The Best Of Mark Levin - 6/13/26

Summary

Mark Levin Podcast – "The Best Of Mark Levin" – June 13, 2026

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode, a curated selection of recent highlights, features Mark Levin’s unfiltered analysis on U.S.-Israel relations, the ongoing confrontations with Iran and its proxies, and the new U.S.-Iran deal. Levin scrutinizes the Biden administration's handling of the Middle East, the global implications of U.S. actions, the risks of appeasement, and the weight of historical lessons.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S. Relations with Israel and Iran

• Critique of U.S. Policy Toward Israel

  • Levin begins by questioning why the U.S. President shares confidential conversations with the press and continually criticizes Israel’s Prime Minister while Israel faces attacks from Hezbollah and Iran.
  • “The hypocrisy of our country that wouldn’t put up with it in the treatment of that country is ridiculous. In fact, we don’t ask any other country to do that.” (Mark Levin, 01:45)

• Israel’s Defensive Constraints

  • Levin details how Israel is told by the U.S. to be “defensive only” despite constant, large-scale attacks and compares Israel’s depopulation of its north to 20% of New Jersey being evacuated.
  • “And Israel’s told it can only fight a defensive war and Israel is told to stay away from Beirut, even though the head of the snake is right outside of Beirut.” (Mark Levin, 01:20)

• Double Standards in U.S. Foreign Policy

  • Levin highlights a perceived double standard: Israel is admonished for military responses to existential threats, while the U.S. asserts its own right to retaliate forcefully when attacked.
  • “We should beat the hell out of them militarily and Israel should be able to do exactly the same thing.” (Mark Levin, 16:53)

2. Iran Conflict and Regional Dynamics

• U.S. and Israeli Military Responses

  • In the wake of Iran’s missile attacks on both Israel and U.S. assets, Levin strongly supports decisive military action.
  • He notes confusion over why Israel is criticized for forceful retaliation but the U.S. is praised for similar actions.
  • “Attacks are taking place. A second round is taking place. I don’t know what generated this response. This time I’m all for it… It’s confusing.” (Rich/Levin, 21:45–22:32)

• China and Global Perceptions

  • Mark warns that U.S. equivocation emboldens adversaries beyond Iran:
    • “Communist China. Now, what do you think Communist China’s taking away from this? You think they’re more or less worried about us? Should they invade Taiwan?” (Mark Levin, 03:03)

3. Analysis of U.S.–Iran Deal

• Skepticism of the New Deal and Its Enforcement

  • Levin is deeply suspicious of any deal with Iran, citing the regime’s history of violating agreements, and questions whether future U.S. administrations would enforce it.

  • “Even if they sign an agreement… they have no intention of complying with it, because they can’t.” (Mark Levin, 32:21)

  • He stresses the risks of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and the catastrophic potential for the U.S. and its allies in the longer term.

  • “If in seven or eight years this regime muscles up… what the hell are our kids going to do?” (Mark Levin, 43:09)

• Demand for Transparency

  • Repeatedly, Levin criticizes the lack of public details in the memorandum of understanding.
  • “None of us have seen it. It’s not been released yet. That tells me it hasn’t been finalized yet. Because otherwise, why not release it?” (Mark Levin, 31:00)

• Role of International Mediators

  • Skepticism is directed at Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, and others involved in the negotiation.
  • “Qatar, that has spent $400 billion trying to undermine our country, undermine our educational system, to create all kinds of disunity…” (Mark Levin, 34:44)

4. Historical Parallels and Warnings

• Churchill Analogy

  • Levin draws a comparison between Churchill’s warnings about Hitler and his own concerns about Iran.
  • “History is a funny thing. The same window rarely opens twice… when there’s a historic decision to make, you… get one chance.” (Mark Levin, 42:52)

• Caution Against Appeasement

  • “Neville Chamberlain was very smooth talker, considered a great diplomat. And when he came back with that peace agreement with Hitler and peace in our time and waved it around, he was celebrated… And Hitler was the only one not celebrating.” (Rich, 46:17)

5. Domestic Political Commentary

• Republican Party and 2026 Elections
  • Levin voices support for moderate and even RINO Republicans over far-left or controversial Democratic candidates, citing the dangers of extremism.
  • Denounces figures he associates with the “Woke Reich” and the influence of isolationists and what he describes as anti-Semitic elements.
  • “Better moderate Republicans, even RINO Republicans… to the enemy. That’s how bad it’s gotten out there.” (Mark Levin, 14:40)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Iran’s Manipulation of the West:
  “Iran’s best friend in this situation is the United States, because they’re the only one who can say to Israel right now, say, hey, stop firing. And that’s a lot to ask a country after… the national worldwide campaign against them.”
  — Tyrus (Guest), [05:36]

• On U.S.–Israel Solidarity:
  “With the Israelis first and then us, two nights in a row, look how quickly we could bring them to their knees.”
  — Mark Levin, [37:21]

• On Historical Precedent:
  “If remembered or not, I will be viewed as a dove. Because I am certain as night follows day that Iran will violate the agreement. As night follows day, I’m certain it will violate the agreement. And if you think honestly and seriously and you’re truthful to yourself, you know I’m right.”
  — Mark Levin, [41:28]

• On Future Risks:
  “The next generation, our children, will not have this opportunity. It won’t happen again. I’m not a warmonger. I’m quite the opposite.”
  — Mark Levin, [49:44]

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Important Segments & Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment Summary | Notable Quotes | | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | 00:19–02:19 | U.S. treatment of Israel and Iran's threat | "The hypocrisy... is ridiculous." (01:45) | | 05:02–06:41 | Guest Tyrus on U.S. and Iran | "Iran’s best friend in this situation..." (05:36) | | 14:46–15:36 | Primary battles: moderates vs. extremes | "Better moderate Republicans..." (14:40) | | 19:24–20:27 | Trump on Israel hitting Iran | "He hit back... now they've called it quits." (19:32) | | 21:45–22:32 | U.S. second round of military strikes on Iran | "Attacks are taking place. A second round..." | | 31:00–32:21 | Skepticism of the Iran deal and its release | "None of us have seen it... why not release it?" | | 41:28–42:20 | Reflecting on history, lessons unlearned | "If remembered or not, I will be viewed as a dove..." | | 43:07–45:57 | Churchill parallels: warning unheeded | "Churchill... was in the wilderness..." | | 47:33–48:38 | Strength disparity isn’t safety with nukes | "But nuclear missiles, that's the great equalizer..." | | 52:05–53:44 | Discussion of nuclear restrictions in deal | "There will be no... nuclear weapon." (53:44) |

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Tone & Style

Levin’s delivery is urgent, passionate, and unapologetic, frequently weaving history, hard-edged political critique, and personal conviction. Throughout the episode, both frustration and gravitas are evident as he warns listeners of the consequences of current U.S. policies and draws lessons from past appeasement of dangerous powers.

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Summary Table of Major Topics

| Topic | Levin's Position/Insight | Memorable Quote / Timestamp | |-------------------------------------- |--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| | U.S.–Israel Relations | U.S. is undermining key ally; hypocrisy in demands| "The hypocrisy... is ridiculous." [01:45] | | Iran's Threat | Iran is emboldened by weak enforcement | "This regime will not let up..." [23:03] | | U.S.-Iran Deal | Doubts about transparency and future enforcement | "They have no intention of complying..." [32:21] | | Historical Lessons | Churchill as a template for warning ignored | “History is a funny thing…” [42:52] | | American Domestic Politics | Criticizes extremes, supports pragmatic choices | “Better moderate Republicans…” [14:40] | | Risk to Future Generations | Dangers of future Iranian breakout | “What the hell are our kids going to do?” [43:09] |

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Final Thoughts

Levin repeatedly cautions listeners: do not confuse a pause for peace, or a deal for security. The episode is a call to vigilance, clear-eyed judgment, and faith in the lessons of history—emphasizing the stakes for both the present and future generations.

Transcript

[Mark Levin]

It's all quiet in the underground bunker, doors closed, locks bolted. But the Great One isn't just resting on his laurels. He's making sure your weekend is even better by giving you his best. This is the best of Mark Levin.

I don't know why the President of the United States feels they need to

[Rich]

keep going to left wing reporters

[Mark Levin]

and

[Rich]

talking about confidential conversations he has with the Prime Minister of Israel.

[Mark Levin]

And I don't know why he keeps

[Rich]

bashing the Prime Minister of Israel who's trying to protect his country and his own people.

[Mark Levin]

Just a few weeks ago, their fighter

[Rich]

jets were fighting right alongside ours.

[Mark Levin]

The Mossad was working with the CIA, and of course the Prime Minister was

[Rich]

working with the President in what was

[Mark Levin]

a spectacular military operation. I know the President is deeply desperate for a deal. The Iranians know he's deeply desperate for a deal. The whole world knows he's deeply desperate for a deal. Got it. But the problem is the State of

[Rich]

Israel is in the neighborhood.

[Mark Levin]

And when Hezbollah is shooting thousands of

[Rich]

missiles into the State of Israel and

[Mark Levin]

tens of thousands of drones since the ceasefire nine weeks ago on April 8. And Israel's told it can only fight a defensive war and Israel is told to stay away from Beirut, even though the head of the snake is right outside of Beirut. And even after signing a so called peace deal with the Lebanese government, which is a government that wants peace with Israel but has nothing to do with Hezbollah and cannot control Hezbollah. And then when they fight to push Hezbollah back because they've now had to depopulate the northern part of the country, it's a tiny country. I want you to think of New Jersey and the top 20, 25% of New Jersey has to be pushed back. Hundreds of thousands of people, depopulated. And then they're told they can only fight so much to stop it. The hypocrisy of our country that wouldn't put up with it in the treatment of that country is ridiculous. In fact, we don't ask any other country to do that.

[Rich]

None.

[Mark Levin]

So why the constant beating up of Netanyahu? He wants to defeat the regime in Iran. We do not. We've decided not. We've decided. At least for now. Maybe next week it will change. We're not going to use our military to enforce anything except if they take action against us. So obviously if you're the Israelis and they're firing weapons into your country and you want to take action, we would do exactly the same thing, Would we not even more. So Rans figured this out so they fired 11 ballistic missiles into Israel. Ballistic missiles that can blow a city block off the face of the earth. The size of school buses. Each one carries 2,000 pounds. So Israel prepares to fight back. And they get a call telling them they shouldn't, but if they do, to be very limited about it. So they go in and they hammer the hell out of them

[Rich]

and they

[Mark Levin]

want to finish the job, but they are pulled back by us. They are told, no, you come back, you want to be alone, you want to be the only ones. We didn't do anything, anything much to support their effort. In fact, there was an announcement from the White House last night saying we had nothing to do with this. Our military is not involved. And I commented, well, that's nothing to be proud of. They were fighting alongside of us when we asked them to join us in our efforts. And of course, Iran sees all this. But most of all, you know who else sees all this, Mr. Producer? Communist China. Now, what do you think Communist China's taking away from this? You think they're more or less worried about us? Should they invade Taiwan? What do you think? Seriously, I don't know why we beat up on an ally like this after praising them and embracing them and supporting them. Now, that said, A lot of you

[Rich]

are thinking this way, like, what's going on? Tyrus on fox on the 5.

[Mark Levin]

I've only talked to him once, I think for a book interview.

[Rich]

Mr. Producer, we've had him on. Very nice man, actually. Really sharp.

[Mark Levin]

And about an hour ago on Fox the five, he said this cut, 21 go.

[Tyrus]

I think Iran is. They're counting us to be like the America they've had dealt with for decades. They're looking at how Afghanistan, well, maybe when America leaves, they'll leave us tanks and helicopters, too. We just have to wait this out. I think a lot of in America, it's easy for us to say, oh, what's going on over there? But the people who live in Israel, this is their front yard and their backyard, and they see it's hard to hold it against them and their government against them. Like, they can finally end this. Iran's best friend in this whole situation is President Trump because he's the only one consistently saying, hey, we're going to come to the table and Iran shoots at a ship, okay, cool, we'll just blow up the guys who did it. But we're still willing to be at the table. If President Trump said, you know what, Israel and a lot of the Kuwait and a lot of the places that Iran fired at and he said, you know what? You guys handle it. There would be no more Iran. It would be completely. Iran's best friend in this situation is the United States, because they're the only one who can say to Israel right now, say, hey, stop firing. And that's a lot to ask a country after. Forget just October 7, forget the national worldwide campaign against them. This type of stuff we've seen here in America and our college campus all around the world. So I sympathize with Israel's need to, want to be safe and free. And for us, we sit on the other side of the ocean going, well, this needs to stop. So Iran, if you have any brains left in. What did you call them again? The gay Ayatollah, you know, you know, maybe it's time to put on those dance shoes and, and go out and serenade and call the President and get it done. Because if the President walks away from this, it's not going to be like Afghanistan, right? Israel's coming and hell's coming with him.

[Mark Levin]

And so when the President did an

[Rich]

interview on television in Israel, he maybe an hour or two ago, and it's pretty rough on the prime Minister there who's up for election in October. So it's very unhelpful to him. And they'll be sorry about any of these other candidates who are elected. I can trust you on that one. Trust me on that. And he said is if Israel, you know, basically, if they don't do what I tell them to do, they're going to be left alone fighting Iran. And they will whip Iran's ass. And they want to destroy that regime. And they will fund, finally give arms to the people in Iran. They won't give a damn what Turkey and Erwan has to say about it. Here's the interesting thing that they're not reporting really on any news outlet.

[Mark Levin]

The Iranian people, the Lebanese people and

[Rich]

the Israeli people are of one. They are united against this regime.

[Mark Levin]

The Israeli people want this regime defeated, the Persian people want this regime defeated. And the Lebanese people want this regime and Hezbollah defeated. Tens of millions of people. The lifeline will be whatever deal we

[Rich]

come up with, because that deal after the President leaves will not be enforceable.

[Mark Levin]

It just won't.

[Rich]

It just won't.

[Mark Levin]

So Axios and this guy, Barack Ravid. Barack Ravid is an Israeli who worked for two of the worst publications in Israel.

[Rich]

Couldn't hold his jobs.

[Mark Levin]

There goes to Axios. And this is the guy that receives the leaks, I guess, from the Oval Office or people around the President and who the president talks to all the

[Rich]

time to put that information out. And you'll notice that Netanyahu hasn't gone to the press about any of the conversations.

[Mark Levin]

Moreover, I'm not aware that conversations our president has with any other head of

[Rich]

state winds up being discussed in the media. I really have not seen it.

[Mark Levin]

But I've seen these things before, these

[Rich]

efforts, these campaigns to diminish, to reduce. And I don't think Netanyahu is going to be pushed into submission.

[Mark Levin]

He can't.

[Rich]

The stakes are way too high for

[Mark Levin]

exactly the reasons Tyrus said.

[Rich]

Tyrus is right.

[Mark Levin]

And a lot of you have been

[Rich]

calling here saying exactly the same thing.

[Mark Levin]

And online, putting aside the bots and

[Rich]

the Jew haters and the rest, a lot of people are saying the same thing. This is not helping us.

[Mark Levin]

This is not helping us with Iran.

[Rich]

It's not going to help us with a deal.

[Mark Levin]

In fact, what Israel did yesterday, if it's a deal that the president is seeking, it certainly is. They helped on the deal because they're the only enforcers are in the Middle east dealing with Iran and Hezbollah.

[Rich]

All right, Liberty's Voice today comes. Cut to Mr. Producer. Cut to go.

[Liberty's Voice Host]

I'm a very big Churchill fan, and we all should be. He's one of the greatest leaders in the history of the world. He had a lot of differences with FDR and then later, after FDR died, with Truman. And it basically came down to this. During the negotiation toward the end of World War II and at the end of World War II, he said, you cannot trust Stalin.

[Rich]

He's a killer.

[Liberty's Voice Host]

He's a communist who wants to conquer as much of the earth as he can, including Eastern Europe.

[Mark Levin]

And in fact, Churchill said he already has his troops there and he won't

[Liberty's Voice Host]

remove them in some of these countries. No, says fdr, we can work this out. Then Truman, he meets with Truman. And Truman's main goal is what? To get out of Europe, to end the war. Get out of Europe.

[Rich]

What did Stalin do?

[Liberty's Voice Host]

He put in phony governments with phony elections where they resisted.

[Rich]

Like in Hungary, the tanks rolled in

[Liberty's Voice Host]

and they just took them over. Churchill, in many ways, is Netanyahu. And what they're dealing with in the Middle East.

[Mark Levin]

You see, in the Middle east, including

[Rich]

in Israel, if the price of a gallon of gasoline goes up 70 cents or a dollar and so forth, that's a slight inconvenience, a temporary inconvenience all the way in the United States for the Israelis, that cannot be the controlling factor over life and Death, it cannot be the controlling factor. One more clip from today's Liberty's Voice. You can get it on rumble and YouTube. Cut one, go.

[Liberty's Voice Host]

Why don't we think about two or three weeks of our beautiful bombers and our beautiful bombs and our jet fighters and everything and whatever we can, we target what we feel needs to be target and blow them the hell off the face of the earth. Mostly their ss, the irgc, do everything we can in that truncated period of

[Rich]

time, heavily hammer, hammer, hammer, hammer, and

[Mark Levin]

then say, okay, Israel and any Arab

[Rich]

country do as you wish.

[Liberty's Voice Host]

And I believe the Israeli military would take care of that regime and remove it because they do want to arm the people there. They do want to do what has to be done. And if they have to send troops in there, they will send troops in there.

[Rich]

See, I don't think it's a threat to Israel when you say you may have to take on Iran alone. I don't think it's a threat to them at all. I think it's part of their wish list, quite frankly. It's now the Arabs who are more worried, but not the Israelis.

[Mark Levin]

Mark the vin.

As Operation Epic Fury intensifies, the world braces for what's to come next. And people of faith pray for freedom

[Rich]

and for God's people in the Holy Land to be protected. And in the Holy Land.

[Mark Levin]

Red alert sirens fill the air. Sirens that give you only 15 seconds

[Rich]

to reach the nearest bomb shelter.

[Mark Levin]

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[Rich]

There's a variety of things going on here. America number one. In some of these Republican primaries you have these Tucker Carlson types who are running. I will fight each and every one of those as they undermine the President, maga, America First Constitutional conservatives, as they promote Islam and Sharia law against Judaism and Christianity and, you know, the rest of it. And so that's how I'm making those determinations. And then when you look at Maine, you got a. You got a Democrat who's running, who was a neo Nazi, now he's a communist, he's a vile pervert who's done things in public I don't even want to discuss. He's manhandled women. And I can go on and on

[Mark Levin]

and on about that guy's trashed hero

[Rich]

heroes who served in the military, one

[Mark Levin]

of whom was shot four times. We don't need that.

[Rich]

We need a Bernie Sanders, you know, sycophant who's got all these other issues that go along with it. And hence, I endorse Susan Collins. That's the binary process. When you go into the voting booth, you have to make a decision.

[Mark Levin]

And my decision is better moderate Republicans, even RINO Republicans.

[Rich]

To the enemy. To the enemy.

[Mark Levin]

That's how bad it's gotten out there with the Democrat Party and some of

[Rich]

these buffoons who are on the Woke

[Mark Levin]

Reich R E I C H

[Rich]

Now,

[Mark Levin]

an Apache helicopter was shot down by an Iranian drone. Of course, Iran says, well, the Apache helicopter shouldn't have been there. Wouldn't have happened. Right. That's international airspace. That's international navigable waters. And these Apache helicopters are no joke. They are massive, they are powerful. But these drones become a problem. And the President of the United States, he announced that we're going to respond militarily. He announced we're going to respond militarily.

[Rich]

Let me see if I can find his exact statement here, folks. Give me a second. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Here it is. Let's see. I don't have it. Okay, well, in any event, he posted it and they're calling it defensive and pinpointed.

[Mark Levin]

Now, they can call it a cucumber

[Rich]

if they want to.

[Mark Levin]

It's not defensive and it's not so pinpointed. Now, ladies and gentlemen, when 11 ballistic missiles were shot into the state of Israel, that could have killed thousands of people, what did the President, what did the Prime Minister do? Their prime minister responded militarily. Militarily. Right. And he was asked not to. Then he was told, okay, go for it, but don't do too much. And then the woke.

[Rich]

Right.

[Mark Levin]

And others castigated him. Right? He was castigated. Now, certainly, we haven't reached the point where if the enemy tries to kill hundreds, if not thousands of Israelis the response needs to be limited. But if they attack one of our helicopters, well, we'll do whatever we choose to do.

[Rich]

Right?

[Mark Levin]

The fact is that we should beat the hell out of them militarily and Israel should be able to do exactly the same thing. Because my question to you folks is how much longer is this going to go on? How much longer are we going to have delay? We have a deal in two or three days. It's going well. And then some kind of a military attack by the enemy, whether it's Hezbollah or Iran. I think the American people are getting tired of this. I think people are going to need neck braces. Their heads have to turn so often on this. I don't think it helps our country. I don't think it helps Israel. I don't think it helps us during the midterm elections. I don't think it's helpful. Now, this isn't a vicious attack on the president or anybody else. These are my opinions. People can take them or leave them. I understand with the dummies, with the anti Semites, I understand where they stand. I understand with a woke right stance, the Tucker Carlson's and the Piers Morgan's and the Steve Bannons and the Megyn Kelly's and all the rest of them yet have their heads up their asses. I got it. I know they have their own agendas. They don't matter. They don't matter. Here's President Trump on the tarmac last night about Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel hitting back when they were attacked by Iran. Cut three, go.

[Reporter]

What are you going to say to

[Rich]

Prime Minister Netanyahu when you spoke to him?

[President Trump]

We had a very good conversation and he was hit and he hit back and I can't blame him for that. But he was hit, he hit back and now they've called it quits. So they're going to just leave each other alone for another week or something.

[Mark Levin]

It's been now they hit us now, they hit us

[Iranian Official]

now.

[Rich]

Ladies and gentlemen, look what we're dealing with here with the Iranian regime. Look what we're dealing with here.

[Mark Levin]

It is a hostile force to us, to the Israelis, to the Gulf Arab countries. It's not going to stop.

[Rich]

Maybe it'll stop for a week, two weeks, a month, but ultimately it's not going to stop.

[Mark Levin]

Anybody who knows anything about them knows this.

[Rich]

Go ahead.

[President Trump]

You could say about 3,000 years if you really want. But certainly it's been going on for 47 years. But no, he hit back. They were going back and forth and now they both agreed through me to stop. And we're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal. That will not allow.

[Mark Levin]

By the way, you notice one of

[Rich]

two things with our ally Israel. They either say nothing because they don't want to interfere, or they support us.

[Mark Levin]

Isn't that right, Mr. Medusa? They're not telling us how to do it, when to do it, where to do it, how long to do it. To make it defensive, to make it targeted, to be. They're not getting into that. They know that we'll do whatever we need to do, whatever we choose to do. Right? I'm just saying that really needs to be the. The plan for them too. Self defense is self defense. Now I know my haters out there really want to see Israel blown off the face of the earth. It's not going to happen. Not now, not ever.

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

A second round of attacks on Iran is taking place.

[Mark Levin]

Attacks are taking place. A second round is taking place.

[Rich]

I don't know what generated this response. This time I'm all for it. You know, my goal is to defeat this regime. I don't understand why 48 hours ago, when Israel hammered Iran for shooting 11 ballistic missiles at its citizenry, I mean, at their population centers, the prime minister was admonished in the press and elsewhere for doing that. This is two days in a row for us and I'm all for it, but there seems to be a. I don't know, it's Confusing to me, to be perfectly honest with you. I don't get it.

[Mark Levin]

They hit our helicopter, they almost killed

[Rich]

two of our pilots.

[Mark Levin]

They fired 11 ballistic missiles into Israel.

[Rich]

Ballistic missile, as you know, if you've been listening, is the capacity to blow an entire block neighborhood off the face of the earth. I mean, just as a moral and rational point of view, it seems to me that Israel every right to respond and we have every right to respond.

[Mark Levin]

But it's not even a matter of a right to respond.

[Rich]

This regime won't let up. It won't stop.

[Mark Levin]

Maybe because it fired ballistic missiles at a variety of Arab states. And they got into the ear of

[Rich]

the administration and said, hey, what are we going to do about this? Maybe that mattered, I don't know. But I'd like somebody to explain it.

[Mark Levin]

It's the same thing with these interviews. Reporters asking the Vice president, other people, is Israel aligned with us? Do we have the same interests? Well, sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. You know, do they ever ask that about Pakistan, Turkey, where Erdogan is a whack job? Do they, do they ever ask it about Qatar, which pours $400 billion into our country to try and destabilize it? Do they ever ask it about Saudi Arabia that was behind 9 11? No, they never ask about those countries. Hey, are we aligned with them? And yet it's my understanding that our government says we're best friends with all these countries and their dictatorial leaders. Okay, fine. It's a practical matter. I get it, no criticism, kinda. But I'm trying to figure it out

[Rich]

and it's not so easy. Here's the President in the Oval Office today about Iran.

[Mark Levin]

Cut one, go.

[Interviewer]

You posted this morning about Iran and you said that they've taken too long

[Ryan Reynolds]

to get to a deal.

[Interviewer]

I want to make sure I quoted you correctly. You said that now they will have to pay the price. What did you mean by that specifically?

[Iranian Official]

Well, we're going to be attacking and attacking them very hard.

[Interviewer]

You're resuming bombing?

[Iranian Official]

Yeah, well, we are based on the helicopter, I guess we have the right to do that. You know, they shot down a very, very incredible. Actually an incredible machine. And at first they said they didn't do it, then they admitted they did. Sort of easy because we have the. We had the bomb. We actually have the bomb. Got very lucky. That bomb didn't explode. That bomb was lodged in the helicopter didn't explode. It was on fire, but it didn't explode. Those two guys, they knew how to fly, but they got Very lucky. And then we had the unmanned boat going very, very fast at speeds that you wouldn't want to go. That's why it's unmanned, I guess, because nobody can go in that. But they rescued. So the both, both people are. Fortunately, the pilots are okay. Now look, I've been working with Iran for a number of years of months, and they should sign their deal. It's a good deal. It doesn't give them the right to have a nuclear weapon. In fact, it totally prohibits them from ever having a nuclear weapon. And it was just tap, tap, tap, I don't know what they're doing. So they then shot out a shot at our helicopter. Very expensive helicopter, by the way. But much more importantly, the two men, fortunately, they're okay. But an amazing rescue. If you ever get a clip, you'll, you won't believe the rescue, how cool it was, the equipment we have, look, we have the strongest military in the world.

[Rich]

All right, so here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna open the phone lines, we'll take calls in a little while. And I'd like you to explain why Israel was criticized 48 hours ago for attacking Iran, its missile sites, its launch sites, some of its factory production sites for these ballistic missiles and so forth. And pretty, pretty strongly criticized. And this is okay, Aren't both. Okay, Aren't both the right things to do? That's my question to you. Let's go to cut two. Go.

[Iranian Official]

And I gave them a break at the request of Pakistan, the field marshal.

[Rich]

And the premise, see Pakistan, the Muslim leadership there is no friend of ours. They're no friend of India's either. They are aligned with Russia for the most part, and China. And the idea that they're great mediators with us in Iran I think has helped delay this significantly, quite frankly. Go ahead.

[Iranian Official]

We stopped them from going to war with India. You would have had a nuclear war if it wasn't for me. But they became friendly to me, very friendly. And they stayed close to Iran and they worked. And they still are working on trying to them to do what's right. But we want a deal that's meaningful. We want a deal that works. We don't want to just have a Barack Hussein Obama deal. Jcpoa, the worst deal that was a path to a nuclear. It's the exact opposite. You know, I like on television they say, oh, they should have kept that deal, first of all was over was a short term deal. That deal was a path to a nuclear weapon. This is a path against a nuclear you can't have a nuclear weapon. His was a path to a nuclear weapon they were developing during his administration.

[Rich]

Nuclear Weapon Central Command just put out a statement that forces began launching additional self defense strikes.

[Mark Levin]

So maybe that's the key to call

[Rich]

them self defense strikes.

[Mark Levin]

Rich. Additional self defense strikes today at 5:15pm

[Rich]

Eastern Time against multiple targets in Iran at the commander in chief's decision and, excuse me, direction, the strikes are in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression. Okay, I'm agreeing with that 100%. I'm agreeing with that 100%.

[Mark Levin]

If you have a country that wants

[Rich]

to defend itself against Iran's aggression, our

[Mark Levin]

common enemy, Iran, I don't think you

[Rich]

start hammering away at that country and their prime minister. I think we, we applaud it. Look, folks, if there's ever a deal, it's not going to last beyond the Trump presidency. If a Democrat comes in, they'll rip it up or they'll sabotage it. And I don't even see a Republican who would send in our military to enforce this or that or some other aspect of it. I really don't. And that's been my position. It's consistent private, public, however you want to say.

[Mark Levin]

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Well, we have a deal. I think a deal before a deal. Remember, this deal is a memorandum of understanding of sorts.

[Rich]

For 60 days more of negotiation.

[Mark Levin]

Not a single person talking about this

[Rich]

right now knows what's in the deal other than certain News reports on certain aspects that leaders are talking about. But none of us have seen it. None of us. I don't know who else has seen it.

[Mark Levin]

It's not been released yet.

[Rich]

That tells me it hasn't been finalized yet.

[Mark Levin]

Because otherwise, why not release it? I can't celebrate something I haven't read.

[Rich]

Number two. That's number one to me.

[Mark Levin]

It's always been about enforcement. And the question is an enforcement in the next year, two or three, under

[Rich]

the president, because I think he would enforce it.

[Mark Levin]

The question is the enforcement 4, 5,

[Rich]

10, 15 years from now.

[Mark Levin]

That's the issue with me. Because we know that this regime is a terrorist regime. We know that it has never, never abided by a single agreement, has ever signed of any kind. We know that after last June, when we hit their nuclear sites, they immediately began rebuilding their nuclear program, rebuilding their ballistic missile program. And as I've said over and over and over again, even if they sign an agreement, and even if the great agreement is the greatest of any agreement

[Rich]

that's ever been written, they have no intention of complying with it, because they can't.

[Mark Levin]

They exist. They exist to destroy you and me. They exist to destroy the West. They exist to destroy any faith that isn't theirs and any Muslim that doesn't comply with their fundamentalist seventh century primitive ideology. That's why they kill their own people who dare to raise even questions, rape

[Rich]

them and torture them.

[Mark Levin]

That's why they funded Hezbollah, which has killed our people, as has Iran, our Marines, our embassy personnel. That's why they have funded and supported Hamas and the Houthis. And we can go on and on, but why should I? You know exactly what I'm talking about. So the question is, what's in the deal? That would be helpful, don't you think, Mr. Producer? And what's the enforcement mechanism? And is it an enforcement mechanism that will be enforced against this enemy after the Trump presidency? We know if a Democrat's president, it won't be. In fact, they might rip up the whole deal. It should be a treaty, but it's not going to be treated as a treaty because the Obama deal wasn't treated as a treaty. Lindsey Graham, who so many of you get angry about, he has said it's a deal that needs to come before Congress. Graham is right. That's what the Constitution provides. The question is, will it? And remember, whatever we do or don't do will be noted by the Democrats and they'll do the same thing, especially if it means skirting the Constitution. Okay, so there's more to be done. Now, this would be an mou, a Memorandum of Understanding that requires, as I understand it, another 60 days of negotiation. We also read some reports indicating that many of the countries that were said to have agreed to it didn't even know that it was agreed to yet, including the state of Israel, including other states. It was negotiated by Qatar, I believe, as a mediator. Qatar, that has spent $400 billion trying

[Rich]

to

[Mark Levin]

undermine our country, undermine our educational system, to create all kinds of disunity in our country. They've been very effective at it. Pakistan has been involved. They're aligned with Saudi Arabia that was behind 9 11. They're aligned with Russia. I don't know why Turkey has a role in anything. Erdogan is a genocidal maniac who has an alliance of sorts with Iran, as Qatar does. So all this is going on. We'll be very interested in knowing the substance and seeing it. And even if it's the greatest deal of all deals, of any deal in the history of deals, which would be great, I am telling you right now

[Rich]

that the enemy will not comply with it in the end. And this is what troubles me. Putting everything else aside, I don't want our kids and grandkids. I don't want the next generation to have to deal with Iran that has

[Mark Levin]

10,000 ballistic missiles and does in fact

[Rich]

have the ability to put nuclear warheads on those ballistic missiles that will be able to reach our country, maybe at some point, hypersonic missiles, I don't know.

[Mark Levin]

Because this is a regime that will use them. The President has said it, and the President is correct. And what I see here is this president, unique from all the others before

[Rich]

him,

[Mark Levin]

courageous beyond all the others before him, has brought us to a point where we can destroy the regime. In fact, the bombing of the last two nights demonstrated it. And you know, it is interesting. The first night of bombing, Iran started firing ballistic missiles at some of the Arab countries, but it didn't fire any additional ballistic missiles at Israel. Why was that? Because they knew Netanyahu wouldn't stand for it. That's why. So here we have them, over a barrel, so to speak. I know we're worried about the price of oil. I know we're worried about the stock market and all these other things. But with this demonstrated to me, with the Israelis first and then us, two nights in a row, look how quickly we could bring them to their knees. Look how quickly.

[Rich]

Imagine if we were going to knock them out.

[Mark Levin]

Imagine if we were going to knock them out and Imagine if we armed the Iranian people. The President talks about the Kurds and

[Rich]

he not have very nice things to

[Mark Levin]

say about the Kurds. Well, arm the Iranian people. After half a century of having intelligence and working with other countries that have intelligence there, we know which Iranian people might want to be armed, can coalesce. We might even know how to break into the army itself and create various factions. And I'm not talking about the irc, gc, that's different, that's like the ss. And so people are talking about, isn't it great? We have a deal. We don't even know what's in the deal. But from my perspective, President will do what the President thinks is right. He's brought us to this point. I just feel like we've been on the five yard line for nine weeks and to me it underscores the fact that rather than the ceasefire, we should have continued, we should have finished them off. I'd be very curious to see how, how this MoU treats Hamas. If Hamas is brought within the MoU, as Iran wants, then, you know, it's

[Rich]

a complete loser deal. Hamas has killed our marines, our soldiers,

[Mark Levin]

embassy staff. You know, prior to 9, 11, Hamas was the biggest killer of Americans,

[Rich]

period in terms of terrorism.

[Mark Levin]

And Hamas is Iran. Hamas has destroyed Lebanon. The Lebanese people want them out. The Israelis want them out because they keep shooting missiles into Israel and killing their people. And of course the Iranians, the people, the people of Iran, they want them out too, because they know this is the most important arm of the Iranian regime and they want it to survive through the process. So there's a lot to look for, there's a lot to talk about. But I stick to my basic premise.

[Rich]

This regime cannot be trusted. And in the next five, 10, 15 years, it will break out.

[Mark Levin]

Prove me wrong.

[Rich]

If I'm wrong, where is the evidence anywhere that I'm wrong?

[Mark Levin]

Where's the evidence anywhere that they will

[Rich]

adhere to an agreement in the out years?

[Mark Levin]

Certainly, where is it? They're going to defy their own reason for existing, which is to impose their will, especially on the United States, the big Satan. They know we have election cycles. They know what the Democrats think. They know what isolationists think, what the weasels think. They don't think we have the will to enforce this, certainly not after Trump. And I have to tell you, I

[Rich]

don't think we do.

[Mark Levin]

Certainly the Democrats don't. They're busy nominating Nazis and Marxists and Islamists with ties to Al Qaeda. I mean, they're out of their mind.

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[Mark Levin]

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I may be viewed as a hawk

[Rich]

today, but one day, whether I'm around or not, whether it matters or not, if remembered or not, I will be viewed as a dove. Because I am certain as night follows day that Iran will violate the agreement. As night follows day, I'm certain it will violate the agreement. And if you think honestly and seriously and you're truthful to yourself, you know I'm right. So we all want to celebrate something we don't have the details about yet. I understand that the stock market's up. Oil prices are going down, I suppose. I don't know.

[Mark Levin]

I guess.

[Rich]

And those are good things. But that's not the point, is it? That would eventually come anyway, I would hope. History is a funny thing. The same window rarely opens twice. You understand what I mean by that?

[Mark Levin]

That means

[Rich]

when there's a historic decision to make, you can go one way or another. And usually you get one chance.

[Mark Levin]

Those of you, we had a caller last night that said, look, I don't

[Rich]

want boots on the ground. We don't have boots on the ground in that respect. But if in seven or eight years this regime muscles up with the help of the communist Chinese and they'll help them with the help of the North Koreans. And they will help them with the help of the Russians and they will help them. The help of the Pakistanis and they have helped them. They have 7, 8, 9, 10,000 ballistic missiles. Imagine that can reach the continental United States. They already can reach every capital in Europe and we had underestimated that. And they have nuclear warheads. What the hell are our kids going to do? What the hell will our grandkids do? I'm just asking you, what will they do? This is the nightmare I fear the most. This is why I keep talking about this. The price of a gallon of gasoline. The stock market's up. The stock Market goes up, the stock market goes down, gasoline price goes up, the gasoline price goes down. What in the world is the next generation going to do when communist China is on the move, that access is on the move. We've got these internal enemies that are weakening us from within. This is our generation that. That's responsible for stopping it. Right? What are we going to do? And then the Iranians are armed up. What do you know? They lied.

[Mark Levin]

And what do you know?

[Rich]

The Democrat president, or some Republican president for that matter, didn't take the steps necessary to stop them. What do you know? I know enough about history to know that for a relatively long period of time, Winston Churchill, in his own words, was in the wilderness, the political wilderness, the governmental wilderness. He'd made some mistakes as a minister, But he repeatedly made the point.

[Mark Levin]

He saw the Third Reich early on.

[Rich]

He saw Hitler early on. He said, they're building up. They're a threat to the continent.

[Mark Levin]

No, no.

[Rich]

What the hell is wrong with you, Winston? His party didn't take him seriously.

[Mark Levin]

You blew it before. We don't want to hear from you now.

[Rich]

You know how articulate Churchill was. He was writing, he was speaking, he wasn't silent. But he was dismissed. He was dismissed. Neville Chamberlain was very smooth talker, considered a great diplomat. And when he came back with that peace agreement with Hitler and peace in our time and waved it around, he was celebrated. Celebrated. And Hitler was the only one not celebrating. Him and a few others and said, no, no. Do you understand what you've done? Rather than our country getting on a war footing and building up our military and our defenses, we're hiding behind this piece of paper. Hiding behind this piece of paper. Now, here's the thing. Iran is not Germany, it's not Japan, it's not Italy, it's not as strong as any of those countries were.

[Mark Levin]

But nuclear missiles, that's the great equalizer. So we've made the effort, and correctly

[Rich]

so

[Mark Levin]

militarily to attack them. And we took out their navy, we and the Israelis. We took out their air force, we and the Israelis. Now there's more to do. Obviously, we hit the brakes after two or three weeks. We wanted to see if we could negotiate a deal. It was a two week ceasefire that went to nine weeks. So it wasn't really a ceasefire because

[Rich]

there's a lot of shooting going on, especially from Hezbollah into Israel. We can get into that later or another day. Long story short, this has been a hell of a week. First the Israelis, and we admonished them. 11 ballistic missiles shot into Israel and we disparaged the prime minister and Israel for doing it.

[Mark Levin]

They shoot down one of our helicopters

[Rich]

and they pay a heavy, heavy price. Well, why is that? All that for another day, too? Because there's something wrong with that. Both should have been supported. Both. Now, we were going to bomb Iran again tonight.

[Mark Levin]

And tonight in Iran, it is approximately 12:41 in the morning. And literally within a few hours of

[Rich]

making that proclamation, we have a deal for a memorandum of understanding which we haven't seen yet as the public and I don't think other countries have seen. They've been briefed on it. The fact is we can destroy this regime if we want to. It's not Germany. It's not Imperial Japan. It's not Stalin and the Soviet Union. It's not China, Mao or Xi. It's already on its back. It's already on its back. The military activity we undertook was not intended to destroy it was intended to bring it back to the table and get them to sign a deal. Whereas I have felt the continuing military operation should be not to get them back to sign a deal, but to destroy them or an unconditional surrender. But that's not the way it's playing out, is it? And what I'm saying is the next generation, our children, will not have this opportunity. It won't happen again. I'm not a warmonger. I'm quite the opposite. I'm worried deeply about bigger wars with bigger weapons and a draft in which our children or grandchildren will have to go overseas and fight them when we have them exactly where we want. Right now, I'm telling you the truth. And this is my great concern.

[Mark Levin]

President Trump today cut to.

[Rich]

I don't think we did cut two. Did we, Rich? Cut to go.

[Interviewer]

Mr. President, on Iran, how confident are you that there will be a signing decision weekend because you have come close to sealing a deal that at the last minute it has fallen apart.

[Mark Levin]

You know what's interesting about this question?

[Rich]

Wouldn't my first question would be when are we going to see the details of the deal?

[Mark Levin]

If you're a reporter, aren't you curious about that? Aren't you curious about it, folks? Go ahead.

[Iranian Official]

Maybe this weekend.

[Interviewer]

And has the Supreme Leader approved this deal?

[Iranian Official]

Sir, I understand the answer is yes.

[Interviewer]

And when the, and when this deal is signed, is the United States going to immediately lift the blockade?

[Iranian Official]

Yes, that's part of the deal. And just one, oil prices dropping like a rock.

[Interviewer]

And sir, have you actually secured.

[Rich]

But hold on now, when you do that, that means I Assume that the oil. That Iran will be free to sell the oil too.

[Mark Levin]

Right.

[Rich]

Unless there's some restriction. Again, I want to see the details, but I assume that's the case. So they'll immediately have hundreds of millions of dollars a day flowing into the regime. You understand? Go ahead.

[Interviewer]

The discussions about the nuclear material and the nuclear negotiations.

[Iranian Official]

Yeah, conceptually on that. And nobody's getting close to it because it's buried under a mountain. Basically there's B2 bombers.

[Rich]

Okay, slow down now. Now, I don't know what that means, but that sounds like we're not going to go in and get it because it's buried from the B2 bombers before. So that's interesting to me. We used to talk about going in and getting the nuclear dust. Right, Rich? Well, maybe we're not. I don't know. I don't have the details, but I'm listening to the response.

[Mark Levin]

Go ahead.

[Interviewer]

Iran committed to not pursuing a nuclear weapon. Or will there be more negotiations on that down the line?

[Iranian Official]

They will not have any nuclear weapon. They've agreed to that. There will be no. Which is the whole reason, which is a big part of the reason, is

[Interviewer]

that going to agree himself.

[Iranian Official]

They will not only not have. They will not purchase, develop in any way, any shape. In any way, shape or form a nuclear weapon. They will not have a nuclear weapon.

[Rich]

Well, unfortunately, hindsight is called hindsight for a reason. We'll see about that.