Caroline Levitt (5:13)

President Trump says that other countries should now step up to safeguard ships. The Straits of Hormuz. Why should other countries that were consulted about this war, that are involved in this war now put their troops in harm's way in the street because these other countries are benefiting greatly from the United States military taking out the threat of Iran. The rogue Iranian regime has long not just posed a threat to the United States of America, but of course, to our Gulf and Arab partners in the region. As you see, I believe Iran has struck more than 300 civilian targets in our Gulf, in the Gulf region. If you think about Europe, their ballistic missile capability that the United States military is currently wiping out was a direct and imminent threat to our European allies as well as our bases in the region, which is why President Trump took this action in the first place. So these countries are absolutely benefiting from ensuring that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon. This is something not just the United States, but the entire Western world has agreed with for many, many years. So I think the President is absolutely right to call on these countries to do more to help the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz so that we can stop this terrorist regime from restricting the free flow of energy. And the fact that they are doing so just underscores why President Trump needed to take this action in the first place.

Political Commentator (6:31)

Then Caroline Levitt is asked, so Donald Trump told the UK just a few days ago, we don't want you in the Strait of Hormuz. We don't want your ships anywhere near this war. Get out of here. We don't want you. So why is Donald Trump now asking them for help after he posted we don't want you? And by the way, Donald Trump insulted all of our NATO allies, the UK and all our NATO allies who fought alongside the United States in Afghanistan and died in these wars with the United States and said they really didn't participate in the front line. So why should anybody help? Caroline, here, play this clip.

Caroline Levitt (7:08)

This action in the first place a few days ago that he doesn't need their ships and now he says he does. The President spoke on that last night. He said that he wished the United the UK had stepped up sooner and quicker. But he continues to speak with our allies in Europe and is calling on them to do more, just as he did when he called on them to step up with respect to their defense spending in NATO. He's calling them to do more here and I think you'll see that come to fruition.

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Political Commentator (8:59)

Meanwhile, the propaganda in Iran is utilizing Donald Trump's weakness. I mean, as an American, this is so embarrassing that Donald Trump is behaving so weak and so pathetic that he's giving Iran the ability to do propaganda like this. They have him on the street basically saying, help me open her moose. Help me open her moose. They're mocking the United States President as being so weak and pathetic, and he looks so obviously weak and pathetic. We all see it. Our former allies see it. The entire world sees it. Trust me, our enemies, Putin sees it. Xi Jinping sees it. That's for sure. More from Caroline Levitt right here. And she's like, yes, I just want to be clear. He's speaking with our allies to encourage them to do more in the Strait of Hormuz. Encourage them to do more. You started this unlawful war, you escalated. Now you're begging for help. You're begging for a bailout. They ain't giving it to you. Here, play this clip.

Caroline Levitt (9:59)

So, yes, the President is speaking with our allies in Europe and also many of our partners in the Gulf and Arab world to encourage them to step up, to do more to open the Strait of Hormuz. And our NATO allies especially need to step up. Look, President Trump has been very frank with our friends in NATO for a very long time. Long time. He got them to increase their defense spending up to 5%. And now he's calling on them to do the right thing because again, the United States of America is leading the way not just to support and protect our American assets and bases in the Middle east, but also to defend Europe and the Middle east and the rest of the world from the rogue Iranian regime from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Caroline. Democrats.

Political Commentator (10:43)

Then we heard from Treasury Secretary Scott Besant this morning on the timeline for the war ending. And he's like, oh, we've only been at war for two weeks. Two weeks. This is not some crisis. This, this is good. This is what we wanted here.

Interviewer (10:58)

Play this clip and then finally wrap it up. Got to ask this to wrap it up. Expectation of timeline on this. Because with every passing day, with every passing week now during the third week, markets going up, fertilizers, gas, everything. And the world is really worried about shortages and also the inflationary effect here and abroad.

Scott Besant (11:17)

Yep. Brian, can we just be clear here? It's two weeks. It's two weeks. And you know, I know the media likes to move things along. We see these headlines and that's part of the Iranian strategy. And it's very unfortunate that because of a dislike for President Trump, not you, but a lot of mainstream media are trying to speed this up, trying to make it into some crisis that it's not. And on the other side of this, if you look at longer dated crude, you look at future inflation expectations, they're both very well anchored. And this will end. And I don't know how many weeks it will be, but on the other side of this, the world will be safer and we will be better supplied.

Interviewer (11:58)

So the backwardation of the market, you think is correct. $80 oil in a couple months, I

Scott Besant (12:03)

think probably much lower Treasury.

Political Commentator (12:06)

Then you have Donald Trump's spokesperson at the State Department, Tammy Bruce. And I mean, this level of propaganda would make North Korea jealous. It is making North Korea jealous. Watch this.

Tammy Bruce (12:18)

And I'm certainly not gonna speculate on what that choice will be, cuz I trust him.

Scott Besant (12:23)

It's always a pleasure having you on the show.

Tammy Bruce (12:25)

It's my pleasure.

Scott Besant (12:25)

You're a diplomat these days. A real pleasure.

Tammy Bruce (12:27)

Well, you know, it's easy to do with President Trump because he's transparent, he's clear, and he gets the job done. It's exactly the right man at the right time.

Interviewer (12:36)

Got it.

Scott Besant (12:36)

Always a pleasure. Thanks very much, Tommy.

Political Commentator (12:38)

Thank you again. Soon.

Scott Besant (12:39)

My pleasure.

Political Commentator (12:40)

As Duncan Weldon explains. Pretty staggering that that Times article that Trump gave the, where Trump gave the interview opens up with Donald Trump attacking NATO. If NATO doesn't help us sort out this mess, there will be problems. And then the article ends with Donald Trump defending Russia when with respect to, yeah, Russia might be helping target American soldiers. Yeah, they may be killing Americans and targeting our assets abroad. But really that's fair. That's fair because we started this and look what we're doing in Ukraine. Donald Trump says we're helping Ukraine against Russia. So of course Russia is going to kill American soldiers. I understand what they're doing. By the way, these are like direct quotes from Donald Trump when he was asked about Russia killing Americans. I don't know one way or another. But you could also make the case that we helped Ukraine to an extent. It's hard to say you're targeting us when we are. When we are helping Ukraine. Yeah, Donald Trump is taking the side of Russia right there. A few other points I want to make. Number one, as I mentioned before, we're seeing Iran engage in these bilateral negotiations with other countries as the Financial Times also reports talks with Iran yield results. India says India is engaged in direct negotiations with Iran. So as the United States attacked India, as the United States tried to strengthen its, you know, whatever with Pakistan because Pakistan was investing in Donald Trump, put money in Donald Trump's crypto. By the way, Pakistan put out a statement standing in strong solidarity with Iran today as Donald Trump destroyed America's relationship with India because Pakistan was saying that Donald Trump should get a Nobel Peace Prize. But Pakistan is standing with Iran today. Let me be very clear about that. But India is having these direct negotiations with Iran and they're saying that they're having positive results in those negotiations. So lots of countries are saying, all right, see it us, we're going to do direct negotiations. I mentioned this in the video earlier today, but it bears repeating. You can see what Dubai's airport, the busiest travel hub in the world, looks like. I'm not sure it's going to be the busiest for long, frankly. International passenger traffic was closed after a fuel depot near the Dubai International Airport was hit by a Iranian drone. And then one other point I'll make this morning that deserves attention. I know we focused a lot about the news on the war, of course, Donald Trump's unlawful war. But we also learned this morning a 41 year old former Afghan Special forces soldier, Mohammed Nazir Pakta, y', all, has died in ICE custody less than 24 hours after his arrest. In Texas. Pakta. Yeah, well, who fought alongside US Troops for a decade, as Job Site explains. Was detained Friday morning in Richardson while dropping his children off at school. After complaining of chest pain during processing in Dallas, he was transported to Parkland Hospital Hospital where he died Saturday. He leaves behind a wife and six children, including an 18 month old US citizen. Though he arrived legally in 2021, I cited expired parole and recent nonviolent charges as grounds for his detention. Advocacy groups are now demanding a transparent investigation into that. So ICE and Border Patrol are still killing and still killing people here in the United States on the streets. People who fought alongside our military. And especially now as we're in a unlawful war as well. And we're in war. I mean, it's just, to me, it's just horrible what's happening. We'll keep you posted every step of the way. Hit subscribe let's get to 7 million subscribers. For real. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not actually be subscribed, so just double check. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks so much for watching everybody.

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