00:00Could you clarify some of your comments yesterday with regard to strikes on Iranian oil facilities?
00:08What did you mean by them, given some of the reactions we're seeing in the market?
00:14Well, look, the Israelis have not concluded what they're going to do in terms of a strike.
00:21That's under discussion.
00:22I think there are, if I were in their shoes, I'd be thinking about other alternatives than
00:28striking oil fields.
00:30Do you agree, do you have any worries that Netanyahu may be trying to influence the election
00:36and that's why he has not agreed to a diplomatic solution?
00:40No administration has helped Israel more than I have.
00:44None.
00:45None.
00:46None.
00:47And I think Bibi should remember that.
00:51And whether he's trying to influence the election or not, I don't know, but I'm not counting
00:54on that.
00:55You said many times recently that you want to speak to him, that you plan to.
00:59No, I didn't say plan to.
01:00I didn't say want to.
01:01You don't have to?
01:02No, I didn't say that.
01:03You're making it sound like I'm seeking to speak to him.
01:08I'm assuming when they make their judgment of how they're going to respond, we will then
01:12have a discussion.
01:13What are you advising the Israelis to do in terms of their retaliation to Iran?
01:17And at this point, you still haven't spoken to Netanyahu.
01:20Is it fair to say that you have little personal influence over what he decides to do?
01:26No.
01:27Look, our teams are in contact 12 hours a day.
01:31They're constantly in contact.
01:34I've already had my presidential daily brief.
01:36We've already had an interface between our military or the diplomats.
01:42It's in constant contact.
01:44They are trying to figure out, and it's high holidays as well, they're not going to make
01:47a decision immediately.
01:49And so we're going to wait to see what they, when they want to talk.
01:53What I know is the plan that I put together received the support of the UN Security Council
02:01and the vast majority of our allies around the world as a way to bring this to an end.
02:08Look, the Israelis have every right to respond to the vicious attacks on them, not just from
02:17the Iranians, but from everyone from Hezbollah, the Houthis, anyway.
02:24But the fact is that they have to be very much more careful about dealing with civilian
02:30casualties.
02:31So how should they respond?
02:32You expressed concerns about attacks on Iranian oil facilities.
02:35How should they respond?
02:36That's between me and them.
02:37All right, we've got to move on.
02:38Go ahead, Tam.
02:39The election is a month away.
02:40One, I'd like to know how you're feeling about how this election is going.
02:45And then also, do you have confidence that it will be a free and fair election and that
02:51it will be peaceful?
02:53Two separate questions.
02:54Very much.
02:55I'm confident it will be free and fair.
02:58I don't know whether it will be peaceful.
03:00The things that Trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn't
03:05like the outcome of the election were very dangerous.
03:10If you notice, I noticed that the vice presidential Republican candidate did not say he'd accept
03:16the outcome of the election.
03:17They haven't even accepted the outcome of the last election.
03:20So I'm concerned about what they're going to do.
03:25Are you making any preparations, getting security briefings related to domestic security?
03:30I always get those briefings.
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