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In the ongoing U.S.–Iran war drama, top U.S. defense official Pete Hegseth ignited global shock with a chilling statement — “We negotiate with bombs” — as the Biden-Trump administration claims major battlefield gains and signals overwhelming force as its path to victory. While the U.S. asserts it has severely degraded Iran’s military and air defenses after months of strikes, Tehran continues to resist and denies progress in peace talks, keeping the war highly volatile. Hear the explosive warning and what it means for the future of the conflict, regional stability, and global geopolitics

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00:00Well, thank you, Mr. President. You're spot on. Never in history has a modern military,
00:06Iran had a modern military, a modern Navy, a modern air force, modern air defenses,
00:12leadership, massive bunker. Never has a modern military been so rapidly and historically
00:18obliterated, defeated from day one with overwhelming firepower. The air campaign that we've conducted,
00:24that Israel's conducted alongside us, was one for the history books, truly. And it's because
00:28we have a president United States that when he sends his war fighters out to fight, he unties
00:33their hands to actually go out and close with and destroy the enemy as viciously as possible from
00:38moment one. And that's why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with
00:44bombs. You have a choice as we loiter over the top of Tehran, as the president talked about,
00:49about your future. President has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon. The war
00:54department agrees. Our job is to ensure that. And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle
00:59as long as it's hard as it's necessary to ensure the interest of the United States of America are
01:05achieved on that battlefield. This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not a president who's
01:09interested in vague end states. He's been very clear with us about what we need to accomplish,
01:14creating the conditions for them never to have a nuclear capability. And that's exactly what we're
01:18doing in historic fashion. Thank you. Well, thank you, Mr. President. You're spot on. Never in history
01:25has a modern military, Iran had a modern military, a modern Navy, a modern air force, modern air
01:31defenses, leadership, massive bunker. Never has a modern military been so rapidly and historically
01:38obliterated, defeated from day one with overwhelming firepower. The air campaign that we've conducted,
01:44that Israel's conducted alongside us was one for the history books, truly. And it's because we have
01:49a president United States that when he sends his war fighters out to fight, he unties their hands
01:54to actually go out and close with and destroy the enemy as viciously as possible from moment one.
01:59And that's why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs.
02:06You have a choice as we loiter over the top of Tehran, as the president talked about,
02:10about your future. The president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon.
02:14The War Department agrees. Our job is to ensure that. And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle
02:20as long as it's hard as is necessary to ensure the interest of the United States of America are
02:25achieved on that battlefield. This is not Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not a president who's
02:30interested in vague end states. He's been very clear with us about what we need to accomplish,
02:35creating the conditions for them never to have a nuclear capability. And that's exactly what
02:39we're doing in historic fashion. Thank you, Mr. President.
02:41What makes you trust them?
02:43I don't trust anybody. I don't trust you. I mean, that's only because I know you.
02:48But if I didn't know you, I'd probably have more trust. But I don't trust anybody.
02:54Why bother talking to them?
02:55Why do you say that? Why do you say what makes you trust? Do you think I trust them?
02:59I don't trust them.
03:00Then why bother talking to them?
03:02Because they're going to make a deal. They're going to make a deal.
03:05They did something yesterday that was amazing. Actually, they gave us a present and the president
03:11arrived today. It was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. And I'm not going
03:18to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to
03:27us and they said they were going to give it. So that meant one thing to me would deal with
03:30the right people. No, it wasn't nuclear. It was oil and gas related. And it was a very
03:37nice thing they did. But what it showed me is that we're dealing with the right people
03:41because, you know, you don't know because the leadership was killed, all gone. Khomeini,
03:46all gone. As the expression goes, the past Supreme Leader. And then the new Supreme Leader
03:53was racked up at a minimum, racked up pretty good. And everyone else was gone. And then
04:00many of the people in the third tier are gone. But we're dealing with a group of people that
04:05I think turned out. And the present, the gift they made to us was very significant. And
04:11they said they were going to do it. And it happened. And they're the only ones that could
04:16have done it. Jennifer? Was it related to the straight of her moves and the flow?
04:19Yeah, it was related to the flow and to the straight. Yeah, it was.
04:23Are you negotiating on who's going to control the straight from now on?
04:26No, we're going to be good. We'll have control of anything we want. Look, if we can end this
04:33without more lives being down, without knocking out $10 billion electric plants that are brand
04:40new and the apple of their eye, I'd like to be able to do that. But they can't have certain
04:49things. I mean, you know the things. I don't have to go over the list. But again, it starts
04:53with no nuclear weapons. And they've agreed to that. There won't be any nuclear weapons.
04:57They're not going to have enrichment, any of those things. But look, I hate to say that
05:04we're in a very good bargaining position. But and I hate to say that they're defenseless
05:10because, you know, until that last missile is fired, they have little power. But we are
05:17in about the best bargaining position. We're way ahead of schedule. And again, they have
05:22no Navy and they have no Air Force and they have no missile protection. And most of their
05:26missiles are gone. Most of their launches we've killed. You know, we've killed about 82 percent
05:32of their launchers. So even if they had a missile, they can't launch it. We've been very fat.
05:38We have the greatest military in the world. Nobody even comes close. We have the best military
05:43equipment in the world.
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