What do you think?

Well, there are some reports that it's having a significant effect, reports that doctors and teachers and lawyers are just going off the job.

They're not going to work because there's no money to pay them.

And this is going to affect the security forces.

It's going to affect the army.

People can't get food.

They can't get staples at the grocery store.

no it's it's not and it's i think relief is um i think relief is coming when do you see uh what do you see as far as uh ukraine and russia uh the conflict ending obviously it's lasted a lot longer than we thought it would do you suppose uh by the end of the year i mean have you heard anything about any any progress being made because it's just it just seems like such a gigantic waste of lives and resources

Boy, kind of a bad day to be spewing that, I suppose, but not surprising, perhaps.

Let me first say I'm in London.

And the British government allowed an anonymous student group to do a pro-Palestinian demonstration today.

And, you know, British Jews are outraged.

This day, they had to pick this day.

And the only good thing is they weren't allowed to wear masks, which meant the protest didn't last long.

Because all these college students and people in their early 20s, they want to do these vile things, but they also want to get their high-paying jobs in industry and law firms.

Americans are being asked to consider maybe give Democrats socialist attempts, and America isn't what the last five years of socialism in Europe, what's driving Europe to warn America today? The people on the street today, aren't they giving us a warning that what could happen to America?

Is that something you view as kind of a fantastical proposition that is not actually a serious attempt by the Iranians? Or is that something that we should be taking seriously and is a reality?

No, I'm really glad you're asking this.

11 million illegal aliens got in under Biden.

Most of them were not adequately screened.

At least 100,000 were gotaways.

We don't know who they are.

And we know some of them, at least 100 that were caught, were on our terrorist watch list.

How have we first, how have we been able to prevent some of these wide scale terror attacks in the US? And are you fearful at all that people could become complacent when it comes to keeping it that way?

But they're, they're beginning to realize that, well, yeah, of course, that's exactly the, what they were trying to do, and they were very close to doing it, and they would have done it had Kamala Harris been the President of the United States.

Iran was getting awfully close, and the Democrats ...

Well, well, look, we saw Iran's nuclear program surge considerably due to the incompetence of Joe Biden.

Th- they never enriched near weapons grade ura- uranium until Biden became president in mid-2021.

I hate to think what would've happened if an even worse and weaker president, like Kamala Harris, had won the last election.

Yeah.

International law is broken.

You know, Nicolás Maduro was hiding behind the UN.

Are you going to that, John? I'm not, but I'll be covering it anxiously as a reporter, I'll tell you.

Because I know you know the president so well.

I thought maybe you'd be a guest.

I haven't been invited.

No, me either.

No.

And there's going to be some tough discussions about trade and rare earth minerals.

Is there any other surprises, anything you're looking for saying, you know, I wouldn't be surprised if this happened during the summit?

Yeah.

And if these companies, if they think their, their technology is gonna harm people, they shouldn't put it out until they're safeguard.

That shouldn't be the government's responsibility.

But there's another element here they're not talking about.

People like Bernie Sanders, they don't like AI 'cause they think it's gonna make rich people richer, they think it's gonna cost people jobs.

You know, jobs will change under AI, but I think a lot of jobs will be created.

Will rich people get richer? No doubt.

It's just remarkable, isn't it?

No,

that's right.

And I've been talking about that on Newsmax TV all day from ground zero.

I'm actually at Penn Station now.

I'm heading back to D.C. And we've been talking about what never forget means, John.

Of course, it means honoring those who were murdered in this massacre by this Islamist terrorist.

And it means honoring the first responders and others who rushed in, not thinking about their lives to save them.

How does the foreign influence or the foreign manipulation of this accentuate or make it even worse?

Yeah

... of, of their, of their loved ones.

And there were so many police, and they obviously were there to honor members of police and fire departments, to honor their, their brethren who were killed in this vicious terrorist attack.

And there were a number of representatives like that who were talking this morning on Newsmax.

Uh, and I just think it was...

I- I- and we also sat through some of the, the solemn ceremonies.

We could hear the Pledge of Allegiance being, being played, uh, bagpipes being played-

Yeah

What were you doing on 9-11, and what do you remember most about it?

Well, I had an office at the top floor of the State Department with a view of the Pentagon, and I was watching Fox & Friends, and our Newsmax's Edie Hill was leading the coverage of what was happening, and we all thought it was an accident.

and then the second plane hit and we knew it was an accident and then we saw smoke rising from the pentagon and my staff and i we fled the building as soon as possible before they locked the state department down for almost eight hours there was chaos in washington there were reports of explosions outside the state department i live about an hour away from d.c and my family was panicking because the cell phone system went down friends of mine on the hill said there was chaos as they tried to find members of congress bring them to secure locations This really was the end of a period of innocence, a period where we thought we were invulnerable to attacks like this from around the world.

I think we're stronger now, but man, that was a horrible, horrible day.

Do you think we're still learning these lessons and acting on them? Or do you think we have fallen away from remembering what happened behind us? Mark, that's

the biggest thing we need to talk about today.

And I have an article in American Greatness today.

Today, the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.

What do you think about what Mr. Beck had to say in working with Venezuela to secure majority control of their billions of barrels of oil?

It's a remarkable deal for so many reasons.

It's going to lower gas prices.

We're going to fill our strategic petroleum reserve with this.

It's denying this oil from being sold to China at a discount.

But the most important thing that people don't really talk about is that with this huge investment by the United States, We're going to encourage companies to invest in Venezuela, where no company really wants to go.

Chevron's here.

I think that's pretty remarkable for a leader to be so, I won't say not concerned about the midterms, but not letting it impact the mission.

What do you think about what Mr. Beck had to say in working with Venezuela to secure majority control of their billions of barrels of oil?

It's a remarkable deal for so many reasons.

It's going to lower gas prices.

We're going to fill our strategic petroleum reserve with this.

It's denying this oil from being sold to China at a discount.

But the most important thing that people don't really talk about is that with this huge investment by the United States, We're going to encourage companies to invest in Venezuela, where no company really wants to go.

Chevron's there.

I think that's pretty remarkable for a leader to be so, I won't say not concerned about the midterms, but not letting it impact the mission.

Talk about that and what the reboot might look like in such a relationship.

Well, look, the president is exactly right to pursue an opening with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, given that he has sent, I think, 20,000 troops to Ukraine.

He sent, uh, ammunition, uh, uh, missiles.

He's, he's getting rocket parts and technology, satellite parts from the Russians.

This is extremely dangerous, and I think the president's right to do something about it.

What I'm counseling is that...

And, and look, and also suspending the joint military exercises with South Korea, I'm all for that because we have done that in the past when we've been engaged in nuclear talks with North Korea.

Do we still have a strong relationship with South Korea, South Korea bolting on us? Should we be concerned about the nature of that relationship, uh, in the midst of everything else going on in the world today?

I'm gonna play that.

Talking about $350 a barrel, and it's today 84, 85.

And, uh, we are getting a lot of oil out.

But the other thing that's happened is people have found other alternatives, which they never thought about, Texas, Alaska, Louisiana, and other places.

In addition, a lot of pipelines.

Record numbers of pipelines are being built.

So, uh, I think the Hormuz Strait's not gonna be quite as important as it was.

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Can it really be the case they can't even look after their own?

I think your network is completely misrepresenting this.

Let me tell you the facts.

Sadly, this kind of thing happens on ships.

And I'm not a veteran, but I spoke to an admiral today who explained this to me.

It is very important.

that we look after the well-being, the mental well-being and the morale of our soldiers and sailors.

It surely can't be the case that you just accept that suicidal sailors is a part of life.

Of course not.

Americans don't want that.

But look, you turn on Fox News, this is neocons calling for this every day.

Let's invade Kharg Island.

Let's invade the Strait of Hormuz.

Let's send special forces in to dig up buried uranium that probably can't be used for nuclear weapons.

We may have to attack them again to send a message and to knock out some military capabilities, such as missiles and drones.

So where do you, uh, when do you see this Iranian conflict coming to a close? When do you suppose that the people of Iran might, uh, be able to, uh, replace those in power? And, and also, what's the possibility that the, uh, the crown prince would return? Because there's, uh, seems to be a groundswell of support for that building.

Uh, is this any different? Do we get something out of this, or, uh, is this the final of a cycle that may ultimately end in a complete destruction of Iran?

I think the president believes that the best outcome is to use military and economic pressure paired with diplomacy to stop the war.

Look, there's these people we see on Fox News every day.

They just wanna bomb Iran for the rest of time.

We're not gonna bomb Iran into an agreement.

I think we now have to understand that.

It has to be accompanied with diplomacy, because this country's run by fanatics.

Do you think those are the two main things that are being negotiated?

Yeah, yeah

... to us from Venezuela that was... would've been going to China.

I mean, it made a real difference.

The price of oil's gone up because the nature of the market, when there's some type of supply threat, even if there really isn't a lack of supply, the price will go up.

It's, it's psychological, but the prices haven't gone up dramatically.

And I, I, I think that y- you're right, Trump is playing a patient game here, but I have to tell you, when he says this is Iran's last chance, he's given ultimatums like that before, like when he-

No, no, no, no.

The Iranian people have to do that.

Uh, is Jay Clayton the right person for the job?

I think so.

I was very impressed with him today.

He came off as a distinguished leader, a distinguished manager, someone h- has a very good rapport with Congress, who has experience dealing with congressional oversight.

He also talked about his intelligence experience, his work, uh, as a judge dealing with counter-terrorism, uh, uh, uh, uh, narco trafficking.

I think this makes him a good choice, and someone who will help implement the president's desire to reform and downsize the Office of Director of National Intelligence.

Uh, why do you think that's important?

I like the way Cotton began this debate.

Is Jay Clayton the right person for the job?

I think so.

I was very impressed with him today.

He came off as a distinguished leader, a distinguished manager, someone who has a very good rapport with Congress, who has experience dealing with congressional oversight.

He also talked about his intelligence experience, his work as a judge dealing with counterterrorism, narco-trafficking.

I think this makes him a good choice and someone who will help implement the president's desire to reform and downsize the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Why do you think that's important?

I like the way Cotton began this debate.

Uh, is Jay Clayton the right person for the job?

I think so.

I was very impressed with him today.

He came off as a distinguished leader, a distinguished manager, someone who ha- has a very good rapport with Congress, who has experience dealing with congressional oversight.

He also talked about his intelligence experience, his work, uh, as a judge dealing with counter-terrorism, uh, uh, uh, uh, narco trafficking.

I think this makes him a good choice and someone who will help implement the president's desire to reform and downsize the Office of Director of National Intelligence.

Uh, why do you think that's important?

I like the way Cotton began this debate.

He hasn't delivered on one thing he's promised thus far, yet no one seems to care.

It's interesting with these Democrats who don't want to stand up to the socialists because the socialists want to throw the moderates out and they're doing that, too.

So basically, they're they're they're making a mistake by not standing up to these people.

Now, there's only small numbers of them, but they're knocking off longtime liberals have been in Congress for a long time.

These young so-called Democratic socialists was really socialists.

They're not Democrats in any way.

But you're right.

I'd love your take on this memorandum of understanding and the way that it's been handled, particularly by the likes of J.D. Vance.

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Um, but, y- you know, we can joke that to say, well, man, if the Democrats only had some sign, some indication, some hint that this guy was a problem candidate, that he was a misogynist, that maybe he admired Nazis.

If they only had some idea.

They knew completely who they endorsed.

They're so obsessed with, with beating Susan Collins, they're just upset they got caught.

They- they're upset this got so bad they couldn't cover it up anymore.

And now they're all groveling and calling for him to withdraw.

Do you think the administration counted on this?

he's in a world of hurt, isn't

he? You're not kidding, John.

The war has changed again because of a huge increase in the number and the quality of Ukrainian drones.

They're attacking not just Moscow and St. Petersburg, not just oil facilities across the country, but there's now a state of emergency in Crimea because there's a shortage of water, there's a shortage of food, there's a shortage of energy.

The Russians have lost ground on the battlefield in April and May.

It's in a situation now where Putin must realize he will never win this war.

The costs he's incurring are getting higher and higher.

Where and how far can this president still go in his last two and a half years? How much more could this world potentially be reshaped by the Trump presidency?

Uh, uh, you know, you-

Well, I'll, I will add this.

It's hard to restrict what they spend their money on in their country, but if, if it is this $300 billion investment fund, I think we can have accountability.

And when I say we, I don't mean the United States providing the money, but the US should insist to the Gulf States that provide this money, there has to be strings attached on where it goes.

The checks have to be written to rebuild bridges and infrastructure and desalinization plants.

But when we release their assets, uh, uh, whether it's in dollars or not, we're not really gonna have any ability to control how the Iranian government spends those funds.

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Uh, sanctimonious, woke, obnoxious.

Where do you feel we are right now in this moment?

Well, the MOU is controversial for obvious reasons.

It's not a perfect plan, but it's a necessary plan for the president to fulfill his promise that this wouldn't be an endless war or a quagmire.

He's accomplished his objectives of destroying Iran's nuclear program, greatly undermining its military, and he has to get out.

But look, negotiating with the Iranian government is difficult.

The government's broken.

It's dishonest.

Could you just give us a real brief precursor as to what's at stake right now and your position on what needs to be done next?