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[00:00:00] Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina [00:00:03] said the elimination of this guy is a [00:00:06] major blow to Mexican drug cartels and [00:00:09] human traffickers. Uh and he joins us [00:00:11] now. Um I think this is important. You [00:00:14] said to Mexico, your decision to work [00:00:15] with President Trump to bring this evil [00:00:18] man down was the right decision and it's [00:00:21] confidence inspiring. These cartels, [00:00:23] they have had free reign in Mexico for [00:00:25] too long, Senator. [00:00:28] >> Yeah. And they're a major threat to the [00:00:30] United States. There have been more [00:00:31] Americans killed from drugs coming [00:00:33] across the Mexican border. More harm, [00:00:35] more heartache. They make billions of [00:00:37] dollars off illegal immigrants. Trump [00:00:39] shut that business down. Fentanyl is [00:00:42] hard to get across the border. So [00:00:43] Trump's really put a hurting on the [00:00:45] cartels. Killing this guy is a big deal. [00:00:48] Mexico would not even thought of doing [00:00:50] this with any other president. They are [00:00:52] working with Trump. Quite frankly, [00:00:54] Mexico is afraid of Trump. That's a good [00:00:56] thing. They're working together. And I [00:00:59] would say of all the threats to the [00:01:01] United States, to our to our homeland, [00:01:03] and to the well-being of the American [00:01:05] people, Mexico as our neighbor is in [00:01:09] many ways virtually a failed state. [00:01:11] We're trying to resurrect what's left of [00:01:14] the rule of law in Mexico and work [00:01:17] together. But here's what I would tell [00:01:18] the drug drug cartels. There's a new [00:01:21] sheriff in Washington. You're on his [00:01:23] list. We're coming after you. Trump took [00:01:26] down Venezuela, you know, Maduro, she [00:01:29] was gonna fall, but we've got to deal [00:01:31] with Mexico. So, I would urge the [00:01:32] president to put military force on the [00:01:34] table to protect American citizens. If [00:01:37] one hair of an American is harmed [00:01:39] anywhere by these cartels, then I think [00:01:42] we should come in and help our people [00:01:43] and we should put these drug labs on the [00:01:45] target list and basically go after the [00:01:48] cartels in Mexico like we did in [00:01:50] Venezuela. [00:01:51] >> Let's get an update on the situation [00:01:53] evolving in Iran. We seem to be getting [00:01:56] mixed signals from the Ayatollah. On the [00:01:58] one on the one hand, you have Iran [00:02:01] Supreme Leader Ali Kami taking steps we [00:02:04] read to ensure succession if in fact he [00:02:07] was taken out uh in some type of [00:02:10] military strike by Israel or whatever. I [00:02:12] don't think America as a matter of law [00:02:15] allows for the targeting of leaders. I'm [00:02:17] not sure if it's applicable in this case [00:02:19] considering it's a terrorist state, but [00:02:20] that's a separate legal issue for [00:02:22] another day. Uh on the other hand, they [00:02:25] have been sending threats and images of [00:02:28] US warships being at the bottom of the [00:02:30] sea. Other leaders within Iranians top [00:02:33] leadership have been suggesting that [00:02:35] Donald Trump will be in his coffin in 3 [00:02:37] months. Uh but then I'm told behind the [00:02:39] scenes that they're trying to take a [00:02:41] very different posture and being more [00:02:43] accommodating. Although Steve Witoff, [00:02:46] who is the Middle Eastern envoy, said [00:02:48] that Iran is a week away from bomb- [00:02:50] making material as the president is now [00:02:53] weighing this action. That sounds like a [00:02:56] a more dire scenario to me. And if Steve [00:02:59] Witoff is saying that, that tells me [00:03:00] that uh there's not going to be a deal [00:03:03] to be had. [00:03:05] >> Well, you know, I appreciate trying to [00:03:07] uh end this conflict with diplomacy, but [00:03:09] you got to understand who's on the other [00:03:11] side of the table. The Ayatollah is a [00:03:13] religious Nazi. He is a radical Shiite. [00:03:16] He wants to dominate Islam. He would [00:03:19] destroy Saudi Arabia the home of Sunni [00:03:21] Islam if he could. He would take over [00:03:23] the holy mosque. He wants to destroy the [00:03:26] Jewish state because he's compelled by [00:03:27] God to do so. And he calls us America [00:03:30] the great Satan infidels. He's not a [00:03:33] normal guy. He's a religious Nazi. [00:03:34] Hitler wanted a master race. This guy [00:03:37] wants a master religion. a theocracy [00:03:40] organized around a cult of death. There [00:03:42] is no friaking deal you can do with this [00:03:44] guy to change his stripes. They're [00:03:46] dedicated to their religious quest. [00:03:48] They're compelled by God to destroy [00:03:50] everything they don't like. So, I don't [00:03:52] mind talking with them, but at the end [00:03:54] of the day, we need to take the [00:03:55] Ayatollah out. They're the weakest [00:03:58] they've been since 1979 because of [00:04:00] Donald J. Trump. Their economy is in [00:04:02] tatters. Trump has isolated their [00:04:04] economy. He's put tariffs on anybody [00:04:07] buys Iranian oil. Their military uh is [00:04:10] in shambles because of what VB and Trump [00:04:13] have done, bombing the crap out of these [00:04:15] people. And the people in Iran are out [00:04:17] in the streets ready to take the [00:04:19] Ayatollah down with some help. This is [00:04:22] the best combination of events since [00:04:24] 1979 to end this terrorist regime. To [00:04:28] President Trump, you have set the [00:04:29] conditions to change the Middle East [00:04:31] unlike anybody in a thousand years. If [00:04:34] the Ayatollah goes and the people let [00:04:36] the people take him down with our help, [00:04:38] Hamas, Hezbollah, Hoodis, all the terror [00:04:41] proxies fall, Saudi Arabia will get back [00:04:44] to the table trying to normalize with [00:04:46] Israel. The entire Middle East will be a [00:04:48] new place. The world will be a lot [00:04:50] better. Follow through, Mr. President. [00:04:52] You've got this guy on the ropes. He's a [00:04:54] liar. He's a snake. They're dedicated to [00:04:57] the destruction of mankind as we know [00:04:59] it. Don't blink. Finish the job. to all [00:05:02] those who counsel the president. Of [00:05:05] course, there's a risk moving forward. [00:05:07] We can have some troops hit by missiles, [00:05:10] but we're in a good spot to protect our [00:05:12] people. If you back off now after all [00:05:14] this bluster and try to get some deal [00:05:17] about the nuclear program that they will [00:05:18] not honor, it will be a missed [00:05:20] opportunity for the ages. It will haunt [00:05:22] America for decades. Uh key protesting, [00:05:25] help is on the way. has to have meeting [00:05:28] meaning I have all the confidence in [00:05:30] President Trump that he's going to [00:05:31] follow through. The people are out in [00:05:33] the streets because they believe in [00:05:34] President Trump. If we can take this [00:05:36] Ayatollah down by backing the people who [00:05:38] want to take him down, it'll be the [00:05:40] biggest accomplishment since the fall of [00:05:42] the Berlin wall. Mr. President, you got [00:05:44] him on the ropes. Take him out. [00:05:47] >> We have we're witnessing the the march [00:05:50] of freedom around the globe. Uh Cuba, my [00:05:53] understanding is it could be within days [00:05:56] or weeks of falling. Uh Venezuela [00:05:59] obviously now has a very different [00:06:01] posture now that Maduro is gone. Latin [00:06:03] America seems to be shifting [00:06:05] dramatically as well. Now Mexico uh [00:06:08] probably watching what happened in [00:06:10] Venezuela doesn't want it to happen [00:06:12] there. Uh now they're taking actions [00:06:14] that without Donald Trump I don't think [00:06:15] they'd ever take. The Middle East we can [00:06:18] build off the Abraham Accords. you see [00:06:21] the relationship developing with [00:06:22] countries like the Saudis, uh the UAE, [00:06:26] with Egypt, with Jordan and and other [00:06:29] area, other countries in the region. Uh [00:06:32] they now want peace with Israel. That [00:06:34] was not the case, you know, starting [00:06:36] from 1948 in the UN partition plan [00:06:38] moving forward. Um you're right. I think [00:06:41] the one thing that every country in the [00:06:43] region has feared for the longest period [00:06:45] of time, it wasn't only Israel that was [00:06:48] breathing a sigh of relief after the [00:06:51] nuclear facilities were removed, but it [00:06:53] was also every other country in the [00:06:55] region that feared Iranian hegemony and [00:06:58] a nuclear armed Iran. So, this would be [00:07:01] maybe the biggest and best opportunity [00:07:03] we've ever had to establish a real peace [00:07:07] in that region, as you say, in more than [00:07:09] a thousand years. [00:07:11] Yeah. Well, the great Satan is is uh the [00:07:13] Iranian regime in the hands of the [00:07:15] Ayatollah. Hezblah is a terrorist [00:07:17] organization in Lebanon. They've got [00:07:19] American blood on their hands. Hamas, [00:07:21] the attack of October the 7th couldn't [00:07:23] occurred without Iranian help. Uh the [00:07:26] Houthis in Yemen, they're all backed by [00:07:28] Iran. If the mothership of terrorism [00:07:30] goes down, and I think it will, there's [00:07:33] a plan out there by Admiral Cooper. [00:07:35] President Trump needs to hear from [00:07:37] Admiral Cooper. Uh to the commanders out [00:07:39] there, you need to let Admiral Cooper [00:07:41] tell President Trump about his his plan. [00:07:43] We we can deliver a knockout punch, not [00:07:46] one boot on the ground. The boots on the [00:07:48] ground are the Iranian people. The [00:07:50] conditions are right. If if the Ayatilla [00:07:53] goes and his regime falls because his [00:07:55] people are demanding that that he go, [00:07:58] then Lebanon, Syria, I was in Saudi [00:08:01] Arabia, Israel, and the UAE last week. [00:08:04] Uh I am confident if the Ayatollah's [00:08:06] regime is taken out and he is so weak, [00:08:09] the weake as he's been, then Saudi [00:08:11] Arabia begins to engage with Israel [00:08:13] again. And if you can have Saudi Arabia [00:08:15] and Israel normalized, become normal uh [00:08:19] nations, exchanging ambassadors, doing [00:08:21] business. The center of the Islamic [00:08:24] world is in Saudi Arabia recognizing the [00:08:26] Jewish biggest change in 8,000 years. [00:08:30] And there's one man responsible for all [00:08:32] of this. Venezuela, Cuba, now Mexico, [00:08:36] Donald Trump, tariffs. To all of my [00:08:38] friends who hand ring about tariffs. If [00:08:40] it weren't for tariffs, we would not [00:08:42] have secured the border. Threatening to [00:08:44] tariff Mexico, got them to play ball. [00:08:47] We're having people fight fentanyl [00:08:49] because they're afraid of being [00:08:50] tariffed. Donald Trump has gotten great [00:08:52] trade deals by putting tariffs on people [00:08:55] who cheat. So, this idea that tariffs [00:08:58] are a bad thing is BS. In the hands of [00:09:00] the right president, tariffs are [00:09:03] stronger than an army. So, [00:09:05] >> well, I mean, I think Justice Kavanaaugh [00:09:07] is very powerful descent, the same with [00:09:09] Clarence Thomas, gave a million [00:09:11] workarounds for the president to [00:09:13] continue what he's doing. And I don't [00:09:14] think there's going to be any payback of [00:09:16] any money to anybody anywhere. And it's [00:09:18] kind of a meaningless ruling is when you [00:09:20] when you break it all down. If anything, [00:09:22] it makes it stronger. Uh because the [00:09:24] emergency authority that the president [00:09:26] used would have expired when he left [00:09:28] office. uh these these other provisions [00:09:31] that were outlined specifically by [00:09:34] Justice Kavanaaugh, this is how you do [00:09:36] it. Um I think make makes the president [00:09:39] pol president president's policies that [00:09:40] much stronger. All right, quick break. [00:09:42] Right back with Senator Lindsey Graham [00:09:44] on the other side. [00:09:46] Right, we continue now. Senator Lindsey [00:09:48] Graham, great state of South Carolina. [00:09:50] Then your calls coming up 800 941 Shan [00:09:52] if you want to join us this Monday. Um, [00:09:55] I want to I want to get your analysis of [00:09:58] of the foreign policy mindset of [00:10:01] potential 2028 presidential candidate uh [00:10:04] Alexandria Casiocortez from New York. [00:10:07] Listen [00:10:08] >> to all of you and Congressman, I'll [00:10:09] start with you. Would and should the US [00:10:13] actually commit US troops to defend [00:10:15] Taiwan if China were to move? Um, you [00:10:19] know, I think that uh this is such a you [00:10:25] know, I I think that this is a um [00:10:29] >> yep, [00:10:30] >> this is of course a a very long-standing [00:10:33] um [00:10:34] >> policy of the United States. Uh and I [00:10:38] think what we are hoping for is that we [00:10:40] want to make sure that we never get to [00:10:42] that point and we want to make sure that [00:10:45] we are moving in all of our economic [00:10:48] research and our global positions to [00:10:51] avoid any such confrontation and for [00:10:54] that question to even arise. [00:10:56] >> You want to explain that Senator? [00:10:59] >> Yeah. In Latin that means I don't know [00:11:02] what I'm talking about. I'm [00:11:05] >> in every language it means I don't know [00:11:07] what the hell I'm talking about. No, [00:11:08] there's not one language it does mean a [00:11:10] thing. [00:11:12] >> Yeah, I'm a mile wide an inch deep. What [00:11:14] she doesn't understand is strategic [00:11:16] ambiguity is the policy regarding what [00:11:19] would happen if they invaded uh China [00:11:21] invaded Taiwan. Can you imagine having a [00:11:24] son or daughter in the military and she [00:11:26] would be your commander-in-chief of your [00:11:28] son and daughter? No. [00:11:29] >> Remember that. [00:11:29] >> No. All I can tell you is that when you [00:11:32] vote for president, you're probably [00:11:33] voting for the economy. I get all that. [00:11:35] I think Donald Trump's got a good [00:11:37] economic plan. He's secured our border. [00:11:39] Gas prices are going down. Tax cuts are [00:11:41] going to kick in here big time. But you [00:11:44] need somebody in the White House for the [00:11:45] unexpected. You need somebody there who [00:11:48] people are afraid of and willing to work [00:11:49] with. Nobody's afraid of AOC. Can you [00:11:52] imagine what they're thinking about in [00:11:54] China if she got to be president? [00:11:55] They're actually laughing. You know, [00:11:57] Obama could send a aircraft carrier [00:12:00] towards somebody, they would yawn. If [00:12:02] Trump's in a rowboat, they would say, [00:12:04] "What can we do to help you?" It's all [00:12:06] about the image. It's all about the [00:12:08] person in the White House. This [00:12:10] president has gotten people afraid of [00:12:12] America and he's gotten people to want [00:12:14] to be on America's team because he's [00:12:15] strong. So, that answer says all you [00:12:18] need to know about the left. It's [00:12:19] incoherent. They have no idea about how [00:12:22] to defend this country. Uh God God I [00:12:25] pray to God that they never get in [00:12:26] charge of our national security as do [00:12:28] President Trump. He's on the verge of [00:12:30] the biggest change in the M East in a [00:12:32] thousand years. He's cleaning up the [00:12:34] drug cartels in our backyard. Cuba will [00:12:37] fall before the election. This island in [00:12:39] Cuba been in communist hands since 1959. [00:12:42] It's been a thorn in America's side. [00:12:44] Donald Trump is about to break them. [00:12:46] Venezuela was the mother share for Cuba. [00:12:48] Venezuela's off the table. Russia can't [00:12:50] help. What Donald Trump has done is [00:12:52] amazing. He is beyond Ronald Reagan. If [00:12:54] we can get Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran to [00:12:57] fall in 2026, it will be the biggest [00:13:00] titanic shift since World War II. That'd [00:13:03] be the most consequential year for the [00:13:05] world since 1945. [00:13:07] >> Where do you see where do you see us [00:13:09] with Ukraine and Russia and Europe? We [00:13:12] have about a minute. [00:13:13] >> Okay. I think what President Trump's [00:13:15] going to do is going to pivot to more [00:13:16] pressure. He wants my Russian sanction [00:13:19] bill to pass. It will allow him to [00:13:21] tariff uh countries that buy cheap [00:13:23] Russian oil up to 500%. We need to give [00:13:26] him that authority. He went after India [00:13:27] and needs to go after China. I would [00:13:29] urge him to give Tom tomahawk missiles [00:13:31] to Ukraine to stop the drone and missile [00:13:34] factories deep in Russia to get Putin to [00:13:36] the table. We need more pressure on [00:13:38] Putin to get to the table economically [00:13:40] and we need to enhance the Ukrainian [00:13:42] military. Donald Trump's the guy to end [00:13:44] this war. All right, Senator Lindsey [00:13:46] Graham, South Carolina. Thank you, sir.