A ceasefire that will lead to peace is a wonderful thing. And the only reason we're talking about ceasefire is bec also Donald J. Trump. But here's my question. The Rani and Foreign Minister said at four o'clock midy's time they would no longer attack Israel if Israel doesn't attack them. What I want him to say tomorrow morning is, not only will we not attack Israel in the future, we recognize Israel as a legitimate member of the Midies.
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Good Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have you with us on the forty seven Morning Update. And the big story is obviously Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire in Iran. This coming after our first big story, which was Iran who decided to retaliate, this time against United States of America.
But the story behind the retaliation is one that's very interesting and we're going to explain that to you, and we're also going to cover what Donald Trump said and what this ceasefire means and what could happen moving forward. We've got it all. It's all for you right now. As it's a historic day in American history and a massive victory for President Trump and his leadership. And it starts right now.
Story number one nothing.
Short of historic. President Donald Trump announcing on Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a quote complete and total ceasefire after twelve days of ongoing war between the two countries. The present putting it this way, saying, quote,
congratulations to everyone. It has been fully agreed by Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and total ceasefire in approximately six hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed there in progress final mission for twelve hours, at which point the war will be considered ended all capital letters, Trump putting this on true social saying officially, Iran will start the ceasefire, and upon the twelfth hour, Israel will start the ceasefire, and
on the twenty fourth hour, an official end to the twelve day war will be saluted by the world. During each cease fire, the other side will remain peaceful and respectful. Trump added for having agreed to a cease fire on the assumption that everything worked as it should, saying, quote, this is a war that could have gone on for years and destroyed the entire Middle East. But it didn't and never will. God bless Israel. President then said, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God Bless the
United States of America. And then in all caps, the President wrote, God bless the world. Now, Trump's chosen title, the Twelve Day War is a clear allusion to the Sixth Day War of nineteen sixty seven, another dramatic victory
by Israel over its enemies. The Twelve Day War is no less dramatic of victory, and perhaps even greater one, opening a path for greater peace and prosperity in the region and for the India Middle East European Economic Corridor, the trade route that Trump has been talking about a lot lately. Now, the other part of this is what happened after Israel struck those Iran nuclear sites. It was clear that Iran wanted to get a deal done quickly,
but they also had to save face. And so now we know more about their strike against American interest in Qutar. What we now know is that strike was symbolic and also calibrated retaliation the missile strike on guitars and our air Force base, Iran launched a barrage reportedly of fourteen to nineteen short and medium range ballistic missiles in response to US bunker buster bombings of the three nuclear sites that the President ordered in America. Most missiles were intercepted.
Why because they said beforehand this was going to happen. One of those missiles reportedly struck the base, but caused no oh casualties, thank goodness. And Iran also stated that this was a proportional and measured response as they described it. In fact, they fired exactly as many missiles as the US drop bombs, emphasizing symmetry and avoiding escalation by also
saving face as a radical Islamic regime. It also provided advanced notice we now knowed Qatar, and also to the US signaling quote unquote restraint and then the de escalation signals began. Despite that strike, Iran avoided broader disruptions. It didn't threaten global supplies or shut down the Strait of Hormuz. That is something that their parliament in essence had said they were going to advocate for just twenty four hours earlier, but clearly the leadership in Iran didn't want to do that.
Iran indicated it would quote stand down if Israel halted its bombings, hinting at a conditional truce. So the takeaway from all of this is that Iran's goal was clearly limited. It was also a symbolic blow and not a full military engagement. Why because Iran had to keep up their strong rhetoric but no escalation. The Supreme Leader, for example, and the IRGC emphasized their quote readiness to hit the Achilles heel of US forces, but they actually didn't do
that at all. The Foreign Minister in Iran also came out condemning the US bombings as a quote heinous crime and warned of ever lasting consequences reserving all options. Clearly that wasn't actually what they were planning on as well. And then the parliament backed that potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but the Council did not act. So what does this mean? Overall? It's clear that this was a broader Iranian well miscalculation that they tried to get
under control quickly. Iran is seen preparing a mix of option the analysts have said at this hour, targeted strikes on US installation, cyber or proxy attacks, and even plans to well disrupt global oil or naval routes. But what really happened is Aram seem determined to avoid total war, wanting a balance and a deterrence for their own people
to maybe topple them, while allowing diplomacy to work. In the United States of America, the bottom line is this Iran has responded with a deliberate, proportional missile strike that was pre warned, carefully designed to deter further US or Israeli aggression without triggering full blown escalation, and by giving advance warning matching US strikes one for one and tying any ceasefire to Israel stopping its attacks, Tehran now appears intent on framing its move as a strategic and restrained,
not reckless regime who clearly learn their lesson when Donald Trump tells you UF sixty days to make a d you better make the damn deal now.
Story number two.
There is a massive ceasefire that we all now know about, and it is a historic moment for the President of the United States of America who said, I do not want regime change, I do not want to take out the leader in Iran. I do want to make sure that we are safe and that they never receive nuclear weapons. Well, you put that in contrast with what the media wanted, and my ow, Mai, is it a very different story.
We know the mainstream media hates Donald Trump. We know that they care more about him being a failure than they do about the success of making sure that our foreign policy keeps Americans and others safe around the world.
But if you need a moment to highlight exactly how biased the media is and exactly how much they hate Donald Trump and how much they would rather Trump fail than there'd be success and safety and security for the United States of America, then you just need to listen to what I'm going to play for you right now. What I'm about to play for you was on CNN right the most trusted name in news, and it was
an embarrassing moment if you were watching it. I hope you share this everywhere because CNN gets word that Iran has accepted the cease fire deal just seconds after Caitlin Collins sets up a narrative casting doubt on Donald Trump. Yes, this happened in real time. No, this is not me putting two different segments together from different parts of the day. I want you to listen to this to the very end. You really can't make this up. And I mean this, you cannot hate the liberal media enough.
We're hearing incredibly optimistic views coming out of the White House as far as how long this can hold and
what this is going to look like. That obviously still remains to be seen on the implementation side of this, and waiting to see if the firing does stop and if Iran and Israel do both agree to this, because you know, speaking of the fluidity of the situation, it was just twenty four hours ago the President Trump self was suggesting a regime change in Iran was a possibility, and obviously right before that having the United States strike Iran and so yes, there have been a lot of
phone calls going back and forth. In part this has to do with Iran's limited response earlier where they fired on a US base in Qatar, but there were no casualties. We know that they did give a heads up that they were going to be firing on US bass without
exactly specif specifying which ones. But that is the question here is if the United States felt that it did not need to respond to the Iranian retaliation, did that create the space for this That is what we've been hearing from administration officials, and so the question is whether or not this still holds for the next few hours.
Caitlin, I just been given a word that Iran, according to a diplomat who brief CNN, Iran has agreed to the cease fire. So this is significant. I just want to try to learn some more information as soon as we get it about that. But if that is the case, that's incredibly significant because that is we were waiting. We had not heard from Ran, we had not heard from Israel. All we were going on so far has been the president's social media post, which was some two hours ago.
So again, that is the first indication we have that Iran has agreed to this.
Oops, right, like, you cannot make this up. And this is the media showing you just how much they were hoping that what Donald Trump put out would somehow not become reality, that it would be a failure, that they could then point to him and say he's starting World War three. Donald Trump is putting everyone's lives at risk. Donald Trump is the problem, and you can hear it in real time. Now, That's not the only thing I want to remind you about. And this goes back to
liberals that are in charge. I want to take you back to guy by the name of Scott Kirby. He is a guy that was at the White House, a guy that was there under the Biden regime. And what did Scott Kirby say back on September the thirteenth of twenty twenty three, and then what did he say January fourth of twenty twenty four. Remember this Kirby on the six billion that Biden released to Iran, saying the last administration was quote incredibly unseerious, absolutely terrible for the world.
Here is the comparing contrast of them.
The US will have visibility. We'll be able to engage in oversight about where the money was going and for what purpose. If Ron tries to divert the funds, we'll take action and we'll lock them up again. And there will be sufficient oversight to make sure that the request is valid and that it's going through vendors who we and the cutteries can trust will actually contract for the goods, the medical equipment, the food, whatever it is. The regime
doesn't get to touch the money. Peter doesn't go to them. They don't get to they don't get to decide ultimate destination and they have no direct access to it. John arn made two transactions withdrawing from the previously frozen funds in Oman. What were those transactions for. I don't have the details on that, JACKI you're gonna have to let me get back to you on that.
There's the line. Whether it's the media or whether it was the Biden administration, they were lying to you the entire time about what was happening with their administration, and they were not holding Iran accountable. And now that President Trump has done it, they're now furious that it is a success and they're rooting against it every step of the way. Which brings me to the point why did
so many Americans vote for Donald Trump. It's actually very simple because they wanted to make sure that countries like Iran who are a threat to United States America are held accountable. And yet again, the President made good on his promise to the American people to protect and defend the homeland.
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