Because we were facing an imminent dual existential threat. One the thread of the Iran rushing to weaponize, in which you ring him to make atomic bombs. Second, a rush to increase their ballistic missile arsenal. It took the capacity that they would have thirty six hundred weapons a year, new weapons within three years, ten thousand ballistic missiles, each one laying a time coming in at mock six right into our cities as you saw today.
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Good Monday morning, day five of the war between Israel and Iran. Israel is now killed the Iranian intelligence chief and his deputy, and they're going after other leaders in the Iranian government. We'll have the latest on that. Plus Donald Trump is coming out talking about how close to an ally Israel is and standing side by side with BIB.
You'll hear from BB as well and Donald Trump.
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Story number one.
Israel goes on the offensive in Iran, and this time Israel has killed the Iranian intelligence chief and his deputy, and a wide scale strike as they also have gained control of the airspace over Iran, hitting targets now during the day. Israeli media sources and Iranian state media both now confirming late Sunday that the Israeli Defense forces had succeeded in killing Iran's intelligence chief and his top deputy,
this being a major blow to the regime. The fact that Israel was also able to locate and to eliminate the highest officials in Iran's intelligence hierarchy suggests an unprecedented depth of intelligence penetration. The entire regime apparently now may be compromised. The Times of Israel saying it this way, quote Iranian state media officially confirms at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards intelligence chief Brigadier General Mohammad Kazimi and his deputy
were killed in Israeli strike today. There were also reports that Israel had struck the headquarters Bajij, the parliamentary force that has suppressed popular uprisings in Iran, potentially now opening the way for citizens to.
Rise up in Iran.
The IDF all so said it had conducted strikes on infrastructure belonging to the COUPE forces and the IRGC, known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite terrorist force, as well as the Iranian military in Tehran. There were numerous weapon production sites across Iran that were also hit.
Now Ran managed to fire dozens of ballistic missiles at Israel on Sunday, but none of them, thank goodness, did significant damage, which brings me the Prime Minister Netan Yahoo going on Fox News channel and saying this, first of.
All, let me start at the beginning, why did you launch this operation now?
Because we were facing an imminent threat, a dual existential threat. One the thread of the Iran rushing to weaponize. They're enrich uranium to make atomic bombs with a specific and
declared intent to destroy US. Second, a rush to increase their ballistic missile art into the capacity that they would have thirty six hundred weapons a year, new weapons within three years, ten thousand ballistic missiles, each one weighing a ton coming in a mock six right into our cities as you saw today, and then in twenty in six years, twenty thousand. That's a no country I can sustain that, and certainly not a country the size of Israel. So
we had to act. It was the twelfth hour. We did act to save ourselves, but also I think to not only protect ourselves, but protect the world from this incendiary regime. We can't have the world's most dangerous regime have the world's most dangerous weapons. We're protecting ourselves, but by doing so, we're protecting many others.
Now, maybe wasn't done there. He also talked about the intel that was shared from Israel with the US, and he said it was very clear that Iran had a plan, and it was a plan of mass destruction.
You know, I just want to pressure you on the intel on the nuclear part. Less than two months ago, the new Director of National Intelligence as Tulsa. Gabbert testified on Capitol Hill, saying that everything had been suspended since two thousand and three and had not restarted. That the nuclear program had not been restarted by the Iranians. So did something change from end of March until this week? Was the US intel wrong?
The intel we got and we shared with the United States was absolutely clear. It was absolutely clear that they were working in a secret plan to weaponize the uranium. They were marching very quickly. They would achieve a test device and possibly an initial device within months and certainly less than a year. That was the intel we shared with the United States. I think we have excellent intel in Iran. I think we've proven that, and that is
something that we couldn't possibly accept. Whether it would be six months or twelve months or thirteen months as immateial. Once they'd go that route, it's too late, and we will not have a second Holocaust, a nuclear holocaust. We already had one in the previous century. The Jewish state is to have the holocaustmitted on the Jewish people. It's not going to happen. It's never again, is now, and we have to act now now.
It's very clear the Prime Minister of Israel believes that this needed to be done now. They could not wait another six weeks or six days or even six months. It was a real threat that was taking place now. And it's pretty clear that he believes that he has done something that the world should approve of now.
There was also.
Another very interesting part of the conversation that he had with Brett Baher about who may have been behind the assassination attempts on Donald Trump.
Take a listen carefully to what he has to say.
So that's a difference. They're a terrorist regime. We can't have youran have nuclear weapons. And by the way, our intel shows that they intend to give these nuclear weapons to their Huti proxies and others, and that's nuclear terrorism on a global scale. It threatens everyone. And the last thing is they have plans to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles right now kilometers very soon. Just add a little distance and they can reach the eastern seaboard of the United States.
These people who chant death to America try to assassinate President Trump twice, killed two hundred and forty one of your marines in Beirut, killed and injured thousands of American soldiers, in Afghanistan and Iraq try to bomb a restaurant in Washington, DC, chant death to America, burn the American flag. Do you want these people to have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to your cities? Of course not. So we're defending ourselves, but we're also defending the world.
I want to talk about the nuclear threat and I want to talk about President Trump. You just said Iron tried to assassinate President Trump twice. Do you have intel that the assassination attempts on President Trump were directly from Iran through proxies.
Yes, through their intel. Yes, they want to kill and look, he's enemy number one. He's a decisive leader. He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them, giving them basically a pathway to rich I ranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, patting it with billions and billions of dollars. He took up his fake agreement and basically tore it up. He killed the custom sulei money.
He said, made it very clear, including now you cannot have a nuclear weapon, which means you cannot en which he's been very forceful. So for them, he's enemy number one. Yeah. Look, they also try to kill me, but I'm his junior partner.
There's no doubt that Donald Trump and BBI are extremely close, and calling yourself a junior partner is a perfect way of saying it.
Now.
Story number two.
Donald Trump speaking out very clearly that he is going to allow Israel to do what it needs to do to protect and defend itself. In fact, the Israeli ambassador the UN had this to say about the difference between what Israel is doing to Iran and what Iran is doing to the Israeli people.
Are you confident though, that you're doing enough to make sure that Iran is isolated, especially with the rest of the Middle East, that Iran is here and they're here alone. Well, I speak with many friends from the golf AA. They will not say it publicly, but they are very happy to see what we are doing now. They feel safe when they see our aircraft flying over Tehiwan and targeting
those the military basis. But what happened yesterday, We are targeting military basis infrastructure of baddistic missiles and nuclear reactors, and they are targeting our cities, our neighborhoods. Unfortunately, last night was a very difficult night. Then people died because of those attacks, and also tonight it's going to be a hard nighting as well.
He is absolutely right that there's a huge difference between the two scenarios, and of course the media doing everything they can to be apologist for Tehran. One of the questions the present was asked on the way to the G seven summit was this, and it's very clear the media wants to Trump to tell Israel to stop doing what they're doing.
How do you ask Israel suppause their airst round? Well, I don't want to say that. Well, I don't want to say that.
After the question for the reporter, pretty clear, mister President, have you asked Israel to pause their airstrikes into Iran? The President not done there. In his comments, also being asked about the Israel Iran conflict and how he would be involved, almost say pay.
How did you what you are? Well?
We get along very well, and I will tell you that I think I have great respect for each other.
Can you give it that that's what you're doing is fighting? Yet they do it in a rod in his will?
Well, I hope there's going to be a deal. I think it's time for a deal, and we'll see what happens. But sometimes they have to fight it out, but we're going to see what happens.
I think there's a good chance he'll be a deal.
Now, we all know that President Trump is the master of the r of the deal, and there's a very good chance at some point he could step in and help calm things down. But there's also the important fact that the President clearly stands with Israel. And yes, the media was even dumb enough to ask him that question, and the President had a very simple response.
For the US to be that's acorn Israel.
We do.
Yeah, thank you very much, we do. Thank you very much.
Yet again the President making it clear he stands side by side with Israel, the people and the leadership.
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