00:00Let's level set on where we are. As you all saw yesterday, President Trump announced an extension
00:04of the ceasefire. He's maintaining and generously offering a bit of flexibility to a regime who has
00:11been completely tarnished because of Operation Epic Fury. There's obviously a lot of internal
00:16division. This is a battle between the pragmatists and the hardliners in Iran right now, and the
00:21president wants a unified response. And so as we await that response, there's a ceasefire with
00:26the military and kinetic strikes. But Operation Economic Fury continues, and the effective and
00:33successful naval blockade continues as well of ships and vessels that are moving to and from
00:39Iranian ports. We are completely strangling their economy through this blockade. They're losing
00:46$500 million a day. The Karg Island is completely full. They can't move oil in and out. They can't
00:51even pay their own people as a result of this economic leverage that President Trump has inflicted
00:56over them. So he's satisfied with that as we await their response. And we will see. The
01:01president has not set a firm deadline to receive an Iranian proposal, unlike some of the reporting
01:06I've seen today. Ultimately, the timeline will be dictated by the commander-in-chief and the
01:10president of the United States. Obviously, there's a lot of internal fraction and internal division,
01:14which again, just proves the effectiveness of Operation Epic Fury in the first place. Their
01:19regime and many of its leaders for nearly five decades have been wiped off for the face of
01:26planet Earth. So again, the president's offering them a little bit of flexibility because we want
01:30to see a unified proposal to the president's very strong proposal. And he's made his red lines
01:36very clear. Again, the United States maintains control over this situation, leverage over the
01:41Iranian regime. Not only have they been significantly weakened and obliterated militarily, but they are
01:47losing economically and financially every single moment that passes with this blockade. So the president
01:53is going to continue to lead the free world to run the United States of America as we await the
01:59Iranian
01:59response. You guys all see a lot of different messaging coming out of Iran, a lot of different
02:05rhetoric and language from them. I would caution you to take anything that they say at face value.
02:11What we've seen is that what they say publicly is much different than what they concede to the United
02:15States and our negotiating team privately. I've said that repeatedly to all of you in the news media,
02:20and you should take our word out. Look at where we are right now. The president chose to extend the
02:24ceasefire because it's Iran who needs to get their acts together. The United States and President Trump
02:29have been very clear in our demands and our red lines and what we need to see in the best
02:34interest of the
02:35American people in our country and our allies from the very beginning.
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