00:00On Iran, I'm not asking you for, like, military secrets here, but can you share a little bit about the
00:10President's thinking on whether or not to strike Iran, who he's talking to, what information he's consuming, and why a
00:16strike might be necessary on a nuclear program he says was obliterated by the last U.S. strike?
00:21Well, there's many reasons and arguments that one could make for a strike against the, against Iran. The President had
00:30a very successful operation as Commander-in-Chief with Operation Midnight Hammer, as you know, as you just said, totally
00:37obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.
00:40The President has always been very clear, though, with respect to Iran or any country around the world, diplomacy is
00:44always his first option, and Iran would be very wise to make a deal with President Trump and with this
00:51administration.
00:52He's talking to many people. Of course, his national security team, first and foremost, and you know who the members
00:58of that team are, and this is something, obviously, the President takes seriously.
01:02He's always thinking about what's in the best interest of the United States of America, of our military, of the
01:07American people, and that's how he makes decisions with respect to military action of any kind.
01:13And on the flip side of that, he's got the State of the Union speech next week. If he is
01:16going to take military action, does the administration believe it's important to sort of convince the American people, sell the
01:22American people, will we hear something about that in the State of the Union, to make the case for why
01:26something like that might be necessary to risk American lives?
01:28Look, again, I'm not going to engage in a hypothetical. Good try, Garrett, but you can't catch me there.
01:33I will say, with respect to the State of the Union, you'll be hearing more about what is to come
01:37from the President's speech very soon at the appropriate time.
01:40It is going to be a very good and powerful speech, so everyone should tune in.
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