- We were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were gonna attack first. They were going to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first.I felt strongly about that. And we have great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successful. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were gonna attack first, and I didn't want that to happen.So if anything, I might have forced Israel's ...

- Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott to cut off all dealings with Spain. Spain, first of all, it started when every European nation at my request paid 5%, which they should be doing.And everybody was enthusiastic about it, Germany, everybody. And Spain didn't do it. And now Spain actually said that we can't use their bases. And that's all right, we don't want them, we could use their base if we want, we could just fly in and use it.Nobody's gonna tell us not to use it, but we don't have to. But ...

some of the European like Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott to cut off all dealings with Spain. Spain first of all, it started when every every European nation at my request paid 5% which they should be doing and everybody was enthusiastic about it.Germany, everybody. And Spain didn't do it. And now Spain uh actually said that we can't use their bases.And that's all right. We don't. We could use their base if we want. we could just fly in and use it.Nobody's going to tell us not to use it, but ...

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And also, we cannot allow a handful of communist radical left judges to obstruct the enforcement of our laws and assume the duties that belong solely to the president of the United States. When President Trump lost a battle in court to deport migrants, he called the judge a lunatic. When immigration crackdowns were ruled illegal, he called the judges monsters.It's incendiary comments like that that have provoked a torrent of death threats. Our reporting found hundreds of threats were left on judges voicemai ...

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Hey Carl. That's right. So I am joined by Under Secretary Michael.It's great to have you here at the American Dynamism Conference. There's a lot to get to. Uh I think we have to start with what we're seeing in real time play out in Iran in the Middle East right now and the role that new technologies like AI are playing playing on the battlefield.>> Yeah. Well, um I think if you look at the the successes of the US military in the last year, everything from Midnight Hammer, Operation Southern Spear in Venezue ...

yeah very famous place any questions please NO, I MIGHT HAVE FORCED THEIR HAND. YOU SEE, WE WERE HAVING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THESE LUNATICS AND IT WAS MY OPINION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATTACK FIRST. THEY WERE GOING TO ATTACK IF WE DIDN'T DO IT, THEY WERE GOING TO ATTACK FIRST.I FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. AND WE HAVE GREAT NEGOTIATORS, GREAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successful. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to a ...

Our next guest calls the administration's approach with Iran undisiplined. Let's bring in Richard Hos, Council for Foreign Relations President Ameritus. Richard, good to have you back.Thanks for the help today. >> Thanks, Carl. >> Uh, you did write over the weekend, uh, you called it a questionable war of choice, and that was before the Secretary of State's comments to the media yesterday, which I think kind of backs it up, does it not.Well, both his comments and everybody else's uh both things. One, the wa ...

pull the United States into this war. >> No, I might have forced their hand. Uh, you see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first.I felt strongly about that. And we have great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successfully. based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to a ...