man on wabc. He's great, as are other people and so forth. So the conspiracy nuts will start. But in addition to going there to speak at an event, we're also going over there because we have a son that's newly engaged and we want to spend some time with, with him and his fiance as well. And then I'll be coming back. I'm only there a week. Should I joke, Mr. Producer, or will everybody go nuts? So I'm going to be meeting with the Mossad and the idf. I'm going to meet with all the top government officials, the Security Committee. We're going to share information. They're going to tell me what to say, when to say it and how to say it. Of course, none of that's going to happen. Yes. Got to pick up my paycheck, you know. You know we have these woke, right, Congress people from time to time. They go online and they say, we want to know who's getting paid by foreign government.

[Rich]

So do I. So go find out. Find out who's paying them.

[Mark Levin]

Excuse me. Nobody's paying me except Westwood One and

[Rich]

Fox and Simon and Schuster. That's it. American companies,

[Mark Levin]

foreign money.

[Rich]

You know what?

[Mark Levin]

It wouldn't even cross my mind.

[Rich]

And so you have these people talking about, are you an American? Are you an American? First, are you married? Well, who's paying? You know, look at this guy Bannon. He's all locked up pretty much. He was this guy, Tucker Carlson, Owens, all these worthy. I don't know, I'm not accusing him of anything, but he'd be a good place to start. Then you got guys online are making a fortune off Qatar investments in Qatar investments in Saudi Arabia. What is it, cyber? What is, what's it called, Mr. Reducer? I don't even know the currency, the, like the digital currency. Bitcoin. They're making money off bitcoin. They're making money off this guy and that guy.

[Mark Levin]

And then they go, are you taking your directions from Netanyahu? It's just shocking to me

[Rich]

how sick this is. Really sick.

[Mark Levin]

Crazy,

[Rich]

baby.

[Mark Levin]

So we deal with it.

[Rich]

Rashida Tlaib was on the floor of the House yesterday and not face down.

[Mark Levin]

She was just there, not drunk.

[Rich]

Juneteenth. Juneteenth.

[Mark Levin]

Some people say, what are we celebrating this for? Well, Republicans should actually be glad about this because this was viewed as the end of slavery. And last time I checked there was a Democrat policy.

[Rich]

In fact, the Republican party was established

[Mark Levin]

in the 1850s for one reason at

[Rich]

the time and only one reason, to abolish slavery. But we Republicans have a tendency to give up our history. And I don't get it. It just drives me crazy. And if you read my book, the Democrat party hates America, you'll see why it hates America and always has.

[Mark Levin]

And we love America and always have.

[Rich]

And even those statistics I discussed with you in the first hour, does it not prove the point? 29% of Democrats have no intention of flying a flag on July 4th. 27% of only of Democrats, only 27 are proud of America. Think about this. It's crazy. And then when you tell them they're un American, like what do you mean by that? Well, you should be pleased. I'm praising you in your own mindset. All right, I forgot.

[Mark Levin]

All right. Crazy, I think. Let's see here, let's see here. Bear with me. We're live and national. Holy mackerel.

[Rich]

What's that?

[Mark Levin]

Oh yeah, Taliban. 18 Go.

[Speaker on Juneteenth]

Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom must be more than a promise.

[Rich]

Oh yeah, yeah. And I bet in the so called

[Mark Levin]

Palestinian territories where your family came from, it's all free there. I'm sure there's great deal of freedom and democracy. You have the same terrorist that's been running Fatah and running it like a mobster since he was first elected to a four year term 20 years ago.

[Rich]

Freedom. Freedom. I love it when people who come out of these hellholes. That's right, I said hellholes. When these people come out of these hellholes lecture us about Freedom. Did somebody tell her family they had to come here or her. She had to come here. If we're so horrible, why are you here? You can get the hell out. No, I can't do that.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Rich]

Reflected in our schools, our workplaces, our

[Mark Levin]

neighborhoods, and in our democracy.

[Speaker on Juneteenth]

Black neighbors need more than a day, Mr. Speaker.

[Mark Levin]

They deserve reparations.

[Rich]

Reparations. So everybody who was a slave is dead? I think everybody who is the child

[Mark Levin]

of a slave is dead.

[Rich]

But everybody who's black deserves reparations. Does that include people who came here, say, 50 years ago? Does that include people who came here after slavery was eliminated? I'm just curious. And why is it the Democrats keep talking about reparations, so why don't they pay them? They're the ones who did it. And I've said this for the longest time, that was the slavery party. Ours was the emancipation and the abolitionist party. Now, there was a civil war fought with over 700 people killed. 1.1 million total casualties. No nation on the face of the earth had ever fought a civil war to end slavery. Not one. And it is a sad fact of humanity that slavery existed all over the world and exist today on the African continent, in Southeast Asia, in the Middle east, but not in America, not in North America. So why do we not talk about where slavery exists and talk about how do we help the people who are enslaved? No, we do not have any discussion about that. And we do not really have a discussion about the true history of slavery, who captured whom and sold them to whom. No, no, you can't do that on Juneteenth. But it's reparations. You see, they take this Marxist ideology, they apply it to race, and they've done this a lot, as I explain

[Mark Levin]

in American Marxism, you know, and I sit here And I think, Mr. Producer, as I'm speaking, putting aside rescuing spread, I've got 10 books on history and philosophy

[Rich]

and I'm debating with people online that haven't even read a book. Isn't that crazy? Haven't even read a book.

[Mark Levin]

All right, let's take some calls. Let's see. Let's go to Robert, Valdosta, Georgia on the Mark Levin app.

[Rich]

Robert, how are you, sir?

[Caller]

Mark, I'm pretty good. God bless you and the family and congratulations on the engagements that your sons are expecting to fruitful marriages. Mark, the reason I'm calling, I've been a supporter of President Trump since he

was elected, but

I'm a 24 year veteran as well. During the Reagan administration, I was a senior Officer and responsible for some stuff that involved escorting the Secretary of Defense, Casper Weinberger.

[Mark Levin]

He was a great secretary.

[Caller]

Yeah. And I find this MOU and this appeasement that we ended this war with Iraq just so distasteful. I find it such a betrayal of our military that has been there in the streets of her Moros on both sides in the Mediterranean ocean. I don't know who's been advising, but those that have Rubio, the Vice President Vance. If they've had a major part to play in this, it's almost a disqualifier for them to continue for 2028. I am so, so discouraged. This should have been a war like World War II, where the end of the war was capitulation and total surrender.

[Mark Levin]

And here's the thing. I don't care how mad people get at me because they're not really serious people for the most part. They don't want to engage. They want to shut down and silence people by bullying them. I'm not going to put up with that. They're going to be back at it. Certainly after this administration, they're going to be back at it and we're going to have to face it. They're going to have many more ballistic missiles. They're going to have control over the Strato Hormuz, they're going to have $300 billion in their pocket. And our children, assuming how long this goes on, are going to have to confront this. It's not about Israel, it's not about Jews, it's not about any of that. They have killed in 47 years, maimed and killed, maimed and killed thousands of Americans, military and non military. And I don't know why people can't get this through their heads. It's one thing to support the MOU and to have an explanation for all the elements in the MoU, but most of the people who support it haven't even read it and they can't explain it. And I took the time to, to go through it, explain it, give my concerns about it, and rather than have rational feedback, you're accused of disloyalty, you're accused of this, you're accused of that. There's videos made, Piers Morgan is wetting himself and his Depends and all the rest of it.

[Rich]

It's just I don't know how this

[Mark Levin]

society is going to survive with all this stuff. I just don't.

[Caller]

Well, Mark, I'm very proud of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and how he's organized his cabinet in the Israeli military and how closely they fought the initial aspects of this war with us side by side in the air. But any criticism of Israel that has come to pass in this past week is so undeserving and so undeserving of what? Benjamin Netanyahu has been such a good leader, an ally to our country in

[Mark Levin]

the Middle east, he's taken attack after attack after attack. In Turkey, you have a dictator who is a killer, he's a homicidal maniac, and yet he's in NATO and he's alive with Iran, and he's our best friend. And you have Qatar that has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into our country to create dissent and destroy our educational systems. They're our buddies. And I can go down the list. This is a country that is simply trying to defend itself, and it's been through holy hell. And, and they fought side by side with us. You know, it's just in two months time, it's just quite sad. I feel bad about it. Robert, I want to thank you for your service, my friend, and God bless you, and I appreciate your call. You take care of yourself. You take care.

[Rich]

Let's go to Scott Warren, MI, Sirius XM Satellite.

[Mark Levin]

Scott, go right ahead, please.

[Caller]

Hey, Mark, thank you so much for taking the call. I appreciate it so much.

[Mark Levin]

Thank you.

[Caller]

Hey, I just. You're so welcome. I remember, I don't remember if it was right after President Trump won the election, November 2024. Maybe it was during the campaign. I believe you had shared with us

your audience, that he had texted you

saying that he would take care of Israel. That's what he did at some point. And, and, Mark, that's what I'm holding on to it. I mean, obviously this MoU does not seem like it's taking care of Israel, but somehow, I mean, there's. I am one of. I would believe a million Christians in the United States that pray for this president daily, that pray for Prime Minister Netanyahu daily, that pray for this great country daily, that pray for the great, our great ally, Israel. I believe, and I hope it's not just pie in the sky. I believe somehow it's going to work out as well as it can for Israel. I believe President Trump has Israel's interests. At least he's considering their welfare when he's making these decisions. I still.

[Mark Levin]

Well, here's the thing. He's done many wonderful things for Israel, particularly in his first term, and he's done many wonderful things for Israel now. But some of the things have been said by the Vice President and others are very troublesome to me. It demonstrates a mentality and a viewpoint that are very harsh and very, I think, inappropriate. This is an ally that fought side by side with us. This is an ally who has lost well over 1,000 IDF soldiers over the course of this war. We are 44 times bigger than Israel, population wise. So that's the equivalent of 44,000 soldiers. Their women were raped, their babies were burned alive. And I really don't think they deserve this kind of treatment. And then Hezbollah, which is a terrorist group that's killed hundreds and hundreds of our people, they've taken out the leadership that had million dollar bounties on their head placed on there by our State Department. They don't even get a thank you. And so if you bring these things up, you say you're Israel, for I'm not Israel. First, this is an ally. We don't have an ally like this

[Rich]

anywhere else in the world.

[Mark Levin]

Can you name one other country, one other country

[Rich]

that fights with us like

[Mark Levin]

this next to us, where we share

[Rich]

such values like this? On the one hand, we go to

[Mark Levin]

NATO in the European countries and we

[Rich]

say, step up, step up. You act like you're on welfare, like, like we have to protect you. You don't have the equipment, you don't have the soldiers, you don't have the willpower. And here we have one that has all those things.

[Mark Levin]

And I understand we want this MoU, but I also understand that Israel lives in the neighborhood and they have suffered immensely over the last 40 some, over the last 70 some years. And the Prime Minister of Israel is not in our cabinet.

[Rich]

That is the irony. We keep saying, well, we may not

[Mark Levin]

be aligned with them, well, they may

[Rich]

not be aligned with us. Why are we insisting that they comply with an mou, that they had nothing to say and that they were not shown until our public was shown, that

[Mark Levin]

our enemy was shown.

[Rich]

Well, maybe they are not aligned with us if we are not aligned with them.

[Mark Levin]

I'll be right back.

[Announcer]

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[Rich]

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[Mark Levin]

the Electronic Payments Coalition. Think you'll miss me for a week? I'll miss you folks, that's for sure. I always miss it when I'm not here. All right. It was a very short segment. Anyway, when we come back, we've got more. We've got you the last 30 minutes on a Friday of the week. I'll be gone next week, but I'll be back right there after. And we'll be right back.

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[Mark Levin]

Mark Levin, tough as hell.

[Rich]

That's why I like Mark Levin and I'm not sure a lot of people like him. He's tough as hell, but I like him.

[Donald Trump]

I love him.

[Caller]

Call in now.

[Mark Levin]

877-381-3811. We got a lot of people want to get on this program and we're happy to have you. Happy to have you. Let us go to Michael Commerce, Texas,

[Rich]

the great Sirius XM satellite.

[Mark Levin]

Go right ahead, please.

[Caller or Guest]

Yes, sir. Mark, very privileged to talk to you again.

[Mark Levin]

Yeah, thank you.

[Caller or Guest]

I'm just. You're welcome. Very welcome. I'm with you, Mark, on a lot of things. And like you said, arm the hour, train the people of Iran and arm them and stuff like that. But this whole thing that Trump did, I'm very disappointed. We had them, we had them by the, dropped them to their knees and we just, we just dropped, just dropped the balls. It's like, like, I don't know. It's just crazy.

[Mark Levin]

No, I agree. I'm not, I'm not celebrating. And I think a lot of people who are haven't actually read it, don't actually comprehend it. It's Very knee jerk oriented. That happens. But you know, you got to keep your chin up and you got to stay straight ahead and keep doing your thing. And that's what I'm going to keep doing. And we're all Trump supporters. All of us are Trump supporters. Thank you, Michael. Now we'll go to Mike Ashland, Virginia on the Mark Levin app. How are you?

[Caller or Guest]

I'm fine, thanks. And I want to say God bless you on your trip next week.

[Mark Levin]

Thank you.

[Caller or Guest]

And, and also you're certainly my go to source of information since Rush has passed.

[Mark Levin]

Oh, wow. Thank you.

[Caller or Guest]

I, I would like to make a, to tell you my viewpoint and please forgive me, I'm a bit inarticulate.

[Mark Levin]

No, you're not.

[Caller or Guest]

I'm hoping that President Trump is trying to thread so many needles here. He's trying to. Well, for one thing, I think he has disabled the Iranians until at least the election. Okay. And that being said, although today he

[Mark Levin]

said he hopes this will all be resolved within 60 days. So we'll see.

[Caller or Guest]

Well, I understand that, but we know these, these date lines move frequently and you know, he may find a way to move them all the way to the election. But what I'm hoping is that I certainly cannot speak to Hezbollah and of course the slaying of the Iranian people because of course I'm vision impaired for one thing. So it's very difficult to get information. But you said something yesterday about 4 Israeli of soldiers being incinerated. And I can only imagine, you know, what is going on with Hezbollah and Israel. But I think that President Trump is trying to look, here's the bottom line.

[Mark Levin]

We would never accept being compelled to comply with a memorandum understanding that we weren't involved in, that we didn't know about. And that includes an enemy of ours in such an arrangement that is Hezbollah in a country, Lebanon, that doesn't want Hezbollah. It's a terrorist organization. It's an arm of Iran. So I look at the facts, I try to keep all the personalities aside and those are the facts. And so if you're a little country surrounded by a quarter of a billion Arabs and Muslims and you've got 9 million people and about every two or three years you have to fight for your survival.

[Rich]

I don't care if it's Israel or Taiwan or whatever the country is, they

[Mark Levin]

simply cannot agree to surrender to Hezbollah.

[Rich]

It's a democracy.

[Mark Levin]

The people want these elements dealt with

[Rich]

every bit as much as we would. Now, what state do you live in? Again?

[Mark Levin]

I'm sorry, I got to look up here you're in Virginia.

[Rich]

I dare say that if we had

[Mark Levin]

a terrorist group in West Virginia that was shooting missiles into Virginia, into your community, sending drones into your community, trying

[Rich]

to sneak terrorists across the border into

[Mark Levin]

your community, I dare say you wouldn't sit on your hands. I dare say our government wouldn't sit on its hands. So I try to put myself in somebody else's position.

[Rich]

Iran has killed over 47 years, put

[Mark Levin]

every other country aside and maimed thousands of Americans, our Marines, our airmen, our soldiers, our embassies, and more and more. I could go on.

[Rich]

And so I look, I look at a document and I have to draw my own conclusions. It's not about, somebody has a lot of pressure. Somebody has this.

[Mark Levin]

Lincoln had a lot of pressure.

[Rich]

Washington had a lot of pressure. I mean, I don't think anybody had

[Mark Levin]

more pressure than Lincoln during the Civil War.

[Rich]

Anyway, go ahead.

[Mark Levin]

But then I got to move on.

[Caller or Guest]

Well, I was just thinking that, you know, Rush, I mean, Russia, sorry, Trump, is trying to get himself past the election and the very day after the

[Mark Levin]

election, okay, so to have a victory, don't have a two week ceasefire that goes nine weeks, then a 60 day negotiation period after the MoU. There are ways to deal with this,

[Caller or Guest]

I think looking for that victory after the election, if we can win the election.

[Mark Levin]

I even suggested that, I said we should drag them along. They think they're dragging us along. Maybe we drag them along, we rearm, we get more things in place that we want to get in place. We look at other tactics to impose our strategies.

[Rich]

I've talked about that yesterday and I've

[Mark Levin]

even posted that as a possibility. If that's really the plan, I'm all for it, but I'm not clear that it is. All right, my friend, thank you for your call. I appreciate it very much. Let's keep going.

[Rich]

Scott. Louisville, Kentucky on the Mark Levin app. How are you, Scott?

[Caller]

I'm doing great. And I just want to thank you for being one of the only voices out there that I've heard up against this populist conservative movement we've had in our, in our party.

[Mark Levin]

It's not conservative anymore. They hate conservatives.

[Caller]

Well, the word populist conservative doesn't make sense. We went over this in 2018. Yeah, you were the first one saying Ronald Reagan was not a populist conservative. He was just a conservative, period. Bernie Sand, Bernie Sanders is popular. He built 10,000 seat arenas. What is that? That's not a, that's not a policy.

[Caller or Guest]

Right.

[Caller]

And you were the one that stood up and the only one that talked about it. I also want to thank you for the clarity that you're providing having people like General Jack Keane, who I think I've never heard one thing that that guy said that I disagree with. Have you talked with him recently? Are people like him?

[Mark Levin]

Well, I don't talk to him off record. I've had it on the show. The guy is absolutely brilliant and I love it when people say, well, what would you do?

[Rich]

That guy was a retired four star general.

[Mark Levin]

He said what he would do,

[Caller]

but

[Mark Levin]

they don't really want to hear the answers. You know, it's just, you know, it's just, it's, it's just rhetoric.

[Caller]

Well, I just want you, I want to thank you for standing strong, being a solid conservative with all these protectionists and people that, you know, I just don't think they, they really don't understand the Tucker, the Tucker Carlson's. You know, I called in 2018 when I was listening, a guy that I agreed with most of the time, but he was going off the rails as early as 2018. The Forever War stuff that doesn't make any sense. You win the war, you fight the war as long as you need to. And I think our Vice President, who I also like, and I think it's shameful that he would stand up there and make any equivocation whatsoever between Hezbollah and Israel. They should not be stated in the same sentence. Israel's not perfect, but there is no equivoc moral equivocation that should ever take place. And we should not have that be part of, of any type of memo understanding or anything of that sort in my mind.

[Mark Levin]

So I agree.

[Caller]

I'm very concerned as you are and I just hope you can still talk to people and everybody can stand strong. And if we have to do what we have to do, you know, the election's one thing, but we're not going to by giving up our principles, attacking Israel, that's not going to do us any favors. That's not going to help us in October. So let's do the right thing now. And thank you for standing up for the right thing almost all the time. I appreciate it.

[Mark Levin]

Well, you're really kind and I appreciate that. God bless you, my friend. We'll be right back.

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[Mark Levin]

Okay, ladies. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Daily Caller, which is run by Tucker Carlson's group. Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly hatches plan to influence final Iran deal and it involves Mark Levin. That is a lie, it is a smear. And this is what Tucker Carlson and their whorish media do. It's just disgusting. Here's CNN unhappy with Iran deal. Netanyahu taps MAGA media pro Israel senators to sway. I don't know who's tapping whom. Nobody has tapped me. Nobody. Nobody. Really sick. Absolutely sick. All right, let's see where we are. Let me go to the calls.

[Rich]

Let's go to Karen Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

[Mark Levin]

Sirius XM satellite. Go right ahead please.

[Caller]

Hello, Mark, it is such an honor to talk to you. I am an original Rush baby. And I have been listening to you, Sean and Rush forever. And God bless Rush. He's in heaven and I'll see him one day. Anyways, earlier in your segment you mentioned early in your show how bad Canada was. Well, I just want to let you know, Canada is really bad. I'm a US born and raised girl in Michigan, born and raised and warned. Moved here because I have a Canadian husband and of course a white Canadian coming into the US is virtually impossible. He we live up here where the oil sands are and Alberta is getting ready to do a referendum in October to break away and split off from Canada to become its own independent nation.

[Mark Levin]

Alberta has a lot of minerals and everything too.

[Caller]

And we're landlocked and they will not build anything. They are basically taking all of our money, splitting it up between all the other provinces and we're left with nothing. My husband has a great job. I'm blessed.

[Mark Levin]

Don't get mad at me. I've got to go.

[Rich]

We'll be gone next week.

[Mark Levin]

Call the following week so we can complete our conversation. I'm sorry you're stuck there and I appreciate it.

[Rich]

Every Friday in honor of you, you red blooded Americans patriots,

[Caller]

Sa. Ra.

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Sa.

[Caller or Guest]

Sam.

[Democratic Socialist Speaker]

Race.

[Rich]

Ladies and gentlemen, the week is officially over the week and begins now. We do have two great Fox shows for you Life Liberty and Levin. I should have mentioned them earlier. 8pm Eastern. I hope you'll set your DVR for tomorrow night and Sunday night, 8pm Eastern on on Fox. Of course we sold our armed forces, police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel on ice and our truckers. We salute the men and women in Ukraine, the men and women in Persia, the men and women in Israel and you, the American people, thank God for you. Good night Spritey and Griffey and Pepsi and Smokey. Good night Zelda and Gigi and Indian Patton and Rory. Good night Marty and little Barney. Good night dad. Good night Mom. Good night Leo. Good night Joe. Good night Big Eric. Good night Teddy.

[Mark Levin]

Good night Lou and all the other patriots who've gone before us. I won't be here next week. And with God's blessing, I will be here the following week.

[Rich]

So have a wonderful weekend. Don't forget to watch me on Fox Tomorrow night, 8pm Eastern, Sunday night, 8pm eastern. And I'll see you when I return.

[Mark Levin]

Have a wonderful weekend.